28 CFR § 115.218 - Upgrades to facilities and technologies.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s115.218"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 115.218 - Upgrades to facilities and technologies."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "115.218"
section_name: "Upgrades to facilities and technologies."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "115"
part_name: "PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT NATIONAL STANDARDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 15601-15609."
regulatory_source: "AG Order No. 3331-2012, 77 FR 37197, June 20, 2012, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "115"
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# 115.218 Upgrades to facilities and technologies.

(a) When designing or acquiring any new facility and in planning any substantial expansion or modification of existing facilities, the agency shall consider the effect of the design, acquisition, expansion, or modification upon the agency's ability to protect residents from sexual abuse.

(b) When installing or updating a video monitoring system, electronic surveillance system, or other monitoring technology, the agency shall consider how such technology may enhance the agency's ability to protect residents from sexual abuse.