April 23, 2019

Time: 9:00 AM

Location: 492 First Avenue (First Floor Auditorium) (between E. 28th and E. 29th Street), New York, NY 10016

Materials Posted Prior to Meeting:

• Agenda (Subject to Change)
• BOC Summary of DOC 5-40 Data Submission (April 2019)
• BOC Supplementary Audit Report on NYC DOC's Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment (PREA) Closing Reports (April 2019)
• BOC 5-04(k) Supervision and Monitoring, Unannounced Rounds Audit (April 2019)
• BOC 5-14 Observations Regarding Person in Custody Education (April 2019)
• DOC PREA Reporting Status for 2018 and 2019 (Updated April 10, 2019)
• CHS PREA Reporting Status for 2018 and 2019 (Updated April 11, 2019)
• NYC Department of Investigation Commissioner Margaret Garnett Written Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• Legal Aid Society Letter to the Board re PREA Standards Compliance (March 26, 2019)
• Written Comments of the Crime Victims Treatment Center (April 16, 2019)
• NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault Letter to the Board (April 22, 2019)
• NYC Jails Action Coalition Letter to Board (April 22, 2019)
• Brooklyn Defender Services Letter to Board (April 22, 2019)

Materials Posted After Meeting:

• Special Hearing transcript
• Board of Correction PREA Presentation (April 23, 2019)
• NYC Department of Correction Commissioner Cynthia Brann Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• NYC Department of Correction Deputy Commissioner of Investigations & Trials Sarena Townsend (April 23, 2019)
• NYC Councilmember Helen Rosenthal Written Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• Bronx County District Attorney Darcel D. Clark Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• Exodus Transitional Community Written Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• New York County District Attorney Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• Sylvia Rivera Law Project Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• Scott Moffat Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• The Bronx Defenders Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• Lambda Legal Written Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• Brooklyn Defender Services (Brittany Cooper / Ms. T) Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• Brooklyn Defender Services (Simone Spring) Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• Legal Aid Society Testimony re Strip Searches (April 29, 2019)
• Black Women's Blueprint Written Testimony (May 1, 2019)
• Legal Aid Society Prisoners' Rights Project Testimony (April 23, 2019)
• Westchester County DOC Final Deputy Commissioner of Operations Leandro Diaz (April 23, 2019)
• Westchester County DOC First Deputy Commissioner Louis Molina (April 23, 2019)
• Cleary Gottlieb Letter to the Board (May 10, 2019)

The public will have an opportunity to comment on these issues. Public comment on sexual abuse and sexual harassment will be limited to six minutes per speaker. You can sign up before the hearing by calling 212-669-7900 or emailing boc@boc.nyc.gov. You can also sign up in the hearing room on the day of the hearing. Additionally, the Board welcomes written comments prior to or after the hearing. Written comments can be emailed to boc@boc.nyc.gov or given to the welcome table on the day of the meeting.

Please inform the Board if you need a reasonable accomodation of a disability at the Special Hearing. Please also inform us if you need a language interpreter. You can inform us by telephone at 212-669-7900, or by email at boc@boc.nyc.gov.

Visit our jail regulations page for more information on the Implementation of Sexual Abuse and Harassment Standards.