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LROIGSA.15 -0007 ATTACHMENT 4: INCORPORATION OF DRS PREA STANDARDS (2) The initial classification process and initial housing assignment should be completed within twelve hours of admission to the facility. (3) The facility shall also consider, to the extent that the information is available, the following criteria to assess detainees for risk of sexual victimization: (a) Whether the detainee has a mental, physical, or developmental disability, (b) The age of the detainee; (c) The physical build and appearance of the detainee; (d) Whether the detainee has previously been incarcerated or detained; (e) The nature of the detainee's criminal history; (l) Whether the detainee has any convictions for sex offenses against an adult or child; (g) Whether the detainee has solf-identilled as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or gender nonoenforming; (h) Whether the detainee has self - identified as having previously experienced sexual victimization; and (i) The detainee's own concerns about big or her physical safety. (4) The initial screening shall consider prior acts of sexual abuse, prior convictions for violent offenses, and history of prior institutional violence or sexual abuse, as known to the facility, in assessing detainees for risk of being sexually abusive, (5) The facility shall reassess each detainee's risk of victimization or abusiveness between 60 and 90 days from the date of initial assessment, and at any other time when warranted based upon the receipt of additional, relevant information or following an incident of abuse or victimization. (6) ,Detainees shall not be disciplined for refusing to answer, or for not disclosing complete information in response to, questions asked pursuant to paragraphs (3)(a), (3)(g), ('3)(h), or (3)(i) of tins section. (7) The facility shall implament appropriate controls on the dissemination within the facility of responses to questions askod pursuant to this standard in order to ensure that sensitive information is not exploited to the detainee's detriment by staff or other detainees or inmates. 115.42 Vse of assessrnenl infor aCion (1) The facility shall use the information from the risk assossment under § 115,41 of this part to inform assi,gtuncu.t of detainees to housing, recreation and other aotivitles, and voluntary work. The agency shall make individualized determinations about how to ensure the safety of each — detainee. I (2) When making assessment and housing decisions for it transgonder or intersex detainee, the facility shall consider die detainee's gender self fdontfflcatioo and x assessrnenl of the effects of placement nn the detainee's health and safety. The facility shall consult a medical or moatal health professional as soon as practicable an this assessment, The facility should not base placement decisicrss of tratsgender or intersex detainees solely on the identity documents or physical anatomy of the detainee; a detainee's self identification of his /her gentler and self - assessment of safety needs shall always be taken into consideration as well. The facility's ptamment of a transgender or intersex detainee shall be consistent with the safety and security considerations of the facility, and placement and programming assignments for each transgendor or intersex detainee shall be reassessed at least twice each year to review any threats to safety experienced by the detainee. (3) When operationally .feasibte, transgender and intersex detahnees slurp be given the opportunity to shower separately from otter detainees. 115.43 P'roteotive errstodv 25G -79