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RESOLUTION NO. 7-88
JEFFERSON COUNTY CORRECTIONS STANDARDS
WHEREAS, the 1987 Fiftieth Legislature of the State of
Washington enacted Chapter 462 relating to the transfer of powers,
duties and functions of the Corrections Standards Board to other
state agencies; amending and repealing certain specified sections
of the RCW and adding new sections; providing an effective date;
and declaring an emergency; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 70.48 RCW has been changed to read: "All
uni ts of local government that own or operate adult correctional
facilities shall, individually or collectively, adopt standards for
the operation of those facilities no later than January 1, 1988";
and
WHEREAS, the Jefferson County Sheriff has recommended
adoption by reference, of the Corrections Standards which were
passed into law and/or administratively modified by the
Corrections Standards Board, with his certain specified changes to
those Standards; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Jefferson County
Commissioners, in compliance with Chapter 462, 1987 Laws of the
State of Washington, that the standards which were enforced by the
Corrections Standards Board are hereby adopted by reference with
the inclusion of the changes submitted by the Jefferson County
Sheriff, all of which have been defined and attached hereto,
effective as of the 1st day of January, 1988.
APPRQVED and ADOPTED this
.;;/~day of January, 1988.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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DETENTION-CORRECTIONAL FACILITY INSPECTION REPORT
Date of Inspection:
Ref'Ort Issued:
Name of Facility:
Classification:
Street or P.O. Box:
City:
County:
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Telephone:
Person Responsible for Facility Operation
(Sheriff, Chief of Police, or Director,
Department of Corrections)
Official Title
Chief Elected Official
(Chairman or County Corrmissioners, Mayor,
or County Executive)
Jail Supervisor
Persons Interviewed
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Inspected by:
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Inspection Report Summary for
Reply due:
During our inspection, the following standards were found in noncOlI'pliance.
CHAPI'ER 1 NEW FACILITIES
ALL STANDARDS IN THIS CHAPrER ARE ADVISORY
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1. 01
Specific physical plant standards. (Detention and correctional facilities
except as otherwise noted.)
(a) Functional areas.
(i) Sleeping and living areas shall be designed to provide adequate
confinerænt, reasonable prisoner to prisoner privacy, sight and sound
surveillance and protection for prisoners and staff. For such ¡;:urposes, the
following are the design criteria of new construction or renovation of
detention and correctional facilities.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1. 02
Single occupancy cells: Seventy-two square feet or larger with not less than
eight foot ceilings. A single occupancy cell should contain not less than
fifty square feet of clear floor space.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.03
Day room areas: A minimum of thirty-five square feet per prisoner, but not
less than a total of one hundred forty-four square feet.
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NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.04
Dormitories, when included: A minimum and maximum capacity of eight to ten
males or four to ten females and sixty square feet of floor space per prisoner
in semi-private sleeping areas. The dormitory shall also include day room
space, and not less than ten foot ceilings if double bunks are used.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.05
Program, recreation and exercise areas. Detention and correctional facilities
shall provide adequate indoor program and recreation area ( s) and a mul tipurp:>se
outdoor exercise and activity area.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
standard Ref. £ 1.06
Kitchen and dining facilities.
(A) When kitchen facilities are included, such facilities shall be adequate
for the sanitary preparation of three nutritionally balanced meals per day.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.07
Dining area(s) shall allow conversational opportunities in adequate
surroundings. Meals shall not be served in cells, except where necessary for
the health, security and/or well-being of prisoners and staff.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
standard Ref. £ 1.08
Examining room, infirmary and medical isolation.
Detention and correctional facilities shall provide space to be used as a
medical examining room. This space may be multipurpose, but when used as an
examining room it shall provide sight and sound privacy and be equipped with
natural spectrum fluorescent lighting, a handwashing lavatory with a gooseneck
sp::mt, either foot, knee, plSh plate, electric eye beam, or equivalent faucet
controls, and sufficient lockable storage for medical equipment and supplies.
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NEW FACILITIES
standard Ref. £ 1. 09
When an infinnary is located within the facility, infinnary space shall allow a
minirwm of three feet between the perimeter of each bed and walls, beds, and
any fixed obstruction: Provided, That this three foot requirement does not
aFPly to the distance between the head of a bed and the wall. The infinnary
shall be equiRJed with its own lavatory, toilet, shower and ba.thtub.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.10
Visitation and confidential consultation.
(A) Space for visitation shall be included in detention and correctional
facilities. Such space shall allow surveillance and the degree of control over
physical contact deemed necessary by jail management for visible control, and
shall sirm.1ltaneously provide adequate seating for prisoners and their
visitor(s).
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
standard Ref. £ 1.11
Detention and correctional facilities shall provide adequate facilities for
confidential consultation(s).
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.12
Laundry. If laundry facilities are provided within the jail, such facilities
shall be adequate for sanitary washing and drying of the jail laundry. Separate
areas should be arranged for storage and sorting of soiled laundry and for the
sorting, folding and storage of clean laundry.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.13
Storage. Detention and correctional facilities shall include one or roore
secure storage area (s) for the storage of prisoner personal clothing and
property and for necessary jail equipœnt and SUFPlies.
CCM1ENTS:
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NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.14
SUf€rvisory stations.
(A) Sufficient space and equipnent for the facility superv1sor shall be
provided in an area secure from prisoner access. An adequate control room
shall be secure from any unauthorized access and it shall be capable for
controlling access to the facility by the general public.
C'CM>1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.15
Sight and sound surveillance equipnent, where used, shall be monitored in the
control room and reroote control of€rating devices shall also be in the control
room. The control room shall be equipped with a sink and toilet.
CXM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.16
Booking and reception areas. The booking area (s) shall include r but not be
limited to, restroom facilities with shower, a "strip search" room, holding
cell(s) (may be multiple occupancy), telephone, and space for photographing,
fingerprinting, delousing, intoxication determinations and health screening.
<XM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
standard Ref. £ 1.17
Building codes. All standards contained in the current Washington state
building code established by RCW 19.27.030, the electrical wiring provisions of
chapter 19.28 RCW, and more restrictive local standards shall be followed in
all new jail construction.
a:M1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
standard Ref. £1.18
Materials for walls, floors and ceiling. In all jail facilities, walls, floors
and ceilings shall be constructed with materials adequate to attain the degree
of security required for each area of the facility. Such materials shall œ
easily cleanable, provide minimum sound transmission and fire protection.
Polyurethane, neoprene or similar type materials shall not be used in padded
cells. All paint used in a jail facility shall be fire resistant and nontoxic.
CCM-1ENTS:
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standard Ref. £ 1.19
Entrances and exits.
(A) Detention and correctional facilities shall have two secure vestibules for
ingress and egress.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.20
Elevators shall have no less than six feet by eight feet inside dimensions.
CCM1ENTS:
~ FACILITIES
standard Ref. £ 1.21
A secure area shall be provided for loading and unloading prisoners.
CCM1ENTS:
~ FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.22
Windows and/or skylights. Windows and/or skylights shall be sufficient to
provide natural light to all living areas, yet locations shall assure security
from escape and introduction of contraband.
CCM1ENTS:
~ FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.23
Noise level. Noise level shall conform to the requirements of chapter 173-60
WAC (Maxinum environmental noise levels).
CCM1ENTS:
~ FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1. 24
Prisoner living areas, inspection corridors, and vestibules shall have secure
lights with outside switch control. No electrical conduit shall be accessible
from any cell, though each living unit may contain outlets and switches,
provided they are unilaterally controllable by staff.
CCM1ENTS:
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NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1. 25
Lighting. Illumination at all times shall be adequate for security and
surveillance, and daytime and evening illumination shall be sufficient
to permit prisoners to read in their cells (thirty foot candles at thirty
inches minimum, one hundred foot candles at thirty inches for medical examining
areas, fifty foot candles at thirty inches for work areas).
C'CM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
standard Ref. £ 1.26
Water supply. There shall be an adequate SUWly of sanitary hot and cold water
available at all times to prisoners. Hot water for general use shall be
adequate.
C'CM1ENTS :
NEW FACILITIES
st~ndard Ref. £ 1.27
Plumbing -- Toilets, lavatories, showers and floor drains.
(A) There shall be at least one toilet and lavatory for every eight
pnsoners. Separate facilities shall be provided for each sex.
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NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.28
A minimum of one shower head shall be provided for every ten prisoners.
CŒ1MENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1. 29
Floor drains shall be constructed to serve all cells, dormitories and other
areas where necessary to facilitate cleaning. Floor drains shall be located
outside the cell space to reduce the incidence of tampering and flooding.
Plumbing connection and pipes shall be secure from uncontrolled access by
prlsoners.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.30
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
(A) The systems shall maintain mean temperatures between sixty-five and
eighty-five degrees F.
CCM1ENTS:
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NEW FACILITIES
standard Ref. £ 1.31
The ventilating system shall provide for the number of air changes per hour as
specified in the Unifonn Building Code.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.32
Sut:P:>rt systems.
(i) Fire detection and suH?ression. All jails shall have srooke and fire
detection and alann equi¡::ment. Fire alann systems shall confonn to all state
and local fire regulations. Sprinklers shall not be required within cells and
conflicting requirements of local code provisions are preempted, when all other
aH?licable code provisions relating to fire safety are met and an effective
srooke control system is incorp::>rated in the facility design.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
standard Ref. £ 1. 33
Ðærgency power. All detention and correctional facilities shall be equifPed
with emergency power sources with sufficient capacity to maintain
corrmunications and alann systems, to IOOve one jail elevator, where one exists,
to provide minimum lighting within the facility and. perimeter and for
the preparation of a light meal.
CCM1ENTS:
NEW FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 1.34
Minimum security facilities. Jail facilities shall be constructed to totally
separate areas for housing prisoners who are allowed to go outside the jail
regularly from all other prisoner areas.
CCM1ENTS:
CHAPl'ER 2 GENERAL AI:MINISTRATION
WAC 289-14-200(1)
GENERAL AIMINISTRATION
Standard Ref. £ 2. 01
The departrænt of corrections or the chief law enforcement officer of all jails
shall develop and maintain an organizational chart and an operations manual of
policies and procedures.
CCM1ENTS:
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GENERAL AŒ1INISTRATION
standard Ref. £ 2. 02
Such chart and manual shall be reviewed by all staff and such review noted by
signature prior to any assignment.
CCM1ENTS:
GENERAL AŒ1INISTRATION
standard Ref. £ 2.03
All jail j:X)licies and procedures should be reviewed and revised as appropriate
on a continuing basis but at least yearly.
<XM1ENTs:
ADVISORY.
CHAPTER 3 STAFF POSITIONS
STAFF POSITIONS
Standard Ref. £ 3.01
Written job descriptions shall define the resj:X)nsibilities and designate the
qualifications for each staff j:X)sition.
C'CM1ENTS:
STAFF POSITIONS
Standard Ref. £ 3.02
Qualifications for correctional officers who have direct responsibility over
prisoners and who are hired on or after the effective date of these minimum
standards shall include, but not be limited to, a high school diploma, or
equivalent.
CCM1ENTS:
STAFF POSITIONS
Standard Ref. £ 3.03
All jail staff shall be selected in accordance with chapter 41.14 RCW and/or
other applicable legal requirements and shall be retained uj:X)n proven ability
to perfonn.
CCM1ENTS:
STAFF POSITIONS
Standard Ref. £3.04
Appropriate physical fitness standards should be set and enforced for all jail
staff.
<XM1ENTS:
ADVISORY.
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CHAPTER 4 TRAINING
TRAINING
standard Ref. £ 4.01
All jails shall provide preservice orientation to each newly hired jail staff
member prior to being assigned to duty, regardless of his or her previous
training or experience prior to the assignment of any jail duties. Such
training may be provided either by existing jail staff or other qualified
persons, and must be verified by a written outline, and shall include, but not
necessarily be limited to:
(a) Review and understànding of all policies and procedures relating to
his/her job responsibilities, specifically;
(i) Agency organization;
( ii) Admission and release procedures
( iii) Securi ty and safety procedures
(iv) Contraband control, definition of, etc.;
(v) Prisoner discipline;
(vi) Medical and rrental health procedures;
(vii) Use of force;
(viii> Confidentiality of jail records.
CCM1ENTS:
TRAINING
standard Ref. £ 4.02
Review of the Washington criminal justice system and custodial care standards
as they relate to jail duties.
CCM1ENTS:
TRAINING
Standard Ref. £ 4.03
Identification and understanding of the function of agencies whose authority
may extend to the jail's prisoners.
CCM1ENTS:
TRAINING
Standard Ref. £ 4.04
Awropriate training and qualification in the use of weapons when jail duties
include fOssession or carrying of a firearm.
CCM1ENTS:
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TRAINING
Standard Ref. £ 4.05
All persons directly responsible for the supervision of prisoners shall
successfully complete the Washington state crirnånal justice training commission
basic correctional academy within the first six m::mths of their employment, as
required by WAC 139-36-010 unless such training has already been received.
CCM1F.NI'S:
TRAINING
standard Ref. £ 4.06
staff training shall further include such training as required by Chapter 29,
Health Care Training.
CQ\1MENTS :
CHAPTER 5 RECORDS
RECORDS
standard Ref. £ 5.01
The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer for each jail
shall establish a records system which shall comply with the requirerænts of
this section.
CQ\1MENTS:
RECORDS
Standard Ref. £ 5.02
Fiscal. Each detention and correctional facility shall maintain fiscal records
which clearly indicate facility operation and maintenance costs according to
generally accepted accounting principles. Such records shall separate specific
jail functions from other departmental functions.
CXM1ENTS:
RECORDS
Standard Ref. £ 5.03
Confidentiality. All jail facility personnel shall be advised of the statutory
prOV1Slons for confidentiality of jail records under RCW 70.48.100(2).
CCM1ENTS:
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RECORDS
standard Ref. £ 5.04
Indjvidual prisoner records. The infonnation required by the I:xxJking and
release fom shall be obtained' for each I:xxJking and release. Such infonnation
will be retained in written form or within conplter records. other infonnation
retained in each prisoner's jail records shall include, but not be limited to,
reports of disciplinary actions and/or unusualœcurrences, and, in case of
death, disposition of prisoner's property and remains.
CCM1ENTS:
RECORDS
standard Ref. £ 5.05
Medical. Health care records shall be maintained separately in accordance with
Chapter 31 (Health Care Records), to the extent necessary to maintain their
confidentiality.
CCM1ENTS:
RECORDS
standard Ref. £ 5.06
Prisoner access. Each prisoner shall be permitted reasonable access to his
jail record, or reasonable access to infonnation contained therein. Provided
that such access may be limited only on substantial grounds of institutional
security.
o:M1ENTs:
RECORDS
Standard Ref. £ 5.07
Transfer. When a prisoner is transferred to another facility, copies or
summaries of all health records shall be transferred to the receiving facility,
provided that the requirements of Chapter 31 (Health Care Records) regarding
confidentiality are followed. Applicable court orders shall be transferred.
Summaries or copies of disciplinary records shall be transferred where such
infonnation may serve a substantial governmental interest in the safety or
security of the receiving institution.
<XM'1ENI'S :
RECORDS
Standard Ref. £ 5.08
Population reports. Each jail shall complete monthly reports on its
population.
CCM"1ENTs:
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RECORDS
standard Ref. £ 5.09
Population accounhng. Each jòil p;hould, in addition, maintain an ongoing and
a permanent accounting of its population by its own confinement categories,
location or classification within the jail.
CCM1ENTS:
ADVISORY.
RECORDS
standard Ref. £ 5.10
Jail register. Each jail shall maintain an accurate jail register as required
by RCW 70.48.100.
C'I::M1ENTS :
RECORDS
standard Ref. £ 5.11
Infraction and disciplinary. Each departrænt of corrections or chief law
enforcement officer shall maintain a written record of all incidents which
result in substantial property damage or bodily harm, or serious threat of
substantial property damage or bodily harm. Major infraction reports and
disciplinary actions shall become part of the prisoner's jail record.
C'CM1ENTs:
RECORDS
standard Ref. £ 5.12
Incidents and emergencies. All serious incidents and emergencies shall be
recorded. For purposes of this section, the term "serious incidents and
emergencies" includes, but is not limited to any death which occurs within a
jail, attempted suicides, epidemics, completed escapes, any completed assault
upon staff or prisoners, serious fires, flooding or other natural disasters or
riots.
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RECORDS
Standard Ref. £ 5.13
Incident reports. An incident report shall be completed on any death,
completed escape, or serious fire. All such incident reports for a given m:mth
shall be maintained on a monthly basis with a monthly population accounting
form. A copy of all incident reports shall be retained at the jail.
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RECORDS
standard Ref. £ 5.14
Activity log. All jails should keep a log of daily activity within the
facility for future accountability.
CCM1ENTS:
ADVISORY.
RECORDS
standard Ref. £ 5.15
Personnel training. Training records shall be maintained for each staff member
errployed by a detention or correctional facility.
CCM1ENTS:
REa:m>S
standard Ref. £ 5.16
Personnel perfonnance. Perfonnance records should be maintained for each staff
member errployed by a detention or correctional facility.
C'CM-tENTs:
ADVISORY.
CHAPrER 6 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
Standard Ref. £ 6.01
The department of corrections or the chief law enforcement officer shall
fonnulate written emergency procedures relative to escapes, riots, rebellions,
assaul ts, injuries, suicides or atterrpted suicides, outbreak of infectious
disease, fire, acts of nature, and any other type of major disaster or
disturbance. The emergency plan shall outline the responsibilities of jail
facility staff, evacuation procedures, and subsequent disposition of the
prisoners after raooval fran the area or facility. SUch plan shall be
fonnulated in cooperation with the aEPropriate su¡:p:>rting local goverrunent
units.
cc:M1ENTs:
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
Standard Ref. £ 6.02
Elnergency plans shall always be available to the officer in charge of the jail,
and all personnel shall be aware of, and trained in, the procedures.
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CHAPTER 7 FIRE PREVENTION/SUPPRESSION
FIRE PREVENTION/SUPPRESSION
standard Ref. £ 7.01
The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer shall consult
with the local fire department having jurisdiction over the facility in
developing a written fire prevention and suppression plan which shall include,
but not be limited to:
(a) A fire prevention plan to be part of the operations manual of p:>licies and
procedures.
CCM1ENTS:
FIRE PREVENTION/SUPPRESSION
standard Ref. £ 7.02
A requirement that staff are alert to fire hazards during their daily rounds.
CCM1ENTS:
FIRE PREVENTION/SUPPRESSION
Standard Ref. £ 7.03
Fire prevention inspections at least semi -annually by the fire department
having jurisdiction; provided, that when such inspections cannot be obtained
from such fire department the facility shall provide such inspections by an
independent, qualified source.
ŒM1ENTS:
FIRE PREVENTION/SUPPRESSION
Standard Ref. £ 7.04
A regular schedule for inspections, testing and servicing fire suppression
equipnent.
CCM1ENTS:
FIRE PREVENTION/SUPPRESSION
Standard Ref. £ 7.05
Results of all fire department inspections shall be kept on file at the jail,
together with records of actions taken to comply with recommendations from such
rep:>rts.
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æAPTER 8 OVERCRCW)IN:3
OVERCRCWJIN:3
standard Ref. £ 8.01
PtlJ:p)se. The J:Ul'POse of this section is to provide a means for detennining
maximum pop.1lation figures for a local detention and correctional facilities.
It is recognized that each facility is unique and that the establishment of
rigid criteria for defining and identifying overcrowding in rrost existing
facilities would be unworkable. However, overcrowding rerna.ins a concern of
constitutional dimensions within local jails and rrust be addressed. It is the
plt"J;X)se of these standards to provide a finn awroach to preventing
overcrowding in all jail facilities.
C'CM1ENTs:
OVERCRCWJING
standard Ref. £ 8.02
No prisoner shall be required to sleep directly on the floor for any length of
time, or on a mattress on the floor in excess of one 72-hour period, unless
there are reasonable grounds to believe that such provisions are necessary to
prevent the prisoner from damaging property, inflicting 1:xxlily hann to himself
or others or substantially carpromising the security of the jail.
CCM1ENTS:
OVERCRCWJIN:3
standard Ref. £ 8.03
Existing jails.
(a) The director of the local department of corrections or chief law
enforcement officer shall propose a maxinum capacity for each detention or
correctional facility within his or her jurisdiction. This capacity shall
reflect a judgment as to the maxinum number of prisoners who may be housed
within the facility in question in a humane fashion.
CCM1ENTS:
OVERCRCWJING
standard Ref. £ 8.04
Overcrowding_
(a) The maximum capacity may be exceeded to the extent that the average daily
poµ.llation for any calendar roonth does not exceed the established maxÌIm1m
capacity.
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OVERCRaVDING
standard Ref. £ 8.05
Any re :X)rt of conditions of overcrowding required under this section shall be
considen..>d as a notice of an emergp.ncy suspension of standards.
a:M1ENTS:
OVERCRCWJING
standard Ref. £ 8.06
Each department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer shall
establish, with the cooperation of the presiding judge of the superior court, a
procedure for release of prisoners before the end of their term when
overcrowding occurs as herein defined.
CXM1ENTS:
OVERCRCWJING
standard Ref. £ 8.07
In the event of overcrowding caused in part by the existence of state
prisoners, the director shall contact the state department of corrections 1n an
effort to have such prisoners removed.
CCM-1ENTs:
OVERCRaVDING
standard Ref. £ 8.08
In the event of overcrowding caused in part by the existence of federal
prisoners, the director shall contact the appropriate federal agency in an
effort to have such prisoners removed.
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CHAPTER 9 MAXIMUM CAPACITY
Maximum capacity of Jefferson County Jail shall be allowed to
vary from 37 to 51 depending upon classification of prisoners.
Pursuant to Chapter 8, exceeding maximum capacity for more than
72 hours shall be reported to the County Commissioners.
Corrections Superintendent will send daily population reports
to the County Commissioners any time population exceeds 37
prisoners and explain how classification procedures are being
utilized to avoid crowding (if applicable).
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CHAPTER 10 USE OF FORCE
USE OF FORCE
Standard Ref. £ 10.01
The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer shall establish
and maintain written policies and procedures regarding the use of force and the
use of deadly force, which shall be consistent with this section.
CCM1ENTS:
USE OF FORCE
standard Ref. £ 10.02
Only lawful and reasonable force to the person of a prisoner shall be used.
ŒM1ENTS:
USE OF EDRCE
standard Ref. £ 10.03
Deadly force shall not be used on a prisoner unless the person applying the
deadly force believes that the prisoner poses an immediate threat of death or
grievous physical injury to an officer or employee of a jailor any other
person, or to prevent the escape of a prisoner arrested for a felony, and that
the officer believes that other reasonable and available alternatives would be
ineffective.
CCM1ENTS:
USE OF FORCE
standard Ref. £ 10.04
A written report on the use of such force or deadly force shall be made. In
the case of deadly force a written report shall be made by each staff member
invol ved or observing the use of such force. The report ( s) shall be reviewed
by the chief law enforcement officer or department of corrections or his
designee who shall, if appropriate, investigate the incident further and make a
determination whether appropriate, justified or reasonable force was used.
Said determination shall be made a matter of record.
CCM1ENTS:
USE OF FORCE
Standard Ref. £ 10.05
The "carotid sleeper hold" means any hold or restraint specifically designed to
inhibit blood flow through the carotid arteries of the neck without inhibiting
breathing by compression of the airway in the neck and without compression of
the larynx or trachea. The carotid sleeper hold shall be considered to be
deadly force. .
CCM1ENTS:
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USE OF FORCE
standard Ref. £ 10.06
The "choke hold" means any hold or restraint specifically designed to inhibit
breathing by ccmpression of the airway in the neck. The choke hold shall be
considered to be deadly force.
CCMv1ENTS:
USE OF FORCE
Standard Ref. £ 10.07
The carotid sleeper hold generally presents less danger of causing serious
injury or death than the choke hold and therefore is generally preferred over
the choke hold in situations where such holds are permåssible.
aM1ENTS:
USE OF FORCE
Standard Ref. £ 10.08
No neck hold shall be used, except by persons instructed in the dangers of the
neck holds, its definition as deadly force, and the proper use and constraints
of the carotid sleeper hold, by saœone specifically trained in the use and
dangers of neck holds. Refresher training shall be provided on at least an
annual basis.
a::M1ENTS:
USE OF FORCE Standard Ref. £ 10.09
Medical attention shall be administered to the prisoner by a qualified Jædical
professional as soon as possible after the use of the carotid sleeper hold or
the choke hold.
CCMv1ENTS:
CHAPl'ER 11 AI11ISSIONS
AœISSIONS
Standard Ref. £ 11.01
General.
(a) The receiving officer shall determåne that the arrest and confinement of
each prisoner is being accooplished by a duly authorized officer, and a copy of
all documents that fU11?Ort to legally authorize the confinement shall become
part of the prisoner's jail record.
CCMvIENTS :
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AI:MISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11. 02
The delivery officer shall remain at the jail facility until the jail staff has
accepted the prisoner.
CCM1ENTS:
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AI:MISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11. 03
Each prisoner, after completion of booking, shall be advised of his right to,
and be allowed to complete, at least two local or collect calls to persons of
his choice who may be able to come to his assistance. If the prisoner chooses
not to place the calls allowed, this information shall be noted on the booking
f01111.
CQ\f1ENTS :
AI:t1ISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.04
Reasonable provisions for communicating with non-English speaking, handicapped
or illiterate prisoners shall be provided concerning the booking process, rules
of the facility, privileges and other information pertinent to his rights and
well-being while confined.
a:M1ENTS:
AI:MISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.05
The booking process should be completed promptly unless the physical or mental
condition of the prisoner necessitates delay.
a:M1ENTS:
AI:MISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.06
Search/examination, when allowed.
(a) The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer shall
establish and maintain written policies and procedures regarding pat searches,
strip searches and 1:xxly cavity searches, which shall be consistent with this
section.
CCM1ENTS:
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AI:MISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.07
Each prisoner shall be searched for contraband in such a manner consistent with
this subsection and written policies and procedures established thereunder, as
is necessary to protect the safety of prisoners, staff and institutional
security.
CCM1ENTS:
AI:MI SS IONS
standard Ref. £ 11.08
No strip search shall be conducted except pursuant to the written policies and
procedures required by 11. 01 of this section.
CCM1ENTS:
AI:MISSIONS
Standard Ref. £ 11. 09
No prisoner, other than a person corrmitted to incarceration by order of a court
or a person held for postconviction incarceration for a criminal offense, shall
be strip searched without a warrant except where reasonable suspicion exists.
A prisoner taken into custody pursuant to an arrest warrant or other court
order issued before the person was arrested or otherwise taken into custody
shall not be considered as corrroitted to incarceration by order of a court for
pnposes of this section unless the court issuing the warrant has determined
that the person shall not be released on personal recognizance, bail, or bond.
No strip search shall be authorized or conducted unless a thorough pat-down
search, a thorough electronic metal-detector search, and a thorough clothing
search, when appropriate, do not satisfy the safety, security or evidentiary
concerns of the jail. Physical examinations by licensed medical professionals
solely for pililic health purposes shall not be considered strip searches.
A prisoner may be strip searched if:
(a) There is reasonable suspicion to believe that a strip search is necessary
to discover weapons, criminal evidence, contraband, or other things concealed
on the body of the person to be searched, that constitutes a threat to the
security of the facility;
(b) There is probable cause to believe that a strip search is necessary to
discover other criminal evidence concealed on the body of the person to be
searched, but not constituting a threat to facility security; or
(c) There is reasonable suspicion to believe that a strip search is necessary
to discover a health condition requiring irrroediate medical attention.
The determination of whether reasonable suspicion or probable cause exists to
conduct a strip search shall be based on consideration of all infonnation and
circumstances known to the officer authorizing the strip search, including but
not limited to the following factors:
( i ) The nature of the offense for which the person to be searched was
arrested;
<ii) The prior criminal record of the person to be searched; and
(iii) Physically violent behavior of the person to be searched, during or after
arrest.
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ArMI SS IONS
standard Ref. £ 11.09
(continued)
Reasonable suspicion shall be deemed to be present when the prisoner has been
arrested for:
(i) A violent offense as defined in RCW9.9a.030(17) or any successor statute;
( ii) An offense involving escape, burglary, or the use of a deadly weap:>n; or
(iii) an offense involving p:>ssession of a drug- or a controlled sustance under
Chapter 69.41, 69.50, 04 69.52 RCW or any successor statute.
a::M-1ENTS:
AI:t1ISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.10
A written record or records of any strip search shall be maintained in the
individual file of each person strip searched, which record ( s ) shall contain
the following information:
(i) The naræ and serial number of the officer conducting the strip search and
of all others present or observing any part of the strip search;
(ii) The time, date and place of the strip search; and
(iii) Any weap:>ns, criminal evidence, other contraband, or other thing, or
health condition discovered as a result of the strip search. Where reasonable
suspicion is deemed present because of the nature of the arrest offense, the
record shall contain the offense ( s) for which the person searched was
arrested. In other cases where reasonable suspicion or probable cause is found
to be present the report shall also contain:
(iv) The name of the supervisor authorizing the strip search; and
(v) The specific facts constituting reasonable suspicion to believe the strip
search was necessary.
CCMv1ENTS:
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ALt1ISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.11
No body cavity search shall be conducted except ¡::ursuant to a valid search
warrant. No search warrant for a body cavity search shall be sought without
prior authorization of the ranking shift supervisor, ¡;:ursuant to the written
fX)1 icies and procP-dures required by standard 11.03. Before any body cavity
search is authorized or conducted, a thorough pat-down search, a thorough
electronic metal detector search, and a thorough clothing search, where
appropriate, must be used to search for and seize any evidence of a crime,
contraband, fl1.lits of crime, things otherwise criminally possessed, weapons, or
other things by means of which a crime has been ccmnitted or reasonably afPears
about to be coomitted. No body cavity search shall be authorized or conducted
. unless these other methods do not satisfy the safety, security, or evidentiary
concerns of the law enforcement agency.
aMvtENTS:
ALt1ISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.12
Search procedures, general. The following provisions shall apply to all strip
searches and body cavity searches:
(a) Strip searches and body cavity searches shall be conducted in a
professional ffi3.nner which protects the prisoner's dignity to the extent
J:X:>ssible.
cc:MvJENTS:
ALt1ISSIONS
Standard Ref. £ 11.13
A strip search or body cavity search, as well as presearch undressing or
fX)stsearch dressing shall occur at a location ffi3.de private from the observation
of persons not physically conducting the search except that a strip search to
search for and seize a weafX)n ffi3.y be conducted at other than a private location
if there arises a specific threat to institutional security that reasonably
requiraes such a search or if all persons in the facility are being searched
for the discovery of weapons or contraband. A strip search or body cavity
search shall be perfonned or observed only by persons of the same sex as the
person being searched, except for licensed medical professions or when
necessary to assure the safety of the prisoner or any person conducting the
search.
CCM1ENTS:
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ALMISSIONS
Standard Ref. £ 11.14
No person may be present or observe during a strip search or body cavity search
unless the person is necessary to conduct the search or to ensure the safety of
those persons conducting the search except at the request of the person being
searched.
~S:
ALMISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.15
When a strip search or a body cavity search of a prisoner is conducted, it
should include a thorough visual check for birthmarks, wounds, sores, cuts,
bruises, scars and injuries; "health tags;" and body vermin. Less complete
searches should include the same checks to the extent possible.
a::M1ENTS :
AIMI SS IONS
standard Ref. £ 11.16
Persons conducting a strip search or body cavity search shall not touch the
person being searched except as reasonably necessary to effectuate the search
of the person.
a::M1ENTS:
ALMISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.17
Body cavity searches. The following additional provisions shall awly to body
cavity searches:
(a) A body cavity search may be conducted only pursuant to subsection (2) (e)
of this section. Any body cavity search shall be perforræd under sanitary
conditions and conducted by a physician, registered nurse, or registered
physician's assistant, licensed to practice in this state, who is trained in
the proper medical process and the potential health problems associated with a
body cavity search.
a:M1ENTS:
AIMISSIONS
Standard Ref. £ 11.18
When a body cavity search is conducted by a licensed medical professional of
the opposite sex, an observer of the same sex as the prisoner should be
present.
ADVISORY
CCM1ENTS:
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AŒ1ISSIONS
Ref. £ 11.19
Nothing in this section prohibits a person up::m whom a body cavity search is to
be perfonned from having a readily available person of his or her choosing
present at the time the search is conducted. However, the person chosen shall
not be a person being held in custody by a law enforcement agency.
<XM1ENTS:
AŒ1I SS IONS
standard Ref. £ 11. 20
The officer requesting the body cavity search shall prepare and sign a rep:>rt,
which shall include:
(i) A copy of the warrant and any supporting documents required.
(ii) The name and sex of all persons conducting or observing the search;
(iii) The time, date, place, and description of the search; and
(iv) A statement of the results of the search and a list of any items rertDved
from the person as a result of the search. The rep:>rt shall be retained as
part of the agency's records.
<XM1ENTS:
AŒ1ISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.21
All physical markj ngs and "health tag" identifications shall be recorded and
made available to the awropriate jail employees and the medical professionals
responsible for care of the prisoner under Chapter 25.
a:M-1ENTS:
AŒ1ISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.22
Particularly when force has been used during arrest, all visible injuries
should be photographed.
o::M-1ENTS :
Mark ADVISORY.
AŒ1ISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.23
Body vennin. Any person with body velTClin shall be treated appropriately.
o::M1ENTS :
AŒ1ISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.24
Medical complaints. Complaints of illness or injury expressed or observed
during booking shall be checked promptly.
CCM1ENTS:
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AIMI SS IONS
standard Ref. £ 11.25
COnl1lllCl ¡I ',1 b I e disedses. A prisoner suspected of having a coomunicable disease
as defined in shall be isolated without delay. Arrangements shall be made for
his immediate transfer to a facility equipped to handle the suspected disease,
unless the admitting facility can safely and effectively segregate and maintain
the medically prescribed treatment.
exJr.MENTS :
WAC 289-16-200(10)
AIMISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.26
Personal property. The admitting officer shall record and store the prisoner's
personal property and issue the prisoner a witnessed receipt.
CCM-1ENTS :
ACMI SS IONS
standard Ref. £ 11. 27
Prisoner weight. Each prisoner's weight should be measured and recorded upon
admission.
aM1ENTS:
Mark ADVISORY.
AIMI SS IONS
standard Ref. £ 11.28
Photographs and fingerprints.
(a) Front and side-view identification photographs of each prisoner should
stipulate the arresting agency or the booking agency and the date of arrest or
iliedateofthepho~raph.
CŒ1MENTS:
Mark ADVISORY.
AIMISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.29
Copies of fingerprints shall be forwarded to the proper state and federal
authorities.
CCM1ENTS:
AIMISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.30
Issuances.
(a) Each jail should establish its own fOlicy on prisoners' use of personal
clothing or jail uniforms.
CCM1ENTS:
Mark ADVISORY.
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AIMISSIONS
standard Ref. £ 11.31
At a reasonable tiræ after the completion of booking, each prisoner shall be
issued clean bedding, as well as such personal care items as required under
Chapter 35 (Personal Care Items).
<XM1ENTS:
AIMISSIONS
Standard Ref. £ 11.32
Up:>n prisoner request, a reasonable supply of writing material shall be
furnished to indigent prisoners.
CCM1ENTS:
CHAPTER 12 PRECIASSIFICATION
PRECLASSI FlCATION
standard Ref. £ 12.01
Prior to classification, reasonable precautions shall be taken to insure the
safety and welfare of prisoners and the security of the institution.
<XM1ENTs:
PRECLASSI FICATION
Standard Ref. £ 12.02
Prisoners who, upon screening, ar:pear to have serious and p::>tentially dangerous
problems with drugs, including alcohol, or signs of serious mental illness,
shall be closely observed. Persons qualified and trained to evaluate such
prisoners shall be contacted without delay.
<XM1ENTs:
PRECLASSI FI CATION Standard Ref. £ 12.03
Any prisoner suspected of being assaultive shall be housed separately prior to
classification except where continual direct observation is maintained.
<XM1ENTs:
PRECLASSIFICATION
standard Ref. £ 12.04
No prisoner kn~ or suspected to be a danger to hiIDself may be housed alone
without continual direct observation.
CCM1ENTS:
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CHAPTER 13 ORIENTATION
ORIENTATION Standard Ref. £ 13.01
As soon after J:xx:¡king as p:Jssible each prisoner shall receive an oral or
written orientation, consistent with the provisions of Chapter 11.05. The
orientation shall provide information regarding the prisoner's confinement
including, but not limited to:
(a) Rules of prisoner conduct; including PJssible disciplinary sanctions, as
provided in Chapter 22 (Prisoner Rules).
c:x:M>1ENTS :
ORIENTATION
standard Ref. £ 13.02
Procedures and conditions regarding classification and reclassification, as
provided in Chapter 14 (Classification/Segregation>.
CCM1ENTS:
ORIENTATION
standard Ref. £ 13.03
staff expectations of prisoner resPJnsibilities, including if applicable,
cleaning of prisoner living areas;
c:x:M>1ENTS :
ORIENTATION
standard Ref. £ 13.04
Prisoner rights and privileges.
CCM1ENTS:
ORIENTATION
Standard Ref. £ 13.05
The means of access to health care as required by Chapter 28 (Access to Health
Care), and other services;
CCM1ENTS:
ORIENTATION
standard Ref. £ 13.06
An 0pPJrtunity to ask and receive answers to questions shall be provided within
a reasonable time.
CCM1ENTS:
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CLASSIFICIATION/SEGREGATION
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION Standard Ref. £ 14.01
Classification.
(a) The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer shall
establish written classification and reclassification procedures which shall be
included in the manual of p:>licies and procedures.
CCMv1ENTS:
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION Standard Ref. £ 14.02
A classification committee, or individual shall be designated as responsible
for classification of prisoners confined in the facility in accordance with
such written procedures: Provided, That this does not preclude designation of
al ternate persons to serve in such individuals' absence: Provided further,
That certain classification functions, such as initial cell assignment, may be
delegated, in writing, to staff not assigned to classification functions.
CCM1ENTS:
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
Standard Ref. £ 14.03
It is recoomended that no less than two facility staff members be responsible
for classification determinations when reasonably possible.
CCM1ENTS:
ADVISORY.
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
Standard Ref. £ 14.04
For each prisoner confined in a detention or correctional facility those
resp:>nsible for classification shall determine the degree of security
required, housing assignment, program eligibility, and regulations for
association within and outside the confinement area.
CX»1ENTS:
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
Standard Ref. £ 14.05
Classification procedures.
(a) Each prisoner confined in a detention or correctional facility shall be
interviewed by the persons responsible for classification determinations or
other designated staff. Where designated staff conduct the interviews the
information shall be reported to the classification coomittee, or person
resp:>nsible in a uniform manner.
CCM1ENTS:
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CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
standard Ref. £ 14.06
Each prisoner shall be classified as soon as reasonably possible.
a:M1ENTS:
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
Standard Ref. £ 14.07
The prisoner shall be promptly informed of any classification housing
assignment decision other than "general population," and of his right to have
that decision reviewed upon making a request. SUch notice shall also be given
with regard to any classification action.
CCM1ENTS:
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
standard Ref. £ 14.08
A prisoner who is dissatisfied with his housing assignment shall be entitled to
a review of the decision by the derarbnent of corrections or chief law
enforcement officer upon making a written request, and shall be promptly
informed of this right. Such request shall be reviewed by the derartment of
corrections, chief law enforcement officer, or a designated staff member
supervisory to the classification committee, within 72 hours of its receipt by
staff. The prisoner shall receive a written decision of the review of such
assignment, including reason(s).
CCM1ENTS:
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
standard Ref. £ 14.09
Criteria for prisoner classification.
(a) The primary criteria for classification shall be the safety of the
prisoner and the security of the institution.
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CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
Standard Ref. £ 14.10
Juveniles.
(i) No juvenile shall be held in a jail without sight and sound se¡::aration
from adult prisoners. For ¡;:urposes of this standard, a juvenile is a person
under the chronological age of eighteen, who has not been transferred
previously to adult courts Provided, That no person under the chronological age
of sixteen shall be held in a jailor holding facility for adults: Provided
further, That this standard does not preclude or prohibit the housing of
remanded pretrial prisoners. under the chronological age of eighteen within
juvenile detention facilities rather than city or county adult detention
facilities. A juvenile shall not be considered "transferred previously to
adult court" unless a juvenile court has held a hearing under RCW 13.40.110 or
successor statute and ordered the juvenile transferred for adult criminal
prosecution. The exercise of jurisdiction by a limited-jurisdiction court in
traffic fish, boating or game offenses or infractions p;u-suant to RCW
13.04.030(6) (c) or successor statute does not constitute a "transfer".
o:M1ENTS:
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION Standard Ref. £ 14.11
A juvenile shall not be confined in a jailor holding facility for adults,
except:
(A) For a period not exceeding twenty-four hours excluding weekends and
holidays and only for the ¡;:urpose of an initial court appearance in a county
where no juvenile detention facility is available, a juvenile may be held in an
adult facility provided that the confinerænt is separate from the sight and
sound of adult inmates; or
(B) For not fOC)re than six hours and p;u-suant to a lawful detention in the
course of an investigation, a juvenile may be held in an adult facility
provided that the confinement is separate from the sight and sound of adult
inmates.
a:M1ENTS:
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION Standard Ref. £ 14.12
Females shall be segregated from visual cOlTfl1lllication and physical contact with
male prisoners except under [the] direct supervision of a staff person.
o:M1ENTS:
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION Standard Ref. £ 14.13
Special problem prisoners who endanger the health and safety of other prisoners
(or themselves) shall be segregated and closely supervised.
cc:M-1ENTS:
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CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
StandarrlRef. £ 14.14
Prisoners on work release or weekend confinement programs, and any other
prisoners who have regular contact outside the jail shall be segregated from
other prisoner categories.
a:M1ENTS:
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
Standard Ref. £a14.15
Factors to be considered in classification shall include, but are not limited
to, age, ty¡;:e of crime, pretrial versus post-trial status, and offender
sophistication.
cc:t-:MENTS :
CLASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
Standard Ref. £ 14.16
Administrative segregation.
(a) The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer shall
establish written procedures governing the use of administrative segregation
which are consistent with this subsection.
a::M1ENTS :
CIASSIFICATION/SEGREGATION
standard Ref. £ 14.17
(b) Administrative segregation shall only be used when the presence of the
prisoner in general population poses a serious threat of death or injury to
himself or others, damage to property, or the security or orderly operation of
the facility. Written documentation shall be maintained citing the reasons for
each case of a prisoner placed in administrative segregation.
(c) written procedures shall permit the prisoner an opportunity to appeal
within 72 hours (exclusive of weekends and holidays) the decision of placement
in administrative segregation to the person(s) designated as responsible for
classification. A hearing shall be conducted whenever a prisoner appeals
placement in administrative segregation and the prisoner shall be afforded the
same rights as those required for disciplinary hearings.
(d) Each prisoner in administrative segregation shall have his case reviewed at
least every 30 days by the persons responsible for clasification. Prisoners
shall be held in administrative segregation only as long as the reason(s) for
their initial placement there remains valid.
a:M1ENTS:
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CHAPTER 15 GCúIJrlME
<DJurIME Standard Ref. £ 15.01
The director of the department of corrections or the chief law enforcement
officer shall develop written policies regarding time off for good behavior.
Such fOlicies shall insure that good time when authorized by sentencing courts,
is given on a consistent basis, and in accordance
with Rew 70.48.210 and 9.92.150.
CCM1ENTS:
CHAPTER 16 RELEASE AND TRANSFER
RELEASE AND TRANSFER
Standard Ref. £ 16.01
Release.
(a) The releasing officer shall positively detennine prisoner identity and
ascertain that there is legal authority for the release.
a:t+1ENTS:
RELEASE AND TRANSFER
Standard Ref. £ 16.02
The infonnation required at the time of release shall be recorded for each
prisoner released from the facility.
a:t+1ENTS:
RELEASE AND TRANSFER
Standard Ref. £ 16.03
All prisoners being released shall sign a witnessed receipt for personal
property returned.
C'C.M1ENTS:
RELEASE AND TRANSFER
Standard Ref. £ 16.04
Each prisoner discharged should receive a visual body check to detect changes
from his admitting physical record.
C'C.M1ENTS:
ADVISORY.
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RELEASE AND TRANSFER
Standard Ref. £ 16.05
Transfer. In addition to the release proc:edures designated above, the
releasing officer shall detennine that the receiving unit or person has the
authority to accept custody.
<XM1ENTS:
CHAPTER 17 TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION
Standard Ref. £ 17.01
When jail facility staff are responsible for prisoner transportation and when
the prisoner is still in the custody and under the supervision of the jail, the
department of corrections or the chief law enforcement officer of each
detention and correctional facility shall develop and maintain written
instructions which insure the safety of the prisoners and staff shall be
maintained.
CCM1ENTS:
CHAPTER 18
STAFFING
STAFFING
Standard Ref. £ 18.01
General staffing.
(A) At all times in all jails, at least one staff member shall be awake,
alert, and directly responsible for supervision and surveillance.
CCM1ENTS:
STAFFING
standard Ref. £ 18.02
At all times a staff member of the same sex as the prisoner(s) shall be on duty
or available within a reasonable time, which staff member shall be directly
responsible for supervision which involves intimate physical contact or
activities commonly afforded reasonable protection against opposite sex
observation or supervision: Provided, That this does not preclude jail staff
from performing non jail functions or being relieved from direct duties and
remaining on call: Provided further, That personal observation of prisoners
for purposes of this or other sections of these standards may be by opposite
sex staff as long as opposite sex privacy concerns are given appropriate
protection.
CXM1ENTS:
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STAFFING
Standard Ref. £ 18.03
There shall be continual sight and/or sound surveillance of all prisoners.
a:M1ENTS:
STAFFING
Standard Ref. £ 18. 04
Such surveillance may be by rerrote means, provided there is the ability of
staff to respond face-to-face to any prisoner within three minutes: Provided,
That special problem prisoners are subject to the Irore stringent personal
observation and supervision requirements of other sections.
a:M1ENTS:
STAFFING
Standard Ref. £ 18.05
In the absence of unusual behavior or other concerns for prisoner security and
health, personal observation of prisoners by staff may be reduced to, but shall
not be less frequent than, at least once within every sixty minute period.
a:M1ENTS:
STAFFING
Standard Ref. £ 18.06
Personal staff observations of prisoners should be recorded in writing and
retained in the jail records.
a:M1ENTS:
ADVISORY.
STAFFING
Standard Ref. £ 18.07
Staff should be alert to prisoner depression, dissension, family rejection,
lonel iness, resistance to staff or programs, and the effects of use of
substances prohibited by facility rules or by law. When such synptoms are
discovered, such persons should be closely observed.
a:M1ENTS:
ADVISORY
CHAPTER 19 SUPERVISION/SURVEILLANCE
SUPERVISION/SURVEILLANCE
Standard Ref. £ 19.01
General security.
(a) All jails shall establish a positive means of identifying prisoners.
CCM1ENI'S:
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SUPERVISION/SURVEILLANCE
standard Ref. £ 19.02
Perimeter security shall be maintained.
<XM1ENTS:
SUPERVISION/SURVEILLANCE
Standard Ref. £ 19.03
Security devices shall be maintained in proper working condition at all times.
CCMv1ENTS :
SUPERVISION/SURVEILLANCE
Standard Ref. £ 19.04
No prisoner shall be permitted to have authority over other prisoners.
CCM1ENTS:
SUPERVISION/SURVEILLANCE
Standard Ref. £ 19.05
Prisoner counts. Detention and correctional facilities shall develop a system
for taking and recording prisoner counts. This procedure shall be followed at
shift changes and at other regular or irregular times.
CCM1ENTS:
SUPERVISION/SURVEILLANCE
Standard Ref. £ 19.06
Contraband control.
(a) Any item or person entering or leaving a jail shall be subject to search.
CCM1ENTS:
SUPERVISION/SURVEILLANCE
Standard Ref. £ 19.07
When housed in a jail facility, work release prisoners and prisoners who have
regular contact with other prisoner classifications or entrance to areas
frequented by other prisoners.
CD."MENTS:
SUPERVISION/SURVEILLANCE Standard Ref. £ 19.08
There shall be irregularly scheduled searches for contraband in detention and
correctional facilities and all areas frequented by prisoners.
CCM1ENTS:
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SUPERVISION/SURVEILLANCE
Standard Ref. £ 19.09
Conspicuously fOsted signs shall display the statutory penalty for giving or
arranging to give anything to a prisoner without official authorization (ROW
9A.76.010, 9A.76.140, 9A.76.150, 9A.76.160). Non-English speaking visitors
shall be infonned of the statutory penalty either verbally or by posted signs
in the awropriate language.
a:Mv1ENTS:
CHAPTER 20 CRITICAL ARTICLES
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.01
All detention and correctional facilities shall establish written procedures to
insure that weafOns shall be inaccessible to prisoners at all times.
a:Mv1ENTS:
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.02
Weap:>n lockers shall be located outside of the booking and confinerænt areas.
a:Mv1ENTS:
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.03
Whenever fOssible, keys to weafOn lockers should be located outside of booking
and confinerænt areas.
CCM1ENTS:
ADVISORY.
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.04
Keys and locking devices.
(a) Key regulations shall be establ ished by the department of corrections or
chief law enforcerænt officer and read and initialed by all staff.
a:Mv1ENTS :
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.05
A control fOint shall be designated for key cataloging and logging the
distribution of keys.
a:Mv1ENTs:
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CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.06
There shall be at least two sets of jail facility keys, one set in use and the
other stored securely but easily accessible to staff for use in the event of an
emergency.
CCMvIENTS :
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard 'Ref. £ 20.07
All keys not in use shall be stored in a secure key locker inaccessible to
prisoners.
CCM1ENTS:
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.08
Emergency keys shall be marked and placed where they may be quickly identified
in case of an emergency.
CCM1ENTS:
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.09
Keys to locks on doors inside the security area of a jail should be on a
separate ring from keys to locks on doors or gates to the outside of the
jails. At no tiræ should b:>th rings be carried by a person inside the jail
simultaneously.
CCM1ENTS:
ADVISORY.
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.10
Keys shall be accounted for at all times and the distribution certified at each
shift change.
CCM1ENTS:
CRITICAL ARTICLES
standard Ref. £ 20.11
Jail facility keys shall never be issued to a prisoners.
CXM\1ENTS:
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CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.12
If electronic devices are used in place of keys, there shall be key or other
manual override capabilities available for immediate use in case of an
emergency and/or a failure of the system.
a:M1ENTS:
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.13
Protective equipnent . Protective equipnent, tear gas, and any other chemical
su¡::pressing agent shall be kept in a secure area, inaccessible to prisoners and
unauthorized persons, but quickly accessible to officers of the facility.
a:M1ENTS:
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.14
Kitchen utensils, tools, and toxic substances
(a) Dangerous kitchen utensils and tools shall be marked for identification,
recorded, and kept in a secure place.
CCM1ENTS:
CRITICAL ARTICLES
Standard Ref. £ 20.15
Toxic substances shall be kept in locked storage, and use of toxic substances
shall be strictly supervised. Such substances, including cleaning SUH?lies,
shall be stored in a separate area from food supplies.
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PRISONER RIGIITS
PRISONER RIGHTS
Standard Ref. £ 21.01
Each detention and correctional facility should establish a written statement
of prisoner rights, to be reviewed at the tiIœ of orientation, which should
include, but not be limited to, access to courts, confidential access to
attorneys and/or courts, confidential access to attorneys and/or legal
assistance, protection from abuse and corp:>ral J?UIlishment, freedom from
discrimination based on race or sex, access to information on facility rules
and regulations and sanctions, corrrnunication such as telephone calls, and
access to necessary medical care.
CCM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
PRISONER RIGHTS
Standard Ref. £ 21. 02
The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer shall establish
unifonn rules and disciplinary sanctions to guide the conduct of all prisoners,
which rules shall designate major and minor infractions.
CCM1ENTS
PRISONER RIGIITS
Standard Ref. £ 21.03
Printed rules and possible disciplinary sanctions shall be given to each
prisoner and/or posted conspicuously throughout the jail. Non- English
speaking prisoners shall be informed of the rules either orally, in writing, or
by posted signs in the appropriate language.
CCM1ENTS
CHAPTER 22
PRISONER RULES OF CONDUer
PRISONER RULES OF CONDUer
Standard Ref. £ 22.01
All major infractions of the rules shall be reported in writing to the
supervisor prior to shift change by the staff member observing or discovering
the act. SUch reports shall become a part of the prisoner's jail record.
CCM1ENTS
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PRISONER RULES OF CONDUCT
Standard Ref. £ 22.02
Minor infractions. Minor violations of the rules rray be handled informally by
any staff member by reprimand, warning, or minor sanction as defined by local
rules. Such incidents rray becorre pa.rt of the prisoner's record only with the
ar:proval of the supervisor and verbal notification to the prisoner.
a:M1ENTS
CHAPTER 23 DISCIPLINE
DISCIPLINE Standard Ref. £ 23.01
Disciplinary committee.
(a) The director of the department of corrections or the chief law enforcement
officer or such person's designee or designees, shall hear and decide all
charges of rrajor violation of facility rules and impose sanctions.
cc:M1ENTS
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.02
It is recOltl'!1ended, but not required, that there be a committee of two or rrore
staff to perfonn the function of disciplinary committee.
CCM-1ENTS
ADVISORY.
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.03
Any facility staff member involved in a charge shall not be allowed to
pa.rticipa.te as a hearing officer with respect to that charge.
cc:M1ENTS
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.04
Discipl inary procedures.
(a) Any charges pending against a prisoner shall be acted on as soon as
possible and no later than seventy-two hours (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays,
and holidays) after observation or discovery of the infraction. Action in this
context means either a disciplinary hearing or a decision not to impose any
sanction requiring a hearing.
CCM1EN"TS
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DISCIPLINE
standard Ref. £ 23.05
At least twenty-four hours prior to hearing, the prisoner shall receive a copy
of the written infraction report made in conformance with Chapter 22 (Prisoner
Rules of Conduct). If the prisoner is illiterate, the infraction report shall
be read to him.
a:M1ENTS
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.06
The prisoner alleged to have conmitted a major infraction shall have, and be
promptly advised of, the following rights:
(i) The prisoner shall have the right to be present at all stages of the
hearing, except during the decisional deliberations;
( ii ) The prisoner shall be allowed to appear on his own behalf, to present
witnesses, and to present docuræntary evidence unless the exercise of such
rights would be unduly hazardous to institutional safety or correctional goals,
in which case the prisoner shall be given a written staterrent of the reasons
for such judgrrents and the prisoner's record shall contain a staterrent with
regard to such grounds;
(iii) A prisoner whO is unable to represent himself in such a hearing shall be
informed of his right to be assisted by another person in understanding and
participating in the proceedings;
(iv) The prisoner shall be advised of the decision in a written notice giving
the reasons for the disciplinary action, if any, and evidence relied on; and
(v) The prisoner shall be permitted to appeal the disciplinary hearing
decision to the department of corrections or the chief law enforcement officer
or his or her designee in accordance with appeal procedures established by each
facility and included in the printed rules.
All disciplinary proceedings shall be recorded.
CŒ:MENTS
DISCIPLINE
standard Ref. £ 23.07
There shall be a finding of guilt based on the preponderance of evidence before
imposition of a sanction.
CCM1ENTS
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DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.03
The above provisions do not preclude :imp::¡sition of administrative segregation,
according to prcx:=edures required by Chapter 14 (Classification/Segregation), or
other atpropriate limitations on freedom of the prisoner involved prior to such
disciplinary prcx:=eeding: Provided, That each such restriction shall be in
accordance with the other provisions in these standards: Provided further,
That any such restrictions shall be based on legitimate grounds of
institutional security or prisoner safety, and such action shall be noted in
the prisoner's records.
CCM>1ENTS
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.09
Corrective action or fonns of discipline.
(a) Nonpunitive corrective action should be the first consideration in all
disciplinary prcx:=eedings.
CCM>1ENTS
ADVISORY.
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.10
(b) When punitive measures are :imp::¡sed, such measures shall be in accordance
with law, and recornnended sanctions, atpropriate to the severity of the
infraction, and based on considerations of the individual involved.
CCM1ENTS
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.11
Acceptable forms of discipline shall include the following:
(i) Loss of privileges;
(ii) ReI'OCIval from work detail or other assignment
(iii) Recornnendation of forfeiture of "good time" credit;
(iv) Transfer to the maxinu.Im security or segregation section.
CCM>1ENTS
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.12
Limitations on punishment.
(a) No prisoner or group of prisoners shall be given authority to administer
punishment to any other prisoner or group of prisoners.
aM'1ENTS
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DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.13
Deprivation of regular feeding, clothing, bed, bedding, or nonnal hygienic
implements and facilities shall not be used as a disciplinary sanction.
CCM1ENTS
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.14
Correspondence privileges shall not be denied or restricted, except in cases
where the prisoner has violated correspondence regulations. In no case shall
the correspondence privilege with any ræmber of the bar, holder of pililic
office, the courts or the department of corrections or chief law enforcement
officer be suspended.
CCM1ENTS
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.15
Restrictions on visitation.
(i) Visitation privileges should not be denied or restricted as a sanction for
infractions of rules of the institution unrelated to visitation.
(ii) Under no circum.stances shall attorney client visits be restricted.
C'CM1ENTS
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.16
No prisoner shall be held in disciplinary segregation for more than fifteen
days for anyone violation and no more than thirty days for all violations
arising out of one incident. Continuous confineIrent for over thirty days must
be approved by the director of the department of corrections or the chief law
enforcement officer or such person's designee.
CCM1ENTS
DISCIPLINE
Standard Ref. £ 23.17
Corporal punishment and physical restraint e.g., handcuffs, leather restraints,
and strait jackets) shall not be used as sanctions.
a:M1ENTS
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CHAPI'ER 24 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
standard Ref. £ 24.01
The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer for each jail
should develop and maintain procedures for the collection of prisoner
grievances. Such procedures should provide for persons to whom grievances are
to be directed, for tiIæly review of grievances, and for written notification
of action taken regarding the grievance.
<:.'CM1ENTS
ADVISORY
CHAPTER 25 RESPONSIBLE PHYSICIAN AND LICENSED STAFF
RESPONSIBLE PHYSICIAN
LICENSED STAFF
Standard Ref. £ 25.01
The facility shall have a designated health authority with responsibility for
health care services plrsuant to a written agreement, contract, or job
escription. The health authority may be a physician, health administrator or
agency. When this authority is other than a physician, final medical judgments
shall rest with a single designated responsible physician licensed in the state
of Washington.
<XMo1ENTS
RESPONSIBLE PHYSICIAN
LICENSED STAFF
Standard Ref. £ 25.02
Matters of medical and dental judgment shall be the sole province of the
responsible physician and dentist respectively; security regulations applicable
to facility personnel shall also apply to health personnel.
<::.'C»1ENTS
RESPONSIBLE PHYSICIAN
LICENSED STAFF
Standard Ref. £ 25.03
The responsible physician or medical authority should sultnit a quarterly report
on the health delivery system and health environment and an annual statistical
surnnary to the chief law enforcement officer or department of corrections.
<:.'CM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
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RESPONSIBLE PHYSICIAN
LICENSED STAFF
Standard Ref. £ 25.04
State licensure and/or certification requirements and restrictions shall apply
to health care personnel.
cx:M1ENTS
RESPONSIBLE PHYSICIAN
LICENSED STAFF
standard Ref. £ 25.05
All medical personnel shall practice within the scope of their license. Where
awlicable, treatment shall be performed pursuant to a written standing or
direct order.
a:M1ENTS
RESPONSIBLE PHYSICIAN
LICENSED STAFF
Standard Ref. £ 25.06
Verification of current licensing and certification credentials should be on
file in the jail.
cx:M1ENTS
Mark ADVISORY.
CHAPTER 26 HEALTH CARE POLICY AND PROCEDURES
HEALTH CARE POLICY AND
PROCEDURES
Standard Ref. £ 26.01
written standard operating procedures approved by the responsible physician and
governing unit or official designated by it shall consist of but not be limited
to the following:
(a) Receiving screening;
(b) Health awraisal data collection
(c) Nonrærchantable medical services;
(d) Deciding the emergency nature of illness or lnJury;
(e) Availability of dental referral examination, and treabœnt;
(f) Provision of medical and dental prostheses;
(g) First aid;
(h) Notification of next of kin or legal guardian in case of serious illness,
injury or death;
(i) Providing chronic care;
( j ) Providing convalescent care;
(k) Providing medical preventive maintenance
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HEALTH CARE POLICY AND
PROCEDURES
Standard Ref. £ 26.01
(continued)
(l) Screening, referral and care of mentally ill and retarded inmates, and
prisoners under the influence of alcohol and other drugs.
(m) Implementing the special medical program;
(n) Delousing procedures;
(0) Detoxification procedures; and
(p) Pharmaceuticals.
CCMvlENTS
ADVISORY (b), (k)
HEALTH CARE POLICY AND
PROCEDURES
Standard Ref. £ 26.02
The work of qualified medical personnel shall be governed by written job
descriptions which shall be aFProved by the resp:msible physician.
CCM1ENTS
CHAPl'ER 27 HEALTH SCREENING
HEALTH SCREENING
Standard Ref. £ 27.01
Receiving screening shall be performed on all prisoners llpJn admission to the
facility before being placed in the general popllation or housing area, and the
findings recorded on a printed screening form aFProved by the jail comnission.
The screening shall include inquiry into:
(a) Current illness and health problems including those specific to women;
(b) Medications taken and special health requirerænts
(c) Screening of other health problems designated by the responsible
physician.
(d) Behavioral observation, including state of consciousness and mental
status;
(e) Notation of J:xily deformities, trarnna markings, bruises, lesions, ease of
IOOvement, jaundice, and other physical characteristics;
(f) Condition of skin and J:xily orifices, including rashes and infestations;·
and
(g) Disposition/referral of inmates to qualified medical personnel on an
erærgency basis.
a:M1ENTS
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HEALTH SCREENING
Standard Ref. £ 27.02
The health appraisal data colJection should be completed for each prisoner
within fourteen days after admission to the facility in accordance with the
adopted standard operating procedures: Provided, That this subsection does not
apply to prisoners who are able to receive medical care in the community.
CCM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
HEALTH SCREENING
standard Ref. £ 27.03
Such health a:ppraisal should include, at a minimum, a physical assessment by a
licensed health care provider, recording of vital signs and a general review of
mental status: Provided, That such appraisal is not intended to be a standard
"annual physical" but rather such minimum physical and mental status review as
is necessary to detect any major problems. As a:ppropriate, laboratory and
diagnostic tests to detect corrrounicable disease, including venereal diseases
and tuberculosis, and other tests and appraisals should be included within such
appraisal.
CCM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
HEALTH SCREENING
standard Ref. £ 27.04
Health history and vital signs should be collected by medically trained or
qualified medical personnel who are properly licensed, registered or certified
as appropriate to their qualifications to practice. Collections of all other
health a:ppraisal data should be perforrœd only by qualified medical personnel.
Review of the results of the medical examination, tests, and identification of
problems should be made by a physician or designated qualified medical
personnel. All health a:ppraisal data should be recorded on the health data
forms approved by the responsible physician.
CCM1ENTS
CHAPTER 28 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Standard Ref. £ 28.01
If medical services are delivered in the jail, adequate equipment supplies and
materials shall be provided for the performance of primary health care
delivery .
CCM1ENTS
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Standard Ref. £ 28.02
At the time of admission to the facility, prisoners shall receive a written
communication consistent with the provisions of Chapter 11 (Admissions),
explaining the procedures for gaining access to medical services.
o::M-1ENTS
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Standard Ref. £ 28.03
Prisoners' medical complaints shall be collected daily and acted upon by the
medically trained personnel. An appropriate priority shall be established and
treabnent by qualified medical personnel follow.
o::M-1ENTS
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Standard Ref. £ 28.04
Work release prisoners should be allowed to see their own physicians outside of
the jail and to receive consistent care within the jail.
ŒM1ENTS
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Standard Ref. £ 28.05
Sick call.
(a) Sick call shall be conducted by a physician and/or other qualified medical
personnel and shall be available to each prisoner as follows:
(i) In facilities of less than fifty prisoners, at least once per week at a
mininun;
(ii) Facilities of fifty to two hundred prisoners at least three times per
week: and
(iii) Facilities of over two hundred prisoners at least five times per week:
Provided, That the average daily popllation may be calculated exclusive of work
release prisoners when they receive their care in the coomunity.
o::M-1ENTS
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
standard Ref. £ 28.06
When sick call is not conducted by a physidan, the responsible physician shall
arrange for the availability of d physician at least once each week to respond
to prisoner complaints regarding services which they did or did not receive
from other medical providers; further, regardless of complaints, the
responsible physician shall review the medical services delivered, as follows:
(i) At least once per month in jails with less than fifty prisoners;
(ii) At least every two weeks in facilities of fifty to two hundred prisoners;
and
(iii) At least weekly in facilities of over two hundred prisoners.
a::M1ENTS
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
standard Ref. £ 28.07
Medical and dental prostheses shall not be denied when the health of the
inmate-patient would otherwise be adversely affected as detenmined by the
responsible physician.
o:M1ENTS
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Standard Ref. £ 28.08
Emergency care.
(a) First aid kit(s) shall be conveniently available in all jails.
CCM>1ENTS
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Standard Ref. £ 28.09
The responsible physician should approve the contents, number, location and
procedure for periodic inspection of the kit(s).
CCM1ENTS
Mark ADVISORY.
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Standard Ref. £ 28.10
Emergency medical and dental care shall be be available on a twenty-four hour
basis in accordance with a written plan which includes:
(i) Arrangements for the emergency evacuation of the prisoner from the jail;
(ii) Arrangements for the use of an emergency medical vehicle;
(iii) Arrangements for the use of one or rrore designated hospital emergency
rooms, other appropriate health facilities, or on-call physician and dentist
services.
cœMENTS
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CHAPrER 29 HEALTH CARE TRAINING
HEALTH CARE TRAINING
standard Ref. £ 29.01
Jail personnel shall be trained in standard first-aid equivalent to that
defined by the American Red Cross and usual eIÆ!rgency care procedures prior to
errployment or during the probationary period. Written standard operating
procedures and training of staff shall incorporate the following steps:
(a) Awareness of potential medical emergency situations;
(b) Notification or observation determination that a medical emergency is in
progress;
(c) "First aid" and resuscitation;
(d) Call for help; and
(e) Transfer to awropriate medical provider.
CCM'1ENTS
HEALTH CARE TRAINING
Standard Ref. £ 29.02
At least one person per shift within sight or sound of the prisoner shall have
training in receiving screening and basic life support cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR).
CCM'1ENTS
HEALTH CARE TRAINING
Standard Ref. £ 29.03
Jail personnel shall be given training regarding the recognition of general
synptoms of mental illness and retardation.
C'CM1ENTS
HEALTH CARE TRAINING
Standard Ref. £ 29.04
All persons responsible for the delivery of medications shall have training
regarding the medical, security, and legal aspects of such activity.
a::M-tENTS
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CHAPTER 30 MEDICATIONS CONTROL
MEDICATIONS CONTROL
Standard Ref. £ 30.01
The jail's standard operating procedures for the proper management of
pharmaceuticals shall include:
(a) A formulary specifically developed for the facility when stock medications
are maintained within the jail. Such formulary shall be in accordance with WAC
360-16-070 (clinic dispensary)
aM1ENTS
MEDICATIONS CONTROL
Standard Ref. £ 30.02
A policy that jails with an on-site pharmacy shall adhere to regulations
established by the state board of pharmacy. Such policy shall require, as a
minimum, a consulting pharmacist for the operation of the pha:nnacy or the
dispensing shall be done by each prescribing physician in person (WAC
360-16-070)
CCM1ENTS
MEDICATIONS CONTROL
Standard Ref. £ 30.03
A policy regarding the prescription of all medications with particular
attention to behavior modifying medications and those subject to abuse.
cx:M1ENTS
MEDICATIONS CONTROL
Standard Ref. £ 30.04
A policy regarding medication dispensing and administration which shall
incl ude, but not be 1 imited to:
( i) Nonmedical jail personnel delivering medication (s) to prisoners;
(ii) Disposition of medication(s) brought in by prisoners at the time of
admission to the facility;
( iii ) Packaging of medication ( s) : The medications system shall insure that
all medications are kept in containers which have been labeled securely and
legibly by a pha:nnacist or the prescribing physician, or in their original
contained labeled by their manufacturer. Medications shall not be transferred
from the original container except for the preparation of a dose
administration;
(iv) Safeguards with regard to delivery of medications to prisoners; and
(v) Disposition of unused medication(s).
o:M1ENTS
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MEDICATIONS OONTROL
Standard Ref. E 30.04
A p:>1icy regarding the ma.xinum security storage and weekly inventory of all
controlled substances, non-prescription medication(s), syringes, needles and
surgical instruments. Jails that do not have an on-site pharmacy shall provide
for a consulting pharmacist to determine that medication (s) have been properly
ma.naged.
CCM1ENTS
MEDICATIONS OONTROL
Standard Ref. E 30.05
The person delivering medication ( s) shall be accountable for following the
orders of medical staff.
CCM1ENTS
CHAPI'ER 31 HEALTH CARE REOORDS
HEALTH CARE REOORDS
Standard Ref. E 31.01
The responsible physician shall be responsible for ma.intaining patient medical
record files. Such files shall contain the corcpleted receiving screening fom,
heal th appraisal data collection foI1TlS, all findings, diagnoses, treat.rænts,
dispositions, prescriptions and administration of medications, notes concerning
patient education, notations of place, date and time of medical encounters and
tenninations of treatment from long tenn or serious medical or psychiatric
treatment.
CCM1ENTS
HEALTH CARE RECORDS
Standard Ref. E 31.02
The responsible physician shall insure the confidentiality of each prisoner's
medical record file and such file shall be ma.intained separately to the extent
necessary to ma.intain their confidentiality.
CCM1ENTS
HEALTH CARE RECORDS
standard Ref. E 31.03
The responsible physician or medical staff medical staff designated by h~
shall coomunicate information obtained in the course of medical screening and
care to jail authorities when necessary for the protection of the welfare of
the prisoner or other prisoners, management of the jail, or ma.intenance of jail
security and order.
CCM1ENTS
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HEALTH CARE REO)RDS
standard Ref. £ 31.04
A copy or summary of the medical record file shall routinely be sent to any
jailor correctional institution to which a prisoner is transferred at the time
of such transfer. A copy of such file or parts thereof shall also be
transmitted upon the written authorization of a prisoner to designated
physicians and medical facilities.
CXM>1ENTS
HEALTH CARE REO)RDS
standard Ref. £ 31.05
The person delivering medications shall record the actual time of the delivery
in a manner and on a form approved by the responsible physician.
CCM1ENTS
CHAPTER 31
SPECIAL MEDICAL ISSUES
SPECIAL MEDICAL ISSUES
Standard Ref. £ 32.01
Informed consent.
(a) All examinations, treabnents and procedures affected by informed consent
standards in the cOll1Ill1nity shall likewise be observed for prisoner care.
CCM1ENTS
SPECIAL MEDICAL ISSUES
Standard Ref. £ 32.02
No prisoner shall be given medical treabnent against his will except as
necessary to prevent the spread of cOll1Ill1nicable disease, to relieve inminent
danger to the life of the prisoner, or, in the case of serious mental
disorders, to prevent inminent danger to the life of his or her person or to
the lives of others. All procedures required by chapter 71. 05 RCW shall be
followed in any case of involuntary cooroibnent or involuntary treabnent of
mentally ill persons within jails.
ca1MENTS
SPECIAL MEDICAL ISSUES
Standard Ref. £ 32.03
In case of minors, the informed consent of parent, guardian or legal custcxlian
ar:plies where required by law.
cc:M1ENTS
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SPECIAL MEDICAL ISSUES
Standard Ref. £ 32.04
In a.Ll cases, the responsible physician shall give a clear statement to the
prisoner patient of his diagnosis and treatment.
CQ\t1ENTS
SPECIAL MEDICAL ISSUES
Standard Ref. £ 32.05
Special medical.
(a) Jail staff shall report any syrrptoms of prisoner mental illness or
retardation to medical personnel for appropriate evaluation and treatrnent.
CCM1ENTS
SPECIAL MEDICAL ISSUES
Standard Ref. £ 32.06
A special program shall exist for prisoners requiring close medical
supervision. A written individual treatment plan for each of these patients
shall be developed by a physician which includes directions to medical and
nonmedical personnel regarding their roles in the care and supervision of these
patients.
CCM1ENTS
SPECIAL MEDICAL ISSUES
Standard Ref. £ 32.07
Programs for the prevention of suicide, to include early identification of
risk, appropriate diagnosis and referral, and close observation as required by
Chapter 18 (Staffing), should be developed by medical staff.
CCM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
SPECIAL MEDICAL ISSUES
Standard Ref. £ 32.08
Appropriate medically supervised treatrnent in accordance with written
procedures established under Chapter 26 (Health Care Policy and Procedures)
shall be given in the jail to prisoners detennined to be ræntally ill or under
the influence of alcohol, opiates, barbiturates and similar drugs when such
care is not provided in a comnunity health facility.
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SPECIAL MEDICAL ISSUES
standard Ref. £ 32.09
Reasonable physical restraint when necessary for medical reasons shall be
medically directed, except that in an emergency reasonable physical restraint
may be used to control a grossly disturbed or violent prisoner, but the review
and direction of the health care staff or local ment~l health professionals
shall be promptly obtained.
CCM1ENTS
CHAPTER 33 ACCESSS TO FACILITIES
ACCESS TO FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 33.01
Regular bathing (shower) shall be pennitted at least twice each week.
CXM1ENTS
ACCESS TO FACILITIES
Standard Ref. £ 33.02
Each prisoner shall have access to toilet, sink, drinking water, and adequate
heat and ventilation.
CCM1ENTS
CHAPl'ER 34 FOOD
FOOD standard Ref. £ 34.01
General food requirements.
(a) At least three meals a day shall be served at regular intervals. The
IOC)rning meal shall be served within fourteen hours of the previous day's
evening meal.
CXM-1ENTS
FOOD
Standard Ref. £ 34.02
Jails may arrange for prepared meal service or serve frozen packaged meals,
provided these meals conform to the other requirements of this section.
CXM1ENTS
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Nutritional and caloric intake.
(a) Jail menus shall be reviewed by the local county health department, the
county extension service, or other qualified nutrition consultant to insure
that diets approximate the dietary allowances specified.
CCMvtENTS
FOOD
standard Ref. £ 34.04
Diets ordered by medical staff shall be strictly observed.
CCMvtENTS
CHAPTER 35 CIDl'HING/BEDDING, PERSONAL ITEMS
CIDl'HING/BEDDING
PERSONAL ITEMS
standard Ref. £ 35.01
Clothing.
(a) Provision shall be made for separate insect proof clothing storage to
prevent migration of lice from infested clothing.
a::M1ENTS
CLOTHING/BEDDING
PERSONAL ITEMS
Standard Ref. £ 35.02
Each jail shall insure that prisoners' outer gannents are laundered and made
available to them at l~..ast once a week, and that prisoners' undergannents and
socks are laundered and made available to them at least twice a week.
a::M1ENTS
CIDl'HING/BEDDING
PERSONAL ITEMS
Standard Ref. £ 35.03
Detention and correctional facilities shall, if necessary, clean and sanitize
personal clothing prior to storage.
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CLOTHING/BEDDING
PERSONAL ITEMS
standard Ref. £ 35.04
Bedding.
(a) Each prisoner shall be issued clean bed linens for the first night's
detention and at least once a week thereafter. Bed linens shall include:
(i) One detachable cloth mattress cover and one sheet; or
( ii ) Two sheets; or
(iii) One double size sheet.
o::M1ENTS
CWl'HING/BEDDING
PERSONAL ITEMS
standard Ref. £ 35.05
Mattresses shall have a washable surface and be sanitized at least
semiannually.
aM1ENTS
CWl'HING/BEDDING
PERSONAL ITEMS
standard Ref. £ 35.06
Blankets shall be issued up:m arrival and shall be washed at frequent intervals
to maintain a clean condition, but at least once every sixty days, and always
before reissue.
aMvIENTS
CLC1I'HING/BEDDING
PERSONAL ITEMS
Standard Ref. £ 35.07
Personal care items.
(a) Personal care items issued to each prisoner in detention and correctional
facilities shall include, but not be limited to soap and towel. Female
prisoners shall be supplied with necessary feminine hygiene items.
aM1ENTS
CLOTHING/BEDDING
PER..c;QNAL ITEMS
standard Ref. £ 35.08
Toothpaste or powder, toothbrush and comb shall be available for pIrchase by
all prisoners: Provided, That prisoners without funds shall have access to
these minimum items without cost.
CCM1ENTS
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PERSONAL ITEMS
standard Ref. £ 35.09
Each prisoner should be pennitted to have a reasonable number of additional
personal items, the possession of which does not substantially impede jail
manageI'l'Ent or security.
<XM1ENTS ADVISORY.
CHAPTER 36 SANITATION
SANITATION Standard Ref. £ 36.01
General.
(a) All jails shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, free from any
accumulation of dirt, filth, rubbish, garbage, or other matter detrimental to
health.
<XM1ENTS
SANITATION
Standard Ref. £ 36.02
Jail staff shall insure that each prisoner shall clean his own living area
daily. Convicted prisoners may be required to clean other space within the
confineI'l'Ent area and pretrial detainees may be pennitted to do so voluntarily.
CCM1ENTS
SANITATION
Standard Ref. £ 36.03
Insects, rodents, and pets.
(a) Insects and rodents shall be eliminated by safe and effective means.
Prisoners shall be rerooved from areas in which insecticides and rodenticide are
being used.
a:M1ENTS
SANITATION
Standard Ref. £ 36.04
Pets shall not be allowed in jail facilities.
<XM1ENTS
SANITATION
standard Ref. £ 36.05
Laundry. Each jail shall arrange for adequate laundry services.
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SERVICES
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.01
Coornissary.
(a) The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer of each
detention and correctional facility shall either establish, maintain, and
operate a coornissary, to provide prisoners with a list of approved items to be
purchased at least once a week at local stores.
a:MvlENTS
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.02
Coornissary items shall include books, periodicals, and newspapers, or the
facility shall make arrangements to order any such items from publishers and/or
local newsstands.
a:MvlENTS
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.03
Proceeds from a jail facility store shall be used for operation and maintenance
of the commissary service and/or prisoner welfare expenses.
a:MvlENTS
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.04
If jail rules do not pemit prisoners to keep lOOney on their persons, payments
for corrmissary purchases shall be made by debit on a cash account maintained
for the prisoner. All expenditures from a prisoners account shall be
accurately recorded and receipted.
a:MvlENTS
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.05
Basic hair car~. All jails shall make reasonable arrangements to provide basic
, hair care.
a:MvlENTS
SERVICES
standard Ref. £ 37.06
Library services. In consultation with state and/or local library service
units, each jail shall make provision for library services.
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SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.07
legal assistance.
(a) When adequate professional legal assistance is not available to prisoners
for purposes of preparing and filing legal papers, a jail shall provide access
to necessary law books and reference maLerials.
CCM1ENTS
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.08
Facility rules shall not prohibit one prisoner from assisting another in the
preparation of legal papers.
CCM1ENTS
SERVICES
standard Ref. £ 37.09
Religious services.
(a) Up::m request from a prisoner, the jail
facility shall arrange religious services or
confidential religious consultation.
CCM1ENTS
SERVICES
standard Ref. £ 37.10
Detention and correctional facilities with an average daily population of
twenty-five or rrore shall arrange for weekly religious services.
CCM1ENTS
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.11
Prisoners should be permitted to observe religious holidays and receive
sacraments of their faith.
CCM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.12
Attendance at religious services shall be voluntary, and prisoners who do not
wish to hear or participate shall not be exposes to such services.
CCM1I':NTS
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SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.13
Counseling, guidance, and ancillary services.
(a) Counseling services should be available to provide prisoners in deLention
and correctional facilities with an opportunity to discuss their problems,
interests, and program.
<XM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.14
The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer may utilize
volunteer counseling resources available in the corrmunity.
<XM1ENTS
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.15
Professionals should serve in an advisory capacity when jail facility r:ersonnel
or corrmunity volunteers engage in counseling.
CCM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.16
Counselors may su1:xnit written recorrrnendations to the chief law enforcement
officer or disciplinary review body.
CCM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
SERVICES
Standard Ref. £ 37.17
Prisoners shall not be required to receive counseling services unless ordered
by the awropriate court or the disciplinary review body.
CXM1ENTS
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CHAPl'ER 38 PRCGRAMS
PRcx:;RAMS standard Ref. £ 38.01
Each prisoner shall be allowed three hours per week of physical exercise, to be
scheduled no less than three separate days. If weather does not pennit outdoor
exercise, it shall be provided indoors. Indoor_ or outdoor exercise areas shall
be equi¡;:ped with åpproprt:ite equipnent and supplies to permit varied exercise
or recreation.
<XM1ENTS
PRCGRAMS
standard Ref. £ 38.02
Work programs. The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer
may establish work programs.
CCM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
PRCGRAMS
Standard Ref. £ 38.03
Participation in work programs by pretrial detainees shall be voluntary.
<XM1ENTS
PRŒRAMS
standard Ref. £ 38.04
Education and training programs.
(a) The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer should
arrange for the developnent of an education and training program, utilizing
local school districts, colleges, trade schools, unions, industry, interested
citizens, and other available coommity, state and federal resources.
CCM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
PRŒRAMS
Standard Ref. £ 38.05
Paid staff member(s) should have designated responsibility for supervision of
the education and training programs.
aM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
PRCGRAMS
Standard Ref. £ 38.06
Approved correspondence courses should be available at the prisoner's request
and expense.
CCM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
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PRCGRAMS
standard Ref. £ 38.07
Jails should provide courses to prepare qualified prisoners for the "General
Education Develoµænt" test, and provide the op ?Ortunity to take the test.
CXM-1ENTS
ADVISORY.
PROORAMS
standard Ref. £ 38.08
Leisure time activity programs.
(a) Detention and correctional facilities should provide op ?Ortunities for all
prisoners to participate in leisure time activities of their choice and
abilities. such activities may include athletic programs, hobbies and crafts,
table games, radio and television, JOCItion pictures, cards, puzzles, checkers
and chess.
CXM-1ENTS
ADVISORY.
PRCGRAMS
standard Ref. £ 38.09
Volunteers may be used to plan and supervise exercise programs and other
leisure time activities, but paid staff member(s) should have designated
responsibility for supervision of such program.
cavfo1ENTS
ADVISORY.
PRCGRAMS
standard Ref. £ 38.10
Alternative to confinement programs. with the concurrence of the department of
corrections, or chief law enforcement officer, the disciplinary hearing body
may recooroend an alternative to confinement to the court of jurisdiction.
CXM-1ENTS
ADVISORY.
CHAPI'ER 39 TELEPHONE USAGE
TELEPHONE USAGE
standard Ref. £ 39.01
The governing unit shall establish and p:>st rules which specify regular
telephone usage times and the maximum length of calls (not to be less than five
minutes) .
CCM1ENTS
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TELEPOONE USAGE
standard Ref. £ 39.02
Telephone usage hours shall inClude time during the nonnal work day and time
during the evening, at least once a week per prisoner: Provided, That
established social telephone usage hours shall not preclude reasonable access
to a telephone to contact the prisoner's attorney or legal representative.
C'CM>1ENTS
TELEPHONE USAGE
standard Ref. £ 39.03
Calls shall be at the prisoner's expense or collect: Provided, That
appropriate protection of access to an attorney shall be maintained for
prisoners without funds.
a»1ENTS
TELEPOONE USAGE
standard Ref. £ 39.04
Location of telephone facilities shall insure reasonable privacy, and telephone
conversations shall not be rronitored, tape recorded, or spot-checked except. by
court order.
CCM>1ENTS
TELEPHONE USAGE
standard Ref. £ 39.05
Reasons for calls shall be the personal concern of the prisoner, except. in
consideration of requests for emergency calls beyond nonnal telephone hours.
a:M1ENTS
CHAPI'ER 40 MAIL
MAIL Standard Ref. £ 40.01
Newspapers, books, periodicals and other printed materials, and photographs.
(a) Prisoners shall generally be permitted to subscribe to and otherwise
receive books, newspapers, periodicals and other printed materials or
photographs which may lawfully be delivered through the United states mails.
Such materials shall be denied a prisoner only if such denial furthers a
substantial governræntal interest in jail security or the welfare of prisoners
or staff.
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MAIL
standard Ref. £ 40.02
(b) When such materials are withheld from a prisoner:
(i) The prisoner shall receive inmediate written notice that the pililication
is being denied, accompanied by an explanation of the reason ( s) for the denial;
(ii) The affected prisoner shall be promptly inforrrro of his right to have
such decision reviewed by t.he disciplinary hearing body, the department of
corrections, or the chief law enforcement officer ufOn written request;
(iii) A written decision of the review of the denial, including reason(s),
shall be given to the prisoner requesting review.
C'CM1ENTS
MAIL
standard Ref. £ 40. 03
( 2 ) CorresfOndence.
(a) General.
( i ) Incoming or outgoing mail shal1 be retained no rrore than one business day.
(ii) Except in the case of prisoners without funds, prisoners shall be
permitted to mail out any number of letters. Prisoners without funds shall be
permitted to mail up to three letters per calendar week at µililic expense or
with fOstage purchased from the prisoner welfare fund, provided ufOn proper
showing the number may be increased. Each prisoner shall be permitted to mail
out any number of letters to his attorney, and the courts.
(iii) No restriction shall be placed on the number of letters a prisoner may
receive or on the persons with whom he may corresfOnd, except by court order of
a court of competent jurisdiction, or as provided under (c) of this subsection.
( i v) These rules shall not preclude a prisoner being required to place his
name and a return fOst office address on outgoing mail.
a:M1ENTS
MAIL
standard Ref. £ 40.04
Opening or censoring mail.
(i) No general restriction of the number of letters prisoners may receive or
of classes of persons with whom they may corresfOnd shall be made by facility
rule or fOlicy.
( ii ) Incoming mail shall not be censored, but may be opened and inspected for
contraband, cash and checks and may be perused for content when the responsible
staff person designated by the department of corrections or chief law
enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the content of a
letter may present a clear and present danger to institutional security, or
violates state or federal law. Whenever mail is not delivered by the jail
staff directly to the prisoner to whom it is addressed, it shall be resealed.
( iii) Except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, outgoing mail
shall not be opened unless the responsible staff person designated by the
department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer has reasonable
grounds to believe that the content of a letter may present a clear and
present danger to institutional security, or violates state or federal law.
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standard Ref. £ 40.05
Notice of disawroval of prisoner mail.
( i) When a prisoner is prohibited from sending a letter, the letter and a
written and signed notice stating the reason for disawroval, and indicating
the portion(s) of the letter causing disawroval, shall be given the prisoner.
(ii) When a prisoner is prohibited from receiving a letter, the letter and a
written signed notice stating the reason(s) for denial and indicating the
portion(s) for denial and indicating the portion(s) of the letter causing the
denial shall be given the sender. The prisoner shall be given notice in
writing that the letter has been prohibited, indicating the reason(s) and the
sender's name.
(iii) When a prisoner is prohibited from sending or receiving mail, the
affected prisoner is entitled to have such decision reviewed by the
disciplinary hearing lxxly, the departrænt of corrections, or the chief law
enforcement officer upon written request and shall be promptly informed of this
right.
(iv) A written decision of the review of such denial shall be prooptly
delivered to the prisoner.
a»1ENTS
MAIL
standard Ref. £ 40.06
Limitations.
(i) Incoming mail of postconviction prisoners that is clearly marked as coming
from an attorney, court, or elected federal, state, county or city official,
shall be opened only the presence of the addressee.
( ii ) Mail to or from attorneys, courts or elected federal, state, county, or
city officials shall not be read.
(iii) There shall be no additional restrictions on prisoner corresp:mdence for
disciplinary or punishment ¡;urposes, unless the prisoner has violated rules as
to correspondence. Upon proper showing of the alleged violation, the
prisoner's mail may be restricted for a limited time, but such restriction
shall not ag:>ly to attorney-client mail or correspondence with the courts.
cc:r+1ENTS
MAIL
standard Ref. £ 40/07
packages.
(a) Incoming.
(i) If a facility allows prisoners to receive packages, all packages shall be
opened and inspected.
<ii) Packages may be received only if the contents confom to rules adopted by
the departrænt of corrections or chief law enforcement officer, and a witnessed
receipt for permissible items shall be promptly delivered to the prisoner,
unless such package is opened in the presence of the prisoner and all items are
given directly to hbn.
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MAIL
standard Ref. £ 40/08
outgoing. OUtgoing packages of prisoner's personal property shall be inspected
to insure ownership ¡md compliance with United states p::>stal regulations.
CCM1ENTS
MAIL
Standard Ref. £ 40.09
Contraband. Items which are not permitted by jail rules may be destroyed upon
the prisoner's written request, placed in the prisoner's personal property box,
or returned collect to the sender. A receipt for permissible items received in
the mail , including rroney or checks shall be signed by a staff member and a
copy thereof prC>IIq?tly delivered to the prisoner. Contraband, as defined in RCW
9A.76.010, shall be turned over to the proper authorities, for handling as
evidence, for disciplinary action or p::>ssible prosecution under RCW 9A.76.140,
9A.76.150, 9A.76.160, or other applicable statutes(s).
CCM1ENTS
CHAPTER 41 VISITATION
VISITATION Standard Ref. £ 41.01
General.
(a) Contact visitation should be provided for those prisoners detenmined to
present a minimal degree of risk to the safety and security of the institution.
CCM1ENTS
ADVISORY.
VISITATION
standard Ref. £ 41.02
The degree of security required for each prisoner during visitation shall be
detenmined by the person or persons responsible for classification under
Chapter 14 (Classification/Segregation).
aMvtENTS
VISITATION
Standard Ref. £ 41.03
Social visits.
(a) The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer shall
establish and post rules governing regular visits and specifying times
therefor.
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VISITATION
Standard Ref. £ 41.04
All unsentenced prisoners and sentenced prisoners who have been in custody for
roore than 30 days shall be allowed a minimum of three hours total visitation
per week. Those prisoners who have been in custody for less than 30 days shall
be allowed a reasonable amount of visitation.
o::M-1ENTS
VISITATION
Standard Ref. £ 41.05
Preference on who visits will be determined by the iruna.te.
o::M-1ENTS
VISITATION
Standard Ref. £ 41.06
Except for irrrnediate family members, visitors seventeen years of age and under
shall be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
cc:M-1ENTS
VISITATION
Standard Ref. £ 41.07
The department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer or his designee
may grant special visitation privileges to visitors who have traveled long
distances, to visitors for hospitalized prisoners, and for other unusual
circumstances.
o:::M1ENTS
VISITATION
standard Ref. £ 41.08
Business and professional visits.
(a) Each prisoner shall be allowed confidential visits from his attorney or
legal assistants and his pastor.
CCXvMENTS
VISITATION
Standard Ref. £ 41.09
By prior arrangement with the department of corrections or the chief law
enforcement officer or his designee, a prisoner shall be allowed confidential
visits for business or educational reasons.
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VISITATION
Standard Ref. £ 42.01
Law enforcement professionals shall be allO\~ed to interview prisoners at
reasonable times and with prior notice, unless it appears circumstances do not
permit delay.
<XM1ENTS
VISITATION
Standard Ref. £ 42.02
Visitor regulations.
(a) Signs giving notice that all visitors and their accompanying p:>ssessions
are subject to search shall be conspicuously p:>sted at the entrances to the
facility and at the entrance to the visiting area.
<XM1ENTS
VISITATION
standard Ref. £ 42.03
Any person may refuse a search but, subsequent to such refusal, may then be
denied entrance.
CCM1ENTS
VISITATION
Standard Ref. £ 42.04
other reasons for denying entrance to visitors shall include but not be limited
to:
( i ) An attempt, or reasonable suspicion of an attempt to bring contraband into
the facility;
(ii) Obvious influence or effect of alcohol or controlled substances;
(iii) Request from the prisoner's physician;
(iv) Request from the prisoner;
(v) Reasonable grounds to believe a particular
visit would present a substantial danger to
jail security or management or the welfare of
prisoners, staff, or other visitors.
<XM1ENTS
VISITATION
Standard Ref. £ 42.05
Whenever a visitor is refused admittance during regular visiting hours, the
prisoner shall receive notice of the refusal stating the reasons therefor. The
affected prisoner is entitled to have such decision reviewed by the
discipl inary hearing body, the department of corrections, or the chief law
enforcement officer up:m written request and shall be promptly infonned of this
right. A written decision of the reviewing body's determination stating the
reason ( s) therefor, shall be furnished the prisoner who requested such review.
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