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EROIGSA- 15.0007 ATTACHMENT 4: INCORPORATION OF DIIS PRE, A STANDARDS (3) The facility shall implement written procedures for identifying and handling time- sensitive grievances that involve an Immediate threat to detainee 11011th, safety, or welfare related to sexual abuse, (4) Facility staff shall bring medical emergencies to Clio immediate attention of proper medical personnel for further assessment. (5) The facility shall issue a derision on the grievance within five days of receipt and shall respond to an appeal of the grievance decision within 30 days, Facilities shall send all grievances related to sexual abuse and the facility's decisions with respect to such grievances to the appropriate ICE Field Office Director at the and of the grievance process. (6) To prepare a grievance, a detainee may obtain assistance from another detainee, the housing officer or other facility staff, family members, or legal representatives. Staff shall take reasonable steps to expedite requests for assistance from these other parties, 115.53 Detalnee access to outside contldential snuuort,services (1) Each facility shall utilize available commnity resources and services to provide valuable expertise and support in the areas of crisis intervention, counseling, investigation and the prosecution of sexual abuse perpetrators to most appropriately address victims' needs, The facility shall maintain or attempt to enter into memoranda of understanding or other agreements with community service providers or, if local providers are not available, with national organizations that provide legal advocacy and confidential 0410tional support services for immigrant victims of crime. (2) Each facility's written policies shall establish procedures to include outside agencies in the facility's sexual abuse prevention and intervention protocols, if such resources are available, (3) Each facility shall make available to detainees information about local organizations that can assist detainees who have, been victims of sexual abuse, n cludhzg mailing addresses and telephone numbers (including toil -free hotline numbers where available). If no such local organizations exist, the facility shall make available, the same information about national organizations. The Facility shall enable reasonable communication between detainees and these organizations and agencies, in as confidential a manner as possible, (4) Each facility shall inform detainees prior to giving them access to outside resources, of the extent to which such connnunications will be monitored and the extent to which reports of abuse will be forwarded to authorities in accordance with mandatory reporting laws. 115.34 Third -party weuortin (1) Each facility shall establish a method to receive third -party reports of sexual abuse in its immigration detention facilities and shall make available to the public information on how to report sexual abuse on behalf of a detainee, OFFICIAL RESPONSE FOLLOWING A DETAINEE REPORT 115.61 .,,Staff renortlna dntics (1.) The agency and each facility shall require all staff to report immediately tuzd according to agency Policy any knowledge, suspicion, or information regarding an incident of sexual abuse that occurred in a facility; retaliation against detainees or staff who reported or participated in an nvastigatlon about stitch an incident; and any staff neglect or violation of responsibilities that may have contributed to an incident or retaliation. The agency shall review and approve facility Policies and procedures and shall ensure that Cho facility specifies appropriate reporting procedures, Including a method by which staff can report outside of the chain of command, (2) Staff members who become aware of alleged sexual abuse shall Immediately follow the reporting 10 25G -81