Tex. Gov't Code § 501.173 · Subchapter F. ELIMINATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST INMATES
POWERS AND DUTIES OF OMBUDSPERSON.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The ombudsperson shall:
(1) monitor department policies for the prevention of sexual assault in correctional facilities;
(2) oversee the administrative investigation of inmate complaints of sexual assault;
(3) ensure the impartial resolution of inmate complaints of sexual assault; and
(4) collect statistics regarding all allegations of sexual assault from each correctional facility in accordance with the standards established by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission.
(b) The ombudsperson may collect evidence at correctional facilities and interview inmates or employees at correctional facilities in conducting an investigation of an inmate complaint of sexual assault under this section.
(c) The ombudsperson may not require an inmate who reports a sexual assault to assist in the investigation or prosecution of the offense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (H.B. 1944), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.501.htm
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