24 Miss. Code. R. 2-35.4 - Environment and Safety
A. If the holding
facility is being used for civil commitment purposes and is part of a
correctional facility or jail, the people awaiting transfer related to civil
commitment proceedings (or just people detained as part of the civil commitment
process) must be held separately from pre-trial criminal offense detainees or
inmates serving sentences.
B. Rooms
used for holding people must be free from structures and/or fixtures that could
be used to harm themselves.
C.
Holding facilities must be inspected and approved by appropriate local and/or
state fire, health/sanitation, and safety agencies at least annually (within
the anniversary month of the prior inspection), with written records of fire
and health inspections on file.
D.
The following must be conducted immediately upon arrival:
1. Suicide assessment (using a DMH-approved
screening instrument); and
2.
Violence risk assessment (using a DMH-approved screening instrument).
E. If the risk level for any of
these assessments is deemed "high," a 24-hour follow-up assessment by a nurse
or physician is required.
F. If the
risk level for suicide is deemed "high," immediate suicide prevention actions
must be instituted.
Notes
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