SOP 208.06-att-4: Sexual Allegation Response Checklist

Division:
Executive
Topic Area:
Policy-Compliance Unit (101 & 208)
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Length:
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Summary

This checklist is used by GDC staff to document all required actions and responses when a sexual allegation is reported in a correctional facility. It ensures compliance with SOP 208.06 by tracking critical steps including medical examinations, victim and aggressor separation, evidence collection, SART notification, PREA reporting, mental health evaluations, and investigative procedures. The form serves as an accountability tool to verify that all mandatory protocols have been followed and properly documented.

Key Topics

  • sexual allegation
  • sexual abuse
  • PREA
  • sexual assault response
  • SART
  • SANE exam
  • victim support
  • evidence collection
  • chain of custody
  • segregation
  • investigation checklist
  • prison sexual assault
  • correctional facility allegation
  • disciplinary action

Full Text

SOP 208.06
Attatchment 4
Revised: 06-23-2022

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
SEXUAL ALLEGATION RESPONSE CHECKLIST

Incident Date Incident Time Incident Report #
Victim Name* GDC ID#*
Location of Incident: Date/Time Received:
*If more than one victim, separate with a semi-colon

|Activity/Actions|Yes|No|Date|Time|Comments|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Medical examination of the alleged victim
conducted per 208.06 Attachment 5? (Explain
if no)||||||
|If within 72 Hrs. was SANE contacted? (or sent
to hospital for forensic exam if SANE cannot
arrive prior to 72 Hr. expiration. Explain if no.)||||||
|Separated alleged victim(s) from alleged
aggressor(s) in accordance with SOP 208.06?
(Explain if no)||||||
|Were either the alleged victim(s) or the alleged
aggressor(s) placed in segregation due to the
allegation? (Explain if yes.)||||||
|When was the local Sexual Abuse Response
Team (SART) notified? (Explain if no)||||||
|Recover, download, and document any video
monitoring recording. The disk will be
identified using the corresponding incident
report number and stored securely in the
investigative file. (explain if No)||||||
|Was evidence collected that needed to be
forwarded to OPS? (To whom in comment)||||||
|Date Chain of Custody form started?||||||
|Date the incident demographic information
form completed?||||||
|Date/Time sent PREA Initial notification?
(Explain if no)||||||
|Mental Health evaluation of the alleged victim
completed within 24 Hrs. of receipt of the
allegation in accordance with 508.22. (Explain
if no)||||||
|Have all related documents been
scanned/entered into SCRIBE?||||||
|Enter investigative summary with all necessary
supporting documentation. (Enter date
completed)||||||
|Disciplinary actions taken?||||||
|Case file reviewed by PREA Compliance
Manager?||||||

SART Investigator Name Scribe ID PREA Compliance Manager

Name

SCRIBE ID

Allegation is: Unfounded Substantiated Unsubstantiated Forwarded to OPS Not PREA

Retention Schedule: Upon completion this form is to be retained permanently in the investigation file.

Attachments (19)

  1. Sexual Abuse_Sexual Harassment Prison Rape Elimination Act Education Acknowledgement Statement (281 words)
  2. PREA Sexual Victim_Sexual Aggressor Classification Screening Instrument (64 words)
  3. PREA Disposition Offender Notification Form (27 words)
  4. Sexual Allegation Response Checklist (269 words)
  5. Procedure for SANE Evaluation/Forensic Collection (1,673 words)
  6. PREA Investigative Summary (433 words)
  7. PREA Local Procedure Directive and Coordinated Response Plan (735 words)
  8. Retaliation Monitoring Checklist (180 words)
  9. Sexual Abuse Incident Review Checklist (312 words)
  10. PREA Initial Notification Form (231 words)
  11. PREA Staffing Plan Template (1,078 words)
  12. PREA Victim Advocate Request Form (200 words)
  13. Contractor/Volunteer Verification Form – Sexual Abuse/Sexual Harassment (PREA) (312 words)
  14. PREA Counseling Referral Form (141 words)
  15. Investigative File Summary Checklist (222 words)
  16. Investigative File Detail Checklist (580 words)
  17. Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Offender Brochure (English) (341 words)
  18. PREA Offender Brochure (Spanish) (439 words)
  19. Staff Guide on the Prevention and Reporting of Sexual Misconduct with Offenders (1,289 words)
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