A. The standards for detention facilities shall provide for: 1. Uniform admission and release procedures; 2. Uniform, safe, and sensible security measures; 3. Proper, fit, and sanitary conditions; 4. Inmates to be fed a wholesome and adequate diet; 5. Inmates to have adequate clothing and a usable bed. Such detention facilities shall have showers with hot and cold running water, toilets, and water basins provided in the ratio of not less than one to every twenty prisoners. Counties may build barrack-style jails, with single or double cells, to meet the security needs of the county for minimum security prisoners. These jails shall meet all the minimum requirements set forth in this section or any other provision of law. Counties may also build tent jails, which shall be temporary in nature, to meet the security needs of the county for minimum security prisoners. The temporary tent jails shall not be required to meet the minimum requirements set forth in this section or any other provision of law. The State Commissioner of Health shall promulgate minimum standards for temporary tent jails, which standards shall be designed to specifically address and take into consideration the temporary status of the inmate housing needs of the county; 6. Inmates to be properly advised of rules of the detention facility in which they are detained; 7. Staff members to receive training in order to assist them in performing their assigned tasks, such training to be provided through a program approved by the State Department of Health; 8. All employees, including the detention facility administrator and all supervisors, whose primary responsibilities include supervision of inmates to receive at least twenty-four (24) hours of training during the first year of their employment that covers at least the following: a. security procedures, b. supervision of inmates, c. report writing and documentation, d. inmate rules and regulations, e. grievance and disciplinary procedures, f. rights and responsibilities of inmates, g. emergency procedures, and h. first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; 9. All employees who work in direct contact with inmates to receive after the first year of employment at least four (4) hours of review of material as required by the State Department of Health and at maximum eight (8) hours of detention officer training per year to include renewal training as required for first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills after the first year of employment; 10. A documentation log to be maintained by the administrator to record the courses completed by each employee for his or her initial and annual training and include test results; 11. Proper steps to be taken to ensure the safety and segregation of women, the infirm, and minors; 12. Adequate medical care, provided such medical care shall be limited to illnesses or injuries incurred during the time beginning with the arrest and throughout the time of incarceration. This shall not prevent an inmate from applying for assistance and receiving assistance, provided the inmate meets or exceeds established requirements; 13. No person to be confined without twenty-four-hour supervision; and 14. At least one designated exit in the facility that will permit prompt evacuation of inmates and staff in an emergency. B. All cells and living areas shall have at least forty (40) square feet of floor space for the initial inmate and at least twenty (20) square feet of floor space for each additional inmate occupying the same cell. Inmates may be provided temporary sleeping surfaces during times of overcrowding. C. The facility shall have at least one special-purpose cell to provide for the temporary detention of inmates under the influence of alcohol or dangerous substances or for persons who are uncontrollably violent or self-destructive. These cells shall be designed to prevent injury to the inmate. D. The housing and activity areas shall provide at least the following: 1. Lighting of at least twenty (20) foot-candles; 2. A shower with non-skid floors; and 3. Sufficient floor drains to ensure a sanitary facility. E. There shall be designated and marked emergency evacuation exits that comply with the requirements of the State Fire Marshal and that permit prompt evacuation of inmates and staff in an emergency. F. A county may provide a dormitory-style detention facility to accommodate up to medium-security level inmates. It shall be equipped with washbasins, toilets, and showers with hot and cold running water at a ratio of at least one washbasin, one toilet, and one shower to every twenty inmates. A dormitory-style detention facility shall meet all requirements for a detention facility. G. A county may provide a temporary tent detention facility subject to the approval of the Department. H. Inmates may be provided temporary sleeping surfaces during times of overcrowding. A fire-safe cot and industry products such as those referred to as “boats” are examples of suitable temporary sleeping surfaces that ensure the mattress does not have direct contact with the floor. These items do not meet the requirement to provide a fixed sleeping surface for each inmate.
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