Reporting

RCNY tit. 40, ch. 5, subch. F

in effect

40 RCNY § 5-20 Inmate Reporting.

§ 5-20 Inmate Reporting. (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)

40 RCNY § 5-21 Inmate Access to Outside Confidential Support Services.

§ 5-21 Inmate Access to Outside Confidential Support Services. (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)

40 RCNY § 5-22 Third-Party Reporting.

§ 5-22 Third-Party Reporting. (a) The Department shall establish a method to receive third-party reports of sexual abuse and sexual harassment and shall distribute publicly information on how to report sexual abuse and sexual harassment on behalf of an inmate. (b) The Department shall include in its Visitors Handbook, and post on its website, how third parties can report sexual abuse and sexual harassment on behalf of an inmate. (Added City Record 11/25/2016, eff. 1/2/2017)

Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCrules/0-0-0-98248Fetched: 10/24/2026