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28 CFR § 115.53 - Inmate access to outside confidential support services. 

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s115.53"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 115.53 - Inmate access to outside confidential support services."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "115.53"
section_name: "Inmate access to outside confidential support services."
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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# 115.53 Inmate access to outside confidential support services.

(a) The facility shall provide inmates with access to outside victim advocates for emotional support services related to sexual abuse by giving inmates mailing addresses and telephone numbers, including toll-free hotline numbers where available, of local, State, or national victim advocacy or rape crisis organizations, and, for persons detained solely for civil immigration purposes, immigrant services agencies. The facility shall enable reasonable communication between inmates and these organizations and agencies, in as confidential a manner as possible.

(b) The facility shall inform inmates, prior to giving them access, of the extent to which such communications will be monitored and the extent to which reports of abuse will be forwarded to authorities in accordance with mandatory reporting laws.

(c) The agency shall maintain or attempt to enter into memoranda of understanding or other agreements with community service providers that are able to provide inmates with confidential emotional support services related to sexual abuse. The agency shall maintain copies of agreements or documentation showing attempts to enter into such agreements.