SSV-2 Survey on Sexual Violence - State Prison Systems

OMB No. 1121-0292: Approval Expires 12/31/2007
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

SSV-2

FORM
(12-13-2006)

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS

SURVEY ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE, 2006
— State Prison Systems
Summary Form

AND ACTING AS COLLECTION AGENT

U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

DATA SUPPLIED BY

TELEPHONE
E-MAIL
ADDRESS

City

Number and street or P.O. Box/Route Number
Area code

Number

FAX
NUMBER

State

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OFFICIAL
ADDRESS

Title

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Name

Area Code

ZIP Code
Number

(Please correct any error in name, mailing address, and ZIP Code)

What facilities are included in this data collection?
All State-operated confinement facilities that are intended for
adults but sometimes hold juveniles.
• INCLUDE prisons, penitentiaries, and correctional
institutions; boot camps; community correction facilities;
halfway houses; prison farms; reception, diagnostic, and
classification centers; road camps; forestry and
conservation camps; vocational training facilities; prison
hospitals; and drug and alcohol treatment facilities for
prisoners.
• INCLUDE State-operated local detention facilities in
Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island,
and Vermont.
• EXCLUDE privately-operated facilities and facilities
operated and administered by local governments. (These
facilities will be contacted directly for data on sexual
violence.)
• EXCLUDE facilities that hold only juveniles. (These
facilities will be contacted directly for data on sexual
violence.)

Reporting instructions:
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•

Please complete the entire SSV-2 Form.
If the answer to a question is "not available" or "unknown,"
write "DK" (do not know) in the space provided.
If the answer to a question is "not applicable," write "NA"
in the space provided.
If the answer to a question is "none" or "zero," mark box
( x ) provided.

Substantiated incidents of sexual violence:
• Please complete an Incident Form (Adult, SSV-IA)
for each substantiated incident of sexual violence.
Returning forms:
• If you need assistance, please call Greta Clark at the
U.S. Census Bureau toll–free at 1–800–253–2078, or
e-mail govs.ssv@census.gov
• Please return your completed questionnaire and
substantiated incident forms by March 15, 2007.

What inmates and incidents are included in this
data collection?

• You may complete this survey online at:
http://harvester.census.gov/ssv/

Inmates under your custody between January 1, 2006, and
December 31, 2006.

• If you prefer, you may also return these forms by
mail or fax.

• INCLUDE incidents involving inmates under the
authority, custody, or care of your confinement or
community-based facilities or staff.

• MAIL TO: U.S. Census Bureau, P.O. Box 5000,
Jeffersonville, IN 47199-5000

• EXCLUDE incidents involving inmates held in local jails
and facilities in other jurisdictions.

• FAX (TOLL FREE): 1–888–891–2099

Burden Statement

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, we cannot ask you to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The burden of this collection is estimated to average 60 minutes per response, including reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering necessary data, and completing and reviewing this form. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or
any aspect of this survey, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20531. Do not send your completed form to this address.

Section I – INMATE–ON–INMATE SEXUAL VIOLENCE
DEFINITION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE

1. Does your State prison system record
allegations of inmate-on-inmate
NONCONSENSUAL SEXUAL ACTS?
01

The definition of "rape" as required under the Prison Rape
Elimination Act of 2003 will be operationalized by
disaggregating sexual assault into two categories of
inmate-on-inmate SEXUAL VIOLENCE. These categories
reflect uniform definitions formulated by the National Center
for Injury Prevention and Control, in "Sexual Violence
Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data
Elements," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The
categories of inmate-on-inmate SEXUAL VIOLENCE are:

Yes ➔ a. Do you record all reported
occurrences, or only substantiated
ones?
01

All

02

Substantiated only

b. Do you record attempted
NONCONSENSUAL SEXUAL ACTS
or only completed ones?

NONCONSENSUAL SEXUAL ACTS:
Contact of any person without his or her consent, or of a
person who is unable to consent or refuse;
AND

02

No

01

Both attempted and completed

02

Completed only

➔ Please provide the definition used by your

State prison system for inmate-on-inmate
NONCONSENSUAL SEXUAL ACTS in the
space below. Use that definition to complete
Items 2 and 3.

• Contact between the penis and the vagina or the penis
and the anus including penetration, however slight;
OR
• Contact between the mouth and the penis, vagina, or
anus;
OR
• Penetration of the anal or genital opening of another
person by a hand, finger, or other object.
ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACTS:
Contact of any person without his or her consent, or of a
person who is unable to consent or refuse;

2. Between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2006,
how many allegations of inmate-on-inmate
NONCONSENSUAL SEXUAL ACTS were reported?

AND
• Intentional touching, either directly or through the
clothing, of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh,
or buttocks of any person;
• Exclude incidents in which the intent of the sexual
contact is to harm or debilitate rather than to sexually
exploit.

Number reported
None
• If an allegation involved multiple victimizations,
count only once.
3. Of the allegations reported in Item 2, how
many were — (Please contact the agency or office
responsible for investigating allegations of sexual
violence in order to fully complete this form.)

a. Substantiated

.......

None

• The event was investigated and determined to
have occurred.
b. Unsubstantiated . . . . .

None

• Evidence was insufficient to make a final determination
that the event occurred.
c. Unfounded . . . . . . . . . .

None

• The event was determined NOT to have occurred.
d. Investigation ongoing .

None

• A final determination has not yet been made as to
whether the event occurred.
e. TOTAL (Sum of Items
3a through 3d) . . . . . . . . .
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Section II – STAFF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
AND HARASSMENT

4. Does your State prison system record
allegations of inmate-on-inmate ABUSIVE
SEXUAL CONTACTS? (See definitions on page 2.)
01

Yes

01
02
02

No

DEFINITION OF STAFF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

➔ Can these be counted separately from
allegations of NONCONSENSUAL
SEXUAL ACTS?
Yes
No ➔ Skip to Item 7.

➔ Please provide an explanation in the space
below and then skip to Item 7.

The definition of STAFF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT is based on
"Training for Investigators of Staff Sexual Misconduct,"
prepared by the National Institute of Corrections. STAFF
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT includes any behavior or act of a
sexual nature directed toward an inmate by an employee,
volunteer, contractor, official visitor, or other agency
representative (exclude inmate family, friends, or other visitors).
Sexual relationships of a romantic nature between staff and
inmates are included in this definition.
Consensual or nonconsensual sexual acts including:
• Intentional touching of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast,
inner thigh, or buttocks with the intent to abuse, arouse,
or gratify sexual desire;
OR
• Completed, attempted, threatened, or requested sexual
acts;
OR
• Occurrences of indecent exposure, invasion of privacy,
or staff voyeurism for sexual gratification.
DEFINITION OF STAFF SEXUAL HARASSMENT

5. Between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2006,
how many allegations of inmate-on-inmate
ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACTS were reported?

Number reported
None
• If an allegation involved multiple victimizations,
count only once.

The definition of STAFF SEXUAL HARASSMENT was also
developed by the National Institute of Corrections. STAFF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT includes repeated verbal statements
or comments of a sexual nature to an inmate by an employee,
volunteer, contractor, official visitor, or other agency
representative (exclude inmate family, friends, or other
visitors).
• Demeaning references to gender or derogatory
comments about body or clothing;
OR

6. Of the allegations reported in Item 5, how
many were — (Please contact the agency or office
responsible for investigating allegations of sexual
violence in order to fully complete this form.)

• Repeated profane or obscene language or gestures.
7.

a. Substantiated . . . . . . .

None

Does your State prison system record
allegations of STAFF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT?
01

b. Unsubstantiated . . . . .

c. Unfounded

.........

Yes

None

None
02

No

➔ Do you record all reported

occurrences, or only substantiated
ones?
01

All

02

Substantiated only

➔ Please provide an explanation in the space
below and then skip to Item 10.

d. Investigation ongoing .

None

e. TOTAL (Sum of Items
6a through 6d) . . . . . . . . .

None

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8. Between January 1, 2006, and
December 31, 2006, how many allegations of
STAFF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT were reported?

12. Of the allegations reported in Item 11, how
many were — (Please contact the agency or
office responsible for investigating allegations of
sexual violence in order to fully complete this form.)

Number reported
None
• If an allegation involved multiple victims or staff,
count only once.
9. Of the allegations reported in Item 8, how
many were — (Please contact the agency or
office responsible for investigating allegations of
sexual violence in order to fully complete this form.)

a. Substantiated . . . . . . .

b. Unsubstantiated . . . . .

c. Unfounded

.........

a. Substantiated . . . . . . .

None

b. Unsubstantiated . . . . .

None

c. Unfounded . . . . . . . . . .

None

d. Investigation ongoing .

None

e. TOTAL (Sum of Items
12a through 12d) . . . . . . .

None

None

None

None
Section III – TOTAL OF SUBSTANTIATED
INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE

d. Investigation ongoing .

None
13. What is the total number of substantiated
incidents reported in Items 3a, 6a, 9a, and 12a?

e. TOTAL (Sum of Items
9a through 9d) . . . . . . . .

None

Total substantiated
incidents . . . . . . . . . . . .

➔

10. Does your State prison system record
allegations of STAFF SEXUAL HARASSMENT?
(See definitions on page 3.)
01

Yes

02

No

Please complete an Incident Form (Adult,
SSV-IA) for each substantiated incident of
sexual violence.

➔ Can these allegations be counted

separately from allegations of STAFF
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT?
01

Yes

02

No

➔ Skip to Item 13.

➔ Please provide an explanation in the space
below and then skip to Item 13.

11. Between January 1, 2006, and
December 31, 2006, how many allegations
of STAFF SEXUAL HARASSMENT were
reported?
Number reported
None
• If an allegation involved multiple victims or staff,
count only once.
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NOTES