(A) Each
twelve day
twelve-day facility shall maintain the following
minimum standards in regard to the security
of the
facility
jail.
(1)
(Essential) An established security perimeter.
(2)
(Essential) A secure booking and release area.
(3)
(Essential) Temporary weapons storage lockers or other
secure storage at each point of entrance to the jail's security perimeter.
(4)
(Essential) If installed, closed circuit televisions
that are operational and preclude the monitoring of shower, toilet and clothing
exchange areas.
(5)
(Essential) A two-way communications system
between central control, staffed posts and prisoner
inmate
occupied areas. Prisoners
Inmates shall be able to initiate communication
with staffed posts.
(6)
(Essential) Equipment necessary to maintain
utilities, communications, security and fire protection in an emergency.
Documentation supports that such equipment is tested quarterly and repaired or
replaced as needed.
(B)
Each
twelve day
twelve-day jail shall have written policies and
procedures, and practices which evidence
,
that the following
minimum standards are
maintained.
(1)
In
regard to jail security control equipment and devices:
(Important) Procedures govern the availability,
control, inventory, storage, and use of firearms, less than lethal devices, and
related security devices and specify the level of authority required for their
access and use. Chemical agents and electrical disablers are used only with the
authorization of the jail administrator or designee. Access to storage areas is
restricted to authorized persons and the storage space is located in an area
separate and apart from inmate housing or activity areas.
(a) The jail administrator or
designee authorizes the types, use, implementation or installation of security
control equipment and devices.
(b) The jail administrator or
designee supervises and documents the training of those authorized to use
security control equipment and devices.
(c) Staff members authorized to
access security and control devices, and their storage areas shall be
documented.
(d) Storage areas for security and
control devices shall be secured.
(2)
(Important)
All prisoners
inmates shall be searched whenever entering or leaving
the jail's security perimeter to control
contraband.
(3)
(Important) Procedures and practices governing
strip and body cavity searches following reception shall be developed and
implemented in consultation with the county prosecutor, city attorney or law
director consistent with section
2933.32 of the Revised Code.
(4)
(Essential)
A written
emergency operations plan
There is a plan that
guides the jail's response to emergencies. All jail personnel are trained
annually in the implementation of the emergency plan. The emergency plan should
include procedures to be followed in situations that threaten jail's
security..
(5)
(Essential)
The maintenance by staff
of
shall
maintain a written log to record routine
information, emergency situations and unusual incidents.
(6)
(Essential)
An official count shall be conducted every
shift
three times daily not to exceed nine
hours from the previous count to verify prisoners
inmate's
physical presence and identification. Jail staff conducting the count shall
record the count.
(7)
(Essential) Personal observation checks of
prisoners
inmates shall be conducted at least once every sixty
minutes. Observation checks shall be conducted at varying times and shall be
documented after completion by the staff person performing the check.
(8)
(Essential)
The facility will
develop policies and procedures for inmates with special needs that will, at
minimum, include:
(a)
Housing
(b)
Referrals
(c)
Contact with
caseworkers, outside agencies, etc.
(8)
(9)
(Essential)
Prisoners
Inmates in
physical restraints shall be personally checked by staff every ten minutes.
The report of the use of physical restraints will be
documented, reviewed and signed off by a non-involved supervisor or
higher-ranking personnel. The use of physical restraints will be reviewed for
policy compliance by the jail administrator or designee.
(9)
(10)
In regard to the use of force:
(a)
(Essential) Use of force shall be limited to
instances of justifiable self-defense, prevention of self-inflicted harm,
protection of others, prevention of riot, prevention of
discharging a firearm or other weapons, prevention of escape or other
crime, and controlling or subduing
a prisoner
inmates who refuses
refuse to
obey a staff command or order.
(b)
(Essential) Use of force shall be limited to the
amount of force necessary
appropriate to control a given situation
and shall include a continuum of escalating force
levels
acknowledging changing levels of force
may change in seconds. In no event is physical force used as punishment.
(c)
(Essential) An examination and/or treatment by
qualified health care personnel shall be provided to prisoners
inmates or
staff involved in a use of force incident when there is obvious physical
injury,
or there
is a complaint of injury or an inmate
request for medical attention.
(d)
(Essential) Use of force incidents shall be
recorded and reviewed by the jail
jail
administrator
administrator or designee.
(10)
(11)
Contraband shall be defined in the prisoner rules.
All prisoner accessible areas of the jail shall be inspected for contraband and
physical security deficiencies.
Develop
procedures to guide searches of the jail and inmates in order to control
contraband.
(a)
(Important)
Prisoner
Inmate
accessible
housing areas shall be
inspected
once a week in a manner that
ensures all areas are inspected
each
month
ly.
(b) Prisoner accessible areas shall
be inspected in a manner that ensures all areas are inspected each
month.
(c)
(b)
(Essential) A security inspection of the jail
shall be conducted once a month.
(d)
(c)
(Essential) The
jail
administrator
jail administrator or
designee shall be notified of any discovered contraband or physical security
deficiencies.
The appropriate disposition of contraband
and the remediation of physical security deficiencies shall be
documented.
(e) The appropriate disposition of
contraband and the remediation of physical security deficiencies shall be
documented.
(12)
(Important)
Inmate movement
from one area to another is controlled by staff.
(11)
(13)
(Important) The staff supervision and searching
of prisoner
inmate
workers.
(12)
(14)
(Important) No
prisoner
inmate shall be given control of or authority over any
other prisoner, security function or service activity.
(13)
(15)
In regard to a key control system:
(Important) Same gender, cross gender and transgender
supervision guidelines shall be provided in policy and procedure.
(a) A key control center for storing
working and/or daily issue keys that is inaccessible to unauthorized persons
shall be maintained.
(b) There shall be an accounting
system for issuing and returning keys.
(c) There shall be a reporting
system for documenting and repairing broken or malfunctioning keys or
locks.
(d) There shall be a complete set of
duplicate keys maintained outside the jail's security perimeter inaccessible to
unauthorized persons but accessible for jail needs.
(e) Prisoners shall be prohibited
from handling jail security keys.
(f) Perimeter keys shall be
prohibited from entering the jail's security perimeter except in an
emergency.
(g) Emergency keys that are not
easily distinguishable from one another shall be marked or color-coded for easy
individual key recognition.
(h) The key control system shall
include provisions for access and authority to operate non-key operated locking
devices (i.e., electrical controls, remote release levers.)
(16)
(Important)
The jail shall
establish policies and procedures for the use of keys, tools and culinary
equipment.
(14)
(17)
(Important) Toxic,
corrosive and flammable substances and tools shall be
:
stored in a secure area
and used by inmates only under direct supervision and used only in accordance
with manufacturer's instruction. The substances are only accessible to
authorized persons.
(a) Stored in a secure
area;
(b) Used by prisoners only under
direct staff supervision;
(c) Used only in accordance with
manufacturer's instruction;
(d) Accessible only to authorized
persons.
