§ 5-21 Inmate Access to Outside Confidential Support Services.
RCNY § 5-21
(a)The Department shall provide inmates with access to outside victim advocates for emotional support services related to sexual abuse by giving inmates mailing addresses and telephone numbers, including toll-free hotline numbers where available, of local, State, or national victim advocacy or rape crisis organizations. The Department shall enable reasonable communication between inmates and these organizations and agencies, in as confidential a manner as possible.
(b)The Department shall inform inmates, prior to giving them access, of the extent to which such communications will be monitored and the extent to which reports of abuse will be forwarded to authorities in accordance with mandatory reporting laws.
(c)The Department shall maintain or attempt to enter into memoranda of understanding or other agreements with community service providers that are able to provide inmates with confidential emotional support services related to sexual abuse. The Department shall maintain copies of agreements or documentation showing attempts to enter into such agreements.
(d)The Department shall comply with this section by April 3, 2017. (Added City Record 11/25/2016, eff. 1/2/2017)
