Which statement reflects staff reporting duties under PREA policy?

• A. Allegations of sexual abuse/harassment shall be reported to the Department's designated investigators and may be forwarded to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, if applicable
• B. Medical and mental health practitioners shall inform inmates of the practitioner's duty to report, and the limitation of confidentiality, at initiation of services
• C. When the Department learns that an inmate is subject to a substantial risk of imminent sexual abuse, it shall take immediate action to protect the inmate
• D. When a PREA event is reported by another agency, it should be ignored unless the inmate requests

Answer: (A)

Staff reporting duties under PREA require that allegations of sexual abuse or harassment be immediately reported to the Department’s designated PREA investigators, and those investigators may forward the information to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies as applicable. This establishes the formal reporting chain and ensures timely, coordinated investigations with the appropriate authorities, while helping to protect inmates and preserve evidence. The other statements touch on related PREA responsibilities—such as informing inmates about confidentiality, taking protective action for imminent risk, or ignoring reports from other agencies—but they do not describe the mandated reporting pathway to designated investigators and law enforcement.