Connecticut General Statutes Title 18. Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction § 18-81cc. Prevention, detection and monitoring of, and response to, sexual abuse in prisons, jails, correctional centers and juvenile facilities

(1) Zero tolerance of sexual abuse;

(2) Contracting with other entities for the confinement of inmates or detainees;

(3) Inmate or detainee supervision;

(4) Heightened protection for vulnerable detainees;

(5) Limits to cross-gender viewing and searches;

(6) Accommodating inmates or detainees with special needs;

(7) Hiring and promotion decisions;

(8) Assessment and use of monitoring technology;

(9) Evidence protocol and forensic medical examinations;

(10) Agreements with outside public entities and community service providers;

(11) Agreements with outside law enforcement agencies;

(12) Agreements with the prosecuting authority;

(13) Employee training;

(14) Volunteer and contractor training;

(15) Inmate education;

(16) Detainee, attorney, contractor and inmate worker notification of agency's zero-tolerance policy;

(17) Specialized training: Investigations;

(18) Specialized training: Medical and mental health care;

(19) Screening for risk of victimization and abusiveness;

(20) Use of screening information;

(21) Inmate or detainee reporting;

(22) Exhaustion of administrative remedies;

(23) Inmate access to outside confidential support services or legal representation;

(24) Third-party reporting;

(25) Staff and facility or agency head reporting duties;

(26) Reporting to other confinement facilities;

(27) Staff first responder duties;

(28) Coordinated response;

(29) Agency protection against retaliation;

(30) Duty to investigate;

(31) Criminal and administrative agency investigations;

(32) Evidence standard for administrative investigations;

(33) Disciplinary sanctions for staff;

(34) Disciplinary sanctions for inmates;

(35) Referrals for prosecution for detainee-on-detainee sexual abuse;

(36) Medical and mental health screenings: History of sexual abuse;

(37) Access to emergency medical and mental health services;

(38) Ongoing medical and mental health care for sexual abuse victims and abusers;

(39) Sexual abuse incident reviews;

(40) Data collection;

(41) Data review for corrective action;

(42) Data storage, publication, and destruction; and

(43) Audits of standards.