A remedy should be reasonably available to prisoners if correctional authorities negligently or intentionally destroy or lose such property. (c) A correctional agency should be required to respond in a public document to the findings of the monitoring agency, to develop an action plan to address identified problems, and to periodically document compliance with recommendations or explain noncompliance; however, if security requires, the public document should be permitted to be supplemented by a confidential one. If public transportation to a correctional facility is not available, correctional officials should work with transportation authorities to facilitate the provision of such transportation. However, prisoners diagnosed with serious mental illness should not be housed in settings that may exacerbate their mental illness or suicide risk, particularly in settings involving sensory deprivation or isolation. Upon release, each prisoner who was confined for more than [3 months] should possess or be provided with: (i) photographic identification sufficient to obtain lawful employment; (ii) clothing appropriate for the season; (iii) sufficient money or its equivalent necessary for maintenance during a brief period immediately following release; and. A decision to retain a prisoner in segregated housing following consideration by the classification review committee should be reviewed by a correctional administrator, and approved, rejected, or modified as appropriate. (b) Correctional officials should implement a protocol for identifying and managing prisoners whose behavior is indicative of mental illness, mental retardation, or other cognitive impairments. If convicted capital offenders are separately housed based solely on their sentence, conditions should be comparable to those provided to the general population. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Standard, prisoners should not be prohibited from participating in therapeutic behavioral or biomedical research if the potential benefits to prisoners outweigh the risks involved. (a) Unless a court orders otherwise in a situation in which a prisoner possesses substantial assets, correctional authorities should not charge prisoners fees for any non-commissary services provided them during the period of imprisonment, including their food or housing or incarceration itself, except that correctional authorities should be permitted to assess prisoners employed at or above minimum wage a reasonable portion of their wages in applicable fees. Searches of prisoners bodies should follow a written protocol that implements this Standard. In an emergency, or when necessary in a facility in which health care staff are available only part-time, medically trained correctional staff should be permitted to administer prescription drugs at the direction of qualified health care professionals. Correctional authorities should actively encourage prisoner participation in appropriate educational programs. At all times within a correctional facility or during transport, at least one staff member of the same gender as supervised prisoners should share control of the prisoners. Correctional authorities should generally accommodate professionally accredited journalists who request permission to visit a facility or a prisoner, and should provide a process for expeditious appeal if a request is denied. Consistent with Standard 23-2.5, routine preventive dental care and education about oral health care should be provided to those prisoners whose confinement may exceed one year. (iv) the prisoner is dead, and disclosure is authorized by the prisoners next of kin or by the administrator of the prisoners estate if one has been appointed. (d) Correctional staff should be provided with safe and healthful working conditions. (a) Independent governmental bodies responsible for such matters as fire safety, sanitation, environmental quality, food safety, education, and health should regulate, inspect, and enforce regulations in a correctional facility. the carrying out of retributive punishments to deter future criminal acts. (c) Correctional officials should implement any appropriate facility-specific restrictions on use of chemical agents and electronic weaponry that are appropriate for the particular facility and its prisoner population, and should promulgate policy that sets forth in detail the circumstances in which such weapons may be used. When any property is confiscated, the prisoner should be given written documentation of this information. Each prisoner should have or be provided with transportation to the prisoners reasonable destination and with contact information for all relevant community service providers. (b) No prisoner under the age of eighteen should be housed in an adult correctional facility. (iv) Provision should be made for appropriate health care for adverse medical or mental health conditions or reactions resulting from participation. Correctional authorities should inform prisoners that their conversations may be monitored, and should not monitor or record conversations for purposes of harassment or retaliation. (b) Governmental authorities should not enter into a contract with a private entity for the operation of any correctional facility, secure or not, unless it can be demonstrated that the contract will result either in improved performance or in substantial cost savings, considering both routine and emergency costs, with no diminution in performance. (e) Governmental and correctional authorities should strive to meet the legitimate needs of prisoner mothers and their infants, including a prisoners desire to breastfeed her child. (b) Information about a prisoners health condition should not be disclosed to other prisoners. (c) Pat-down searches and other clothed body searches should be brief and avoid unnecessary force, embarrassment, and indignity to the prisoner. Your membership has expired - last chance for uninterrupted access to free CLE and other benefits. In addition, the prisoner should be afforded, at a minimum, the following procedural protections: (i) at least 24 hours in advance of any hearing, written and effective notice of the actions alleged to have been committed, the rule alleged to have been violated by those actions, and the prisoners rights under this Standard; (iii) a hearing at which the prisoner may be heard in person and, absent an individualized determination of good cause, has a reasonable opportunity to present available witnesses and documentary and physical evidence; (vi) if the decision-maker determines that a prisoner is unable to prepare and present evidence and arguments effectively on his or her own behalf, counsel or some other advocate for the prisoner, including a member of the correctional staff or another prisoner with suitable capabilities; (vii) an independent determination by the decision-maker of the reliability and credibility of any confidential informants; (viii) a written statement setting forth the evidence relied on and the reasons for the decision and the sanction imposed, rendered promptly but no later than [5 days] after conclusion of the hearing except in exceptional circumstances where good cause for the delay exists; and. A correctional health care system should include an ongoing evaluation process to assess and improve the health care provided to prisoners and to enable health care staff to institute corrective care or other action as needed. (iii) Weekly, a qualified mental health professional should observe and seek to talk with each prisoner. (d) Correctional officials should minimize technical requirements for grievances and should allow prisoners to initiate the grievance process by describing briefly the nature of the complaint and the remedy sought. Correctional authorities should be permitted to examine legal materials received or retained by a prisoner for physical contraband. If a prisoner has met the terms of the individual plan, there should be a presumption in favor of releasing the prisoner from segregated housing. Pretrial detainees should be allowed visiting opportunities beyond those afforded convicted prisoners, subject only to reasonable institutional restrictions and physical plant constraints. If contact visits are precluded because of such an individualized determination, non-contact, in-person visiting opportunities should be allowed, absent an individualized determination that a non-contact visit between the prisoner and a particular visitor poses like dangers. Sanctions should be reasonable in light of the offense and the prisoners circumstances, including disciplinary history and any mental illness or other cognitive impairment. (c) Each state legislature should establish an authority to promulgate and enforce standards applicable to jails and local detention facilities in the state. Prisoners should also be permitted to purchase hygiene supplies in a commissary. (viii) comply with health, safety, and building codes, subject to regular inspection. (g) A record should be kept documenting any digital or instrumental anal or vaginal cavity search and any other body search in which property is confiscated. Before staff use a firearm to prevent an escape, they should shout a warning and, if time and circumstances allow, summon other staff to regain control without shooting. Correctional authorities should facilitate prisoners reintegration into free society by implementing appropriate conditions of confinement and by sustained planning for such reintegration. In deciding whether to assign such a prisoner to a facility for male or female prisoners and in making other housing and programming assignments, staff should consider on a case by case basis whether a placement would ensure the prisoners health and safety, and whether the placement would present management or security problems. (e) Core correctional functions of determining the length and location of a prisoners confinement, including decisions relating to prisoner discipline, transfer, length of imprisonment, and temporary or permanent release, should never be delegated to a private entity. (c) If a correctional agency contracts for provision of any services or programs, it should ensure that the contract requires the provider to comply with these Standards, including Standard 23-9.1 governing grievances. (b) Upon a prisoners entry to a correctional facility, correctional authorities should provide the prisoner a personal copy of the rules for prisoner conduct and an informational handbook written in plain language. [Use the navigation bar on the left side to go to a specific Part of Standard. (c) Governmental authorities should facilitate access to abortion services for a prisoner who decides to exercise her right to an abortion, as that right is defined by state and federal law, through prompt scheduling of the procedure upon request and through the provision of transportation to a facility providing such services. (v) access to radio or television for programming or mental stimulation, although such access should not substitute for human contact described in subdivisions (i) to (iv). (a) Each correctional agency should employ or contract with a sufficient number of qualified medical, dental, and mental health professionals at each correctional facility to render preventive, routine, urgent, and emergency health care in a timely manner consistent with accepted health care practice and standards. (f) Prisoners should be provided basic educational materials relating to disease prevention, good health, hygiene, and proper usage of medication. (vi) at least every four hours, a qualified medical professional should conduct a complete in-person evaluation to determine the prisoners need for either continued restraint or transfer to a medical or mental health facility. (ix) an appropriate individual and, when appropriate, systemic remedy if the grievance is determined to be well-founded. (f) A correctional facility should be appropriately staffed. Specialized equipment may be required in larger facilities and those serving prisoners with special medical needs. . Medical and mental health screening should: (i) use a properly validated screening protocol, including, if appropriate, special protocols for female prisoners, prisoners who have mental disabilities, and prisoners who are under the age of eighteen or geriatric; (ii) be performed either by a qualified health care professional or by specially trained correctional staff; and. Each respondent was also asked whether they are currently depressed (1 = Yes, 2 = No). Correctional authorities should use the least intrusive appropriate means to search a prisoner. Prisoners should also have regular access to a variety of broadcast media to enable them to remain informed about public affairs. Indigent prisoners should be provided a reasonable amount of stationery and free postage or some reasonable alternative that permits them to maintain contact with people and organizations in the community. A written translation in a language the prisoner understands should be provided within a reasonable period of time to each literate prisoner who does not understand English. If correctional officials elect to require use of a particular grievance form, correctional authorities should make forms and writing implements readily available and should allow a grievant to proceed without using the designated form if it was not readily available to that prisoner. The record should identify the circumstances of the search, the persons conducting the search, any staff who are witnesses, and any confiscated materials. (a) Correctional authorities should provide prisoners living quarters of adequate size. No health care provider should be permitted to practice in a correctional facility beyond the scope permissible for that individual provider outside of a correctional facility, given the providers particular qualifications and licensing. (iv) any other information reasonably believed to jeopardize institutional security if disclosed. (h) Governmental authorities should implement policies that allow government benefits, including health benefits, to be restored to prisoners immediately upon release, and correctional officials should ensure that correctional authorities or community service providers assist prisonersespecially prisoners with mental disabilities or significant health care needsin preparing and submitting appropriate benefits applications sufficiently in advance of their anticipated release date to meet this objective and facilitate continuity of care. (b) After consultation with each prisoner, correctional authorities should develop an individualized programming plan for the prisoner, in accordance with which correctional authorities should give each prisoner access to appropriate programs, including educational opportunities, mental health and substance abuse treatment and counseling, vocational and job readiness training, personal financial responsibility training, parenting skills, relationship skills, cognitive or behavioral programming, and other programs designed to promote good behavior in the facility and reduce recidivism. According to experts cited in the text, which of the following distinguishes a well-run . (a) The term chief executive officer of the facility means the correctional official with command authority over a particular correctional facility. Correctional officials and administrators should review and retain the file for purposes of management, staff discipline, training, and the identification of trends. Any visual surveillance and supervision of a prisoner who is undergoing an intimate medical procedure should be conducted by correctional officers of the same gender as the prisoner. It includes the status of being actively suicidal; severe cognitive disorders that result in significant functional impairment; and severe personality disorders that result in significant functional impairment and are marked by frequent episodes of psychosis, depression, or self-injurious behavior. Prisoners currently threatening or attempting suicide should be under continuous staff observation. (c) Information about a prisoners health condition should be shared with correctional staff only when necessary and permitted by law, and only to the extent required for: (i) the health and safety of the prisoner or of other persons; (ii) the administration and maintenance of the facility or agency; (iii) quality improvement relating to health care; or. in regard to an inmates 1st amendment, _____________ requires that a regulation provide a reasonable method of advancing a legitimate institutional goal. (c) At intervals not to exceed [30 days], correctional authorities should conduct and document an evaluation of each prisoners progress under the individualized plan required by subdivision (b) of this Standard. (iv) provided the greatest practicable opportunities for out-of-cell time. (v) be available to the prisoner who is the subject of the records, absent an individualized finding of good cause. 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