PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT (PREA) – §115.54 THIRD PARTY REPORTING

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The Gaston County Sheriff’s Office has a zero tolerance for all forms of sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment within the our detention facilities. This Office will immediately respond to allegations, fully investigate reported alleged incidents, pursue disciplinary action based upon the outcome of the investigations in accordance with the PREA standards, and refer for prosecution those who perpetrate prohibited conduct.

HOW TO REPORT SEXUAL ABUSE AT THE GASTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Inmates are encouraged to report all allegations of sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment immediately by:

Informing any Sheriff’s Office employee or volunteer, including medical staff
Writing to the PREA Compliance Coordinator at:
Sergeant V. Fields, PREA Coordinator

425 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way

Gastonia, NC 28052
Contacting the PREA Coordinator via an inmate grievance form
Gaston County Sheriff’s Office 2021 Final PREA report

If you have any information regarding an inmate who has been sexually abused in the Gaston County Jail, you may report on behalf of an inmate by contacting the Gaston County Sheriff’s Office PREA Coordinator’s confidential mailbox where messages may be left anonymously at (704)862-6709 or Gaston County Sheriff’s Office at (704)869-6869.

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HOW TO REPORT SEXUAL ABUSE AT THE GASTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Informing any Sheriff’s Office employee or volunteer, including medical staff

Writing to the PREA Compliance Coordinator at:

Contacting the PREA Coordinator via an inmate grievance form

Gaston County Sheriff’s Office 2021 Final PREA report

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