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EROK?SA-15.0007 <br />ATTACHMENT 4: INCORPORATION OF DHS PRE STANDARDS <br />(3) The facility shall implement written procedures for identifying and handling time -sensitive <br />grievances that involve an immediate threat to detainee health, safety, or welfare related to sexual <br />abuse. <br />(4) Facility staff shall bring medical emergencies to the immediate attention of proper medical <br />Personnel for further assessment, <br />(5) The facility shall issue a decision on the grievance within five days of receipt and shall respond to <br />an appeal of the grievance decision within 30 days. Facilities shall gelid all grievances related to <br />sexual abuse and the facility's docisious with respect to such grievances to the appropriate ICE <br />Field Office Director at the and of the grievance process. <br />nee may Obtain assistance from =othedetainee, the housing <br />(5) To n <br />office oar other facility staff, ftamily members, or legal representatives, Staff shall ace reasonable <br />Steps to expedite requests for assistance from these other parties, <br />115.53 Detainee a cess to ou ide confidential al ort services <br />(1) Each facility shall utilize available community resources and services to provide valuable expertise <br />and support in the areas of crisis intervention, counseling, investigation and the prosecution of <br />sexual abuse perpetrators to most appropriately address victims' needs, The facility shall maintain <br />or attempt to enter into memoranda of understanding or other agreements with community service <br />Providers or, if local providers are not available, with national organizations that peovide legal <br />advocacy and confidential emotional support services for immigrant victims of crime. <br />(2) Each facility's written policies shall establish procedures to include outside agencies in the <br />facility's sexual abuseprovention and intervention protocols, if such resources are available, <br />(3) Each facility shall make available to detainees information about local organizations that can <br />assist detainees who have been victims of sexual abuse, including malliag addresses and <br />telephone numbers (including toll -fres hotline numbers where available). If no such local <br />organizations exist, the facility shall make available the same information about national <br />organizations. The facility shall enable reasonable communication between detainees and these <br />organizations and agencies, in as confidential a manner as possible, <br />(4) Each facility shall inform detainees prior to giving them access to outside resources, of the extent <br />to which such communicadous will be monitored and the extent to which reports f abuse will be <br />forwarded to authorities in accordance with mandatory reporting laws, <br />115,54 Third -party reporting <br />(1) Each facility shall establish a method to receive third -party reports of sexual abuse in its <br />immigration detention facilities and shall Make available to the public information on how to <br />sport sexual abuse on behalf of a detainee, <br />OFFICIAL RESPONSE FOLLOWING A DETAINEE REPORT <br />115.61 Staff reporting duties, <br />(1) The agency and each facility shall require all staff to report immediately and according to agency <br />policy any knowledge, suspicion, or information regarding an incident of sexual abuse that <br />occurred in a facility; retaliation. against detainees or staff who reported or participated in an <br />investigation about such an inoidolu; and any staff neglect or violation of responsibilities that may <br />have contributed to an incident or retaliation, The agency shall review and approve Facility <br />Policies and procedures and shall ensure drat the facility specifies appropriate reporting <br />procedures, including a method by which staff can report outside of the chair of command. <br />(2) Staff members who become aware of alleged sexual abuse shall hrnnediately follow the reporting <br />10 <br />