§ 5-20 Inmate Reporting.
RCNY § 5-20
(a)The Department shall provide multiple internal ways for inmates to privately report sexual abuse and sexual harassment, retaliation by other inmates or staff for reporting sexual abuse and sexual harassment, and staff neglect or violation of responsibilities that may have contributed to such incidents.
(b)The Department shall also provide at least one way for inmates to report abuse or harassment to a public or private entity or office that is not part of the Department and that is able to receive and immediately forward inmate reports of sexual abuse and sexual harassment to Department officials, allowing the inmate to remain anonymous upon request.
(c)Department staff shall accept reports made verbally, in writing, anonymously, and from third parties and shall promptly document any verbal reports.
(d)The Department shall include all the ways inmates can report sexual abuse and sexual harassment on posters in all housing units, intake and program areas, clinics and mess halls, the Inmate Handbook and Visitors Handbook, and on the Department's public website.
(e)The Department shall provide a method for staff to privately report sexual abuse and sexual harassment of inmates.
(f)The Department shall issue a written directive to all staff stating the method for staff to privately report sexual abuse and sexual harassment of inmates and all the ways inmates can report incidents of sexual abuse and sexual harassment. The Department shall provide this directive to the Board.
(g)The Department shall comply with this section by April 3, 2017, except that the Department's Inmate Handbook and Visitor's Handbook shall be updated by December 31, 2017. (Added City Record 11/25/2016, eff. 1/2/2017)
