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<br />ATTACHMENT 4: INCORPORATION OF ZDHS PREA STANDARDS
<br />(6) All strip searches and visual body cavity searches shall be documented.
<br />(7) Each facility shall implement policies and procedures that enable detainees to shower, perform
<br />bodily functions, and change clothing without being viewed by staff of the opposite gender,
<br />axcapt in, exigent circumstances or when such viewing is incidental to routine cell checks or is
<br />otherwise appropriate in connection with a medical examination or monitored bowel. movement,
<br />Such policies and procedures shall require staff of the opposite gender to atuiounce their presence
<br />when entering an area where detainees are likely to be showering, performing bodily functions, or
<br />changing clothing,
<br />(8) The facility shall not search or physically examine a detedrea for the sole purposes of determining
<br />the detainee's genital characteristics. If the detainee's gender is unknown, it may be determined
<br />during conversations with the detainee, by reviewing medical records, or, if necessary, learning
<br />that information as part of a standard medical examination that all detainees must undergo as part
<br />oCintako or other processing procedure conducted in private, by a medical practitioner,
<br />115.16 Accotnmodarin detainees with t igablittlos and detainees vrho are limited Engifnh nroEruent
<br />(1) The agency and each facility shall take appropriate steps to ensure that detainees with disabilities
<br />(including, for example, detainees who are deaf or hard of hearing, those whe are blind or have
<br />Iow vision, or those who ]nave intellectual, psychiatric, or speech disabilities) have an equal
<br />Opportunity to participate in or benefit from all aspects of the agency's and facility's efforts to
<br />prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse, Such steps shall include, when necessary to ensuue
<br />effective communication with detainees who are deaf or hard of hearing, providing access to in-
<br />person, telephonic, or video interpretive services that enable effective, accurate, and impartial
<br />interpretation, both receptively and expressively, using any necessary specialized vocabulary. In
<br />addition, the a.genoy and facility shall ensure that any written materials related to sexual abuse are
<br />provided in formats or through methods that ensure effective communication with detainees with
<br />disabilities, including detainees who have intellectual disabilities, limited reading skills, or who
<br />arc blind or have low vision. An agency or facility is not required to take actions that it can
<br />demonstrate would result in a fundamental alteration in the nature of a service, program, or
<br />activity, or in undue Financial and administzative burdens, as those terms are used in regulations
<br />promulgated under title 11 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 28 CPR 35.164.
<br />(2) The agency and each facility shall take steps to ensure meningfid access to all aspects of the
<br />agency's and facility's efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse to detainees who arc
<br />limited English proficient, including steps to provide in -person or telephonic interpretive services
<br />that enable effective, accurate, and impartial interpretation, both receptively and expressively,
<br />using any necessary specialized vocabulary,
<br />(3) In matters relating to allegations of sexual abuse, the agency and each facility shall provide in-
<br />person or telephonic interpretation services that enable effective, accurate, and impartial
<br />interpretation, by someone other than another detainee, unless the detainee expresses a preference
<br />for another detainee to provide interpretation, and the agency determines that such interpretation
<br />is appropriate and consistent with DHS policy, 'The provision of interpreter services by minors,
<br />alleged abusers, detainees who witnessed the alleged abuse, and detainees who have a significant
<br />relationship with the alleged abuser is not appropriate in matters relating to allegations of sexual
<br />abuse.
<br />115.17 Hirhta and promotion decisions
<br />(1) An agency or facility shall not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with detainees, and
<br />shall not enlist the services of any contractor or volunteer who may have contact with detainees,
<br />who has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, holding facility, community confinement
<br />facility, juvenile facility, or other institution (as defined in 42 U.S.C, 1997); who has been
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