{"id":10616,"date":"2020-03-31T16:07:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T23:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdcr.test\/dom\/chapter-5-adult-custody-and-security-operations\/article-44-prison-rape-elimination-policy\/54040-7-detection-notification-and-reporting\/"},"modified":"2021-12-09T22:37:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T22:37:01","slug":"54040-7-detection-notification-and-reporting","status":"publish","type":"dom","link":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/operations-manual\/dom\/chapter-5-adult-custody-and-security-operations\/article-44-prison-rape-elimination-policy\/54040-7-detection-notification-and-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"54040.7 Detection, Notification, and Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Offenders may report violations of this policy to any staff member verbally or in writing, utilizing the Inmate Appeals Process, through the sexual assault hotline, or through a third party.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Department shall not rely on offender interpreters, offender readers, or other types of offender assistants except in limited circumstances where an extended delay in obtaining an effective interpreter could compromise the offender\u2019s safety, the performance of<br>first-response duties, or the investigation of the offender\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>CDCR employees have a responsibility to protect the offenders in their custody. All staff are responsible for reporting immediately and confidentially to the appropriate supervisor any information that indicates an offender is being, or has been the victim of sexual violence, staff sexual misconduct, or sexual harassment.\u00a0 In addition to reporting, employees have a responsibility to assist the offender and refer him\/her to medical\/mental health for evaluation. Staff shall ensure the reporting of information is done as soon as possible and in a confidential manner.\u00a0 A CDCR Form 837, Crime Incident Report, shall be submitted for each allegation of Sexual Violence against an offender by an offender in compliance with DOM Section 51030.3, except as described in DOM Section 54040.7.3.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>An offender may report sexual violence, staff sexual misconduct, or sexual harassment that occurs under the jurisdiction of the CDCR to any staff member.\u00a0 If the staff who receives the report is non-custody, he\/she shall immediately notify his\/her supervisor and the Watch Commander.\u00a0 Each employee who observes the incident or is provided a report by the victim must complete required reports.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Any information related to sexual victimization or abusiveness that occurred in an institutional setting shall be strictly limited to medical and mental health practitioners and other staff, as necessary, to inform treatment plans and security and management decisions, including housing, bed, work, and program assignments, or as otherwise required by Federal, State, or local law.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>An offender may also report sexual violence, staff sexual misconduct, or sexual harassment that occurs under the jurisdiction of the CDCR, to the Ombudsman for Sexual Abuse in Detention Elimination in the Office of the Inspector General. In addition, offenders being retained solely for civil immigration may contact consular officials or officials at the Department of Homeland Security.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Staff are reminded that victims of sexual violence, staff sexual misconduct, or sexual harassment may be seriously traumatized physically and\/or mentally. Staff are expected to be sensitive to the offender during their interactions with him\/her.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Screening for Appropriate Placement<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Based on information that the offender has been a victim of sexual violence or victimization, the custody supervisor conducting the initial screening shall discuss housing alternatives with the offender in a private location. The custody supervisor shall not automatically place the offender into administrative segregation. Consideration shall be given to housing this offender with another offender who has compatible housing needs. If single cell status is appropriate, the custody supervisor may designate the offender for single cell housing pending a classification review.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>An inmate\u2019s risk level shall be reassessed when warranted due to a referral, request, incident of sexual abuse, or receipt of additional information that bears on the inmate\u2019s risk of sexual victimization or abusiveness.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Per the Department\u2019s Mental Health Services Delivery System (MHSDS), all offenders shall receive a mental health screening within the required timeframe after arrival at an institution.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Any staff member, with significant concern that an offender may be subject to sexual victimization, shall immediately notify a custody supervisor who will refer that offender for a mental health evaluation per existing policy regarding mental health referrals. This referral will be completed using the CDCR Form 128-MH5, Mental Health Referral Chrono.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mental Health Referrals<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Post-SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Forensic Medical Examination- Mental Health Emergent Referral:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Inmates reporting sexual assault and who were referred to a contracted SANE forensic medical examination, even if the inmate refused the examination, shall be referred for an emergency mental health evaluation.\u00a0 The Mental Health Emergent Referral shall be completed utilizing the CDCR Form 128 MH5: Mental Health Referral Chrono, requesting a PREA Emergency mental health contact.\u00a0 If this Referral is made after hours the on-call clinician shall be contacted to respond to the institution.\u00a0 The emergent referral must be completed by mental health within <strong>four (4)<\/strong> hours of the inmate victims return to the facility following the SANE forensic medical examination or their refusal to participate in the SANE examination.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The abuser must also receive a referral to mental health per the Substantiated, Perpetrator, protocol below.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Substantiated, Perpetrator:<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mental health shall conduct a mental health evaluation of all known inmate-on-inmate abusers within sixty (60) calendar days of the facility having learned of such abuse history.\u00a0 Investigative staff shall ensure the inmate abuser is referred to mental health as soon as an allegation of inmate-on-inmate sexual abuse has been substantiated and\/or knowledge of previous inmate-on-inmate sexual abuse arises, which has not previously been addressed utilizing the CDCR Form 128 MH5: Mental Health Referral Chrono, to request a PREA Perpetrator Routine mental health contact. The mental health evaluation shall be conducted as a face-to-face contact in a confidential environment.\u00a0 The clinician shall determine if a Suicide Risk and Self-Harm Evaluation (SRASHE) is clinically indicated, as well as what, if any, additional follow-up care is deemed appropriate for the referred inmate.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Initial Custody Intake or Subsequent Screening Information Regarding Prior Sexual Victimization and\/or Prior Perpetration of Sexual Abuse:<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>If it is reported by an inmate during the initial custody intake screening or at any other occasion during their confinement within the CDCR; that they have experienced prior sexual victimization or previously perpetrated sexual abuse, whether it occurred in an institutional setting or in the community, staff shall ensure that the inmate is offered a follow-up meeting with mental health staff. If the inmate accepts the offer to meet with mental health, custodial staff shall ensure the inmate is referred to mental health by utilizing the CDCR 128 MH5: Mental Health Referral Chrono to request a PREA Routine mental health contact. 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