This document summarizes the findings from a survey that was offered to Colorado Jail Association (CJA) members in the fall of 2013. The purpose of the survey was to understand the needs and challenges of Colorado jail administrators in implementing comprehensive strategies to prevent and respond to sexual abuse in their facilities. Survey responses were anonymous.

This template is intended to be a starting point for small jails as they work to create or revise policies to comply with the Department of Justice's National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape. The template provides sample language, suggested policies, and strategies for implementing these policies. It is recommended that agencies analyze their operations, state laws, unique facility needs, designs, staffing, and budget issues...

According to the National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape, all jails are required to develop a written institutional plan to coordinate actions taken in response to an incident of sexual abuse among staff first responders, medical and mental health practitioners, investigators, and facility leadership.

"In December 1832 a farmer found the body of a young, pregnant woman hanging near a haystack outside a New England mill town. When news spread that Methodist preacher Ephraim Avery was accused of murdering Sarah Maria Cornell, a factory worker, the case gave the public everything they found irresistible: sexually charged violence, adultery, the hypocrisy of a church leader, secrecy and mystery, and suspicions of insanity. Murder in a Mill Town tells...