Q&A
Supervisory rounds and DOI recommendations to reduce sexual misconduct
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3 min
The council discusses the importance of supervisory rounds in preventing abuse and examines DOI recommendations aimed at reducing opportunities for sexual misconduct in correctional facilities.
- DOC explains their two-fold process for monitoring supervisory rounds, involving both the PREA compliance unit and electronic monitoring
- The department describes how they verify that staff members conduct the required tours and checks
- DOI recommendations, such as requiring officers to escort people in custody in male-female pairs, are discussed
- DOC Commissioner states she will review and reconsider previously rejected DOI recommendations
Sandy Nurse
2:46:02
Thank you.
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One second.
2:46:11
Okay.
2:46:13
I'm gonna ask about some staffing issues.
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Safe housing with sufficiently trained and well supervised staff must be provided for vulnerable populations.
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Lack of supervisory rounds plays a central role in allowing abuse by abuse by staff to take place.
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If staff know that there is a period of time when no round is likely to occur, abuse will occur undetected.
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BOC standards require supervisors to conduct rounds at varied and unpredictable times.
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How does the department monitor whether supervisors meet this requirement?
Ingris Martinez
2:46:49
So the investigation is twofold.
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Our Priya compliance unit collects all the business records, identify a particular housing area, and 24 hours of business records and video is preserved, reviewed, staff identified, so on and so forth.
2:47:07
That investigation has been passed on to my unit, and I have for investigators assigned to the unannounced rounds investigation, and we literally match the business record to our electronic monitoring system.
2:47:23
Right?
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So we we check to see that the staff member actually on video conducted the type of tour that they are signing on to our business records onto the logbook, saying that they conducted those tours.
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Those tours I mentioned earlier were for detection, are important to look for those hated spaces for those areas that should be locked.
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The into the showers, again, very sensitive.
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Make sure that cross gender, we announce ourselves going into the shower, letting them know that we're walking in for the purpose of a tour.
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During the review, if we find that a staff member did not complete a tour, that information is documented in discipline narranty as far as a facility referral, meaning we hold the facility leadership responsible for that for that staff member to get internal charges.
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Thank you.
Sandy Nurse
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DOI has issued several policy and procedure recommendations that were aimed at dramatically reducing opportunities for sexual misconduct to occur.
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One recommendation was that DOC should require that officers escort people in custody in male and female pairs in order to reduce opportunities for sexual misconduct.
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DOE also recommended that DOC policy should be revised to ensure The people in custody assigned to work details at Rosie's are supervised by at least 2 members of staff, including 1 female employee at all times.
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Why were these recommendations rejected?
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie
2:49:01
Like I mentioned earlier, this predates me in terms of accepting or or rejecting recommendations, but I'll take a look at that report and revisit that report and and determine whether or not I should accept those recommendations.
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Okay.
Sandy Nurse
2:49:18
Do you think on the face of it, it would it would make sense as a recommendation?
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie
2:49:22
Well, I have to I will have to look at
Sandy Nurse
2:49:25
it, honestly.
2:49:26
Okay.
2:49:27
It seems like it's providing more eyes and and accountability.
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie
2:49:30
Yeah.
2:49:30
But it also we can if we can utilize a body worn camera, like, you know, there are other things that can be done, you know, in terms of adding additional personnel that we may not necessarily have.
2:49:42
So have to take a look at it and and make a determination based on that review.
