§ 115.32 Volunteer and contractor training

Purpose of the Standard:

  • To ensure that volunteers and contractors who have contact with inmates, residents, and detainees are trained on their responsibilities regarding sexual abuse and sexual harassment prevention, detection, response policies and procedures at the agency in which they are working. 
  • To ensure that everyone in the facility, including volunteers and contractors, understands the agency’s zero-tolerance policy toward sexual abuse and sexual harassment, that the agency prohibits them from engaging in sexual relations with incarcerated people, and that sexual abuse and sexual harassment are always reported. The goal is to prevent abuse and to create an effective reporting process that cultivates a reporting culture among volunteers and contractors while providing appropriate assistance to all survivors.
Prisons and Jails

(a) The agency shall ensure that all volunteers and contractors who have contact with inmates have been trained on their responsibilities under the agency’s sexual abuse and sexual harassment prevention, detection, and response policies and procedures.

(b) The level and type of training provided to volunteers and contractors shall be based on the services they provide and level of contact they have with inmates, but all volunteers and contractors who have contact with inmates shall be notified of the agency’s zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual abuse and sexual harassment and informed how to report such incidents.

(c) The agency shall maintain documentation confirming that volunteers and contractors understand the training they have received.

Lockups

(a) During the intake process, employees shall notify all detainees of the agency’s zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual abuse and sexual harassment.

(b) The agency shall ensure that, upon entering the lockup, contractors and any inmates who work in the lockup are informed of the agency’s zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual abuse and sexual harassment.

Community Confinement

(a) The agency shall ensure that all volunteers and contractors who have contact with residents have been trained on their responsibilities under the agency’s sexual abuse and sexual harassment prevention, detection, and response policies and procedures.

(b) The level and type of training provided to volunteers and contractors shall be based on the services they provide and level of contact they have with residents, but all volunteers and contractors who have contact with residents shall be notified of the agency’s zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual abuse and sexual harassment and informed how to report such incidents.

(c) The agency shall maintain documentation confirming that volunteers and contractors understand the training they have received.

Juvenile Facilities

(a) The agency shall ensure that all volunteers and contractors who have contact with residents have been trained on their responsibilities under the agency’s sexual abuse and sexual harassment prevention, detection, and response policies and procedures.

(b) The level and type of training provided to volunteers and contractors shall be based on the services they provide and level of contact they have with residents, but all volunteers and contractors who have contact with residents shall be notified of the agency’s zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual abuse and sexual harassment and informed how to report such incidents.

(c) The agency shall maintain documentation confirming that volunteers and contractors understand the training they have received.