BCSO Annual PREA Report for Corrective Action
January 1, 2025-December, 31, 2025
Pursuant to National PREA Standard 115.88, the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office is providing to the public a copy of its annual review of PREA investigations, operational challenges relative to PREA and corrective actions taken to prevent, detect and respond to inmate sexual abuse and sexual harassment within its correctional facilities.
Within the months of January, 2025 through December, 2025 the following has occurred:
- The average number of inmates within the Bristol County Correctional Facilities was 687 which is an decrease from January 2024 to December 2024, when the average number of inmates was 700. All inmates receive information regarding PREA during orientation and throughout their incarceration.
- The total number of PREA related incidents reported with the Bristol County Correctional Facilities is 29. Which is a slight increase from January 2024 to December 2024, where 27 total PREA related incidents were reported.
- From January 2025 through December 2025, there were 9 unsubstantiated PREA reports, 3 substantiated reports, and 17 reports proved to be unfounded, 22 Involved male victims and 7 involved female victims.
- There were 20 staff on inmate allegations investigated and 1 was substantiated, 2 unsubstantiated, 17 unfounded, and 0 remain ongoing investigation.
- Within the past year noted, 3 PREA allegations were proven to be substantiated cases of sexual abuse and 0 were proven to be substantiated cases of sexual harassment.
- From January 2025, though December 2025 there have not been any sexual abuse cases with resulted in criminal prosecution.
All reported incidents of inmate sexual abuse or sexual harassment occurred on the grounds of either the Dartmouth Correctional Complex or the Ash Street Jail. In each case, staff responded to each allegation promptly notifying appropriate security managers.
PREA investigators, the PREA Coordinator and health care practitioners were also notified of these incidents, once reported.
Sheriff’s Office employees, contractors and volunteers are trained in the Sheriff’s Office “zero tolerance” standard relative to inmate sexual abuse and harassment, as well as reporting protocols.
All allegations of inmate sexual abuse or sexual harassment, including third-party and anonymous reports, are investigated by Sheriff’s Office investigators who have received specialized training to investigate PREA allegations.
To prevent possible retaliation, PREA investigators monitor alleged victims of sexual abuse for a period of 90 days. There were no cases of retaliation identified within the past 12 months.
A PREA Review Committee examines each completed PREA investigation to determine whether changes to existing policy, practice and staffing levels are necessary, as well as improvements to monitoring technology.
The Dartmouth Correctional Complex and the Ash Street Jail underwent a PREA Audit in November of 2024 and was found to be compliant for all Federal PREA Standards. The final report was issued: 04/24/2025 and is published on the BCSO website.
Bristol County Sheriff’s Office
2025 PREA Aggregate Data
1. The total number of admissions for 2025 was 7,236
2. The average daily population for the year 2025 was 683 inmates.
3. The following data represents allegations of Inmate-on-Inmate Sexual Victimization;
There were zero allegations of inmate on inmate sexual acts reported.
There were two allegations of inmate on inmate sexual abuse reported.
Of the reported cases of inmate sexual abuse two cases were substantiated, zero cases were unsubstantiated, zero cases were unfounded and there are no cases ongoing.
There were six allegations of Inmate-on–Inmate sexual harassment reported.
Of the reported cases of inmate Inmate-on–Inmate sexual harassment; zero cases were substantiated, six cases were unsubstantiated, zero cases were Unfounded, and there are zero cases ongoing.
The following data represents allegations of Staff on Inmate Abuse:
There were five allegations of staff sexual acts reported.
There were six allegations of Staff on Inmate sexual abuse reported and the allegation was unsubstantiated.
There were ten allegations of Staff on Inmate sexual harassment reported.
Of the reported cases one was substantiated, two were unsubstantiated, seventeen were unfounded and zero cases remained ongoing.
Total number of substantiated PREA allegations for 2025 was one.
Total number of Disclosures of past facility abuse that were referred to authorities was one.
The total number of PREA allegations for 2025 was twenty-nine. |
