Ensure the alleged perpetrator is separated from the other inmates/residents when possible, pending an investigation into the allegation. Ensure the alleged victim is separated/isolated from the alleged perpetrator until completion of the investigation. If the allegation involves an employee, ensure steps are taken to place this person in a non-inmate/resident contact role. Notify the applicable contracting governmental correctional agency. Ensure that medical and mental health referrals are completed. Ensure that an investigation is initiated and documented; however, investigations into allegations of sexual must be investigated by an employee who has received training in the investigation of sexual abuse cases. Ensure appropriate incident reports are completed in accordance with CCA Policy 5-1 Incident Reporting. Review any recordings of the alleged crime scene from the time period implicated by the allegation. Ensure all video recordings are secured and preserved from the time period implicated by the allegation. A preliminary review of the incident and the facility’s response be conducted forty-eight (48) to seventy-two (72) hours following a reportable PREA incident. The review will be convened by the CCA Managing Director. Participants will include the facility PREA Compliance Manager, Administrator/Director, CCA Managing Director, and/or the FSC PREA Coordinator, and FSC PREA committee members, as available. At a minimum, the review shall include: Discussion of the incident, and whether the incident response meets applicable standards; Appropriate categorization of the incident report; Completion of required notifications; A request for law enforcement involvement (if appropriate); and Whether employee actions or failures to act contributed to the sexual abuse. POST INVESTIGATION REVIEW The Administrator/Director will ensure that a post investigation review of a sexual abuse incident is conducted at the conclusion of every sexual abuse investigation, unless the allegation has been determined to be unfounded. (115.286 (a)) In addition to the Administrator/Director, the incident review team shall include upper-level facility management, with input from line supervisors, investigators, and medical or mental health practitioners. (115.286 (c)) Such review shall ordinarily occur within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of the investigation. (115.286 (b)) The review team shall:
Ensure the alleged perpetrator is separated from the other inmates/residents when possible, pending an investigation into the allegation. Ensure the alleged victim is separated/isolated from the alleged perpetrator until completion of the investigation. If the allegation involves an employee, ensure steps are taken to place this person in a non-inmate/resident contact role. Notify the applicable contracting governmental correctional agency. Ensure that medical and mental health referrals are completed. Ensure that an investigation is initiated and documented; however, investigations into allegations of sexual must be investigated by an employee who has received training in the investigation of sexual abuse cases. Ensure appropriate incident reports are completed in accordance with CCA Policy 5-1 Incident Reporting. Review any recordings of the alleged crime scene from the time period implicated by the allegation. Ensure all video recordings are secured and preserved from the time period implicated by the allegation. A preliminary review of the incident and the facility’s response be conducted forty-eight (48) to seventy-two (72) hours following a reportable PREA incident. The review will be convened by the CCA Managing Director. Participants will include the facility PREA Compliance Manager, Administrator/Director, CCA Managing Director, and/or the FSC PREA Coordinator, and FSC PREA committee members, as available. At a minimum, the review shall include: Discussion of the incident, and whether the incident response meets applicable standards; Appropriate categorization of the incident report; Completion of required notifications; A request for law enforcement involvement (if appropriate); and Whether employee actions or failures to act contributed to the sexual abuse. POST INVESTIGATION REVIEW The Administrator/Director will ensure that a post investigation review of a sexual abuse incident is conducted at the conclusion of every sexual abuse investigation, unless the allegation has been determined to be unfounded. (115.286 (a)) In addition to the Administrator/Director, the incident review team shall include upper-level facility management, with input from line supervisors, investigators, and medical or mental health practitioners. (115.286 (c)) Such review shall ordinarily occur within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of the investigation. (115.286 (b)) The review team shall:
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