(d) The time, place, and manner of media visits should be reasonably regulated to preserve the privacy and dignity of prisoners and the security and order of the facility. (g) When public safety and the interests of justice would not be compromised, governmental authorities should provide judicial and administrative mechanisms to accomplish the early release of prisoners in exceptional circumstances, such as terminal illness, permanent disability that substantially diminishes the ability of the prisoner to provide self-care within a correctional facility, or exigent family circumstances. Specialized equipment may be required in larger facilities and those serving prisoners with special medical needs. 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. No prisoner should have access to any other prisoners health care records. (a) Correctional authorities should ensure that: (i) a qualified health care professional is designated the responsible health authority for each facility, to oversee and direct the provision of health care in that facility; (ii) prisoners are provided necessary health care, including preventive, routine, urgent, and emergency care ; (iii) such care is consistent with community health care standards, including standards relating to privacy except as otherwise specified in these Standards; (iv) special health care protocols are used, when appropriate, for female prisoners, prisoners who have physical or mental disabilities, and prisoners who are under the age of eighteen or geriatric; and. (d) Correctional authorities should not assign a prisoner to involuntary protective custody for a period exceeding [30 days] unless there is a serious and credible threat to the prisoners safety and staff are unable to adequately protect the prisoner either in the general population or by a transfer to another facility. (b) A correctional agency should designate an internal unit, answerable to the head of the agency, to be responsible for investigating allegations of serious staff misconduct, including misconduct against prisoners, and for referring appropriate cases for administrative disciplinary measures or criminal prosecution. (l) The term counsel means retained or prospectively retained attorneys, or others sponsored by an attorney such as paralegals, investigators, and law students. The provisions of this Standard applicable to counsel apply equally to consular officials for prisoners who are not United States citizens. (c) As required by subdivision (b) of this Standard, correctional authorities should provide prisoners with diets of nutritious food consistent with their sincerely held religious beliefs. (a) Classification and housing assignments should not segregate or discriminate based on race unless the consideration of race is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling governmental interest. Where applicable law does not provide for all such prisoners to be transferred to the care and control of a juvenile justice agency, a correctional agency should provide specialized facilities and programs to meet the education, special education, and other needs of this population. 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. (e) Correctional officials should be permitted to contract with private enterprises to establish industrial and service programs to employ prisoners within a correctional facility, and goods and services produced should be permitted to freely enter interstate commerce. (e) Governmental authorities should allow a prisoner to engage counsel of the prisoners choice when the prisoner is able to do so. Visitors should not be excluded solely because of a prior criminal conviction, although correctional authorities should be permitted to exclude a visitor if exclusion is reasonable in light of the conduct underlying the visitors conviction. (iv) any other information reasonably believed to jeopardize institutional security if disclosed. B. the time a prisoner spends speaking on the telephone with counsel should not count against any applicable maximum telephone time. (s) The term serious mental illness means a substantial disorder of thought or mood that significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality or cope with the ordinary demands of life within the prison environment and is manifested by substantial pain or disability. (b) A correctional agency should allow a prisoner to examine and copy information in the prisoners file, challenge its accuracy, and request its amendment. (d) Visiting periods should be of adequate length. If such enterprises are for-profit firms, prisoners should be paid at least minimum wage for their work. A correctional facility should store all prescription drugs safely and under the control and supervision of the physician in charge of the facilitys health care program. Such prehearing confinement should not exceed [3 days] unless necessitated by the prisoners request for a continuance or by other demonstrated good cause. However, force does not include a firm hold, or use of hand or leg restraints, or fitting of a stun belt, on an unresisting prisoner. Is there sufficient evidence to infer that alcohol and current depression are related? (d) The location and storage of firearms should be strictly regulated. (b) Correctional administrators and officials should foster an institutional culture that helps maintain a safe and secure facility, is conducive to humane and respectful treatment of prisoners, supports adherence to professional standards, and encourages ethical conduct. (d) A correctional facility should have or provide adequate access to a library for the use of all prisoners, adequately stocked with a wide range of both recreational and educational resources, books, current newspapers, and other periodicals. The chief executive officer should decide promptly whether the use of such restraints should continue. (d) When the possible sanction for a disciplinary offense includes the delay of a release date, loss of sentencing credit for good conduct or good conduct time earning capability, or placement in disciplinary segregation, a prisoner should be found to have committed that offense only after an individualized determination, by a preponderance of the evidence. (k) The term prisoner means any person incarcerated in a correctional facility. (d) The right of access to counsel described in subdivisions (a) and (c) of this Standard should apply in connection with all legal matters, regardless of the type or subject matter of the representation or whether litigation is pending or the representation has commenced. When medically necessary, correctional authorities should be permitted to place a prisoner with a readily transmissible contagious disease in appropriate medical isolation or to restrict such a prisoner in other ways to prevent contagion of others. (c) Correctional authorities should provide prisoners, without charge, basic individual hygiene items appropriate for their gender, as well as towels and bedding, which should be exchanged or laundered at least weekly. A prisoners health care records and medication should travel with the prisoner in the event of a transfer between facilities, including facilities operated by different agencies. Government-funded legal services organizations should be permitted to provide legal services to prisoners without limitation as to the subject matter or the nature of the relief sought. If a prisoner refuses health care examination, testing, or treatment, a qualified health care professional should discuss the matter with the prisoner and document in the prisoners health care record both the discussion and the refusal; the health care professional should attempt to obtain the prisoners signature attesting to the refusal. (b) Correctional officials should promptly and thoroughly investigate and make a record of all incidents involving violence, and should take appropriate remedial action. (b) A prisoner should not be administered sedating or otherwise psychoactive drugs for purposes of discipline or convenience, or because of any decision relating to programming or privileges; such drugs should be used only to treat health conditions. Correctional authorities should use the least intrusive appropriate means to search a prisoner. (f) Notwithstanding a finding pursuant to subdivision (d) of this Standard that involuntary treatment is appropriate, mental health care staff should continue attempting to elicit the prisoners consent to treatment. Habeas Corpus. These materials should include paper, writing implements, envelopes, and stamps. Visits with counsel and clergy should not be counted as visiting time, and ordinarily should be unlimited in frequency. In addition, the handbook should set forth the facilitys policy forbidding staff sexual contact or exploitation of prisoners, and the procedures for making complaints, filing grievances, and appealing grievance denials, as well as describing any types of complaints deemed not properly the subject of the grievance procedures. (a) Correctional authorities should screen each prisoner as soon as possible upon the prisoners admission to a correctional facility to identify the prisoner's immediate potential security risks, including vulnerability to physical or sexual abuse, and should closely supervise prisoners until screening and follow-up measures are conducted. 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. Salaries and benefits should be sufficient to attract and retain qualified staff. No prisoner should be shackled during a work assignment except after an individualized determination that security requires otherwise. legal rules produced by judges' decisions. (a) A correctional facility should be safe and orderly and should be run in a fair and lawful manner. (d) At intervals not to exceed [90 days], a full classification review involving a meeting of the prisoner and the specialized classification committee should occur to determine whether the prisoners progress toward compliance with the individual plan required by subdivision (b) of this Standard or other circumstances warrant a reduction of restrictions, increased programming, or a return to a lower level of custody. (f) Correctional officials should facilitate and promote visiting by providing visitors travel guidance, directions, and information about visiting hours, attire, and other rules. (c) When federal or state law authorizes a governmental or non-governmental agency or organization to conduct an investigation relating to a correctional facility, correctional officials should allow that agency or organization convenient and complete access to the facility and should cooperate fully in the investigation. (ii) Research studies should not be the sole avenue for prisoners to receive standard treatment for any medical or mental health condition. (b) Correctional authorities should not discriminate against a prisoner in housing, programs, or other activities or services because the prisoner has a chronic or communicable disease, including HIV or AIDS, unless the best available objective evidence indicates that participation of the prisoner poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others. (f) If long-term imprisonment is anticipated, a prisoner with an infant should be helped to develop necessary plans for alternative care for the infant following the period described in subdivision (e) of this Standard, in coordination with social service agencies. (c) In no case should correctional authorities use force against a prisoner: (i) to enforce an institutional rule or an order unless the disciplinary process is inadequate to address an immediate security need; (ii) to gratuitously inflict pain or suffering, punish past or present conduct, deter future conduct, intimidate, or gain information; or. (c) A correctional facility should provide prisoners diagnosed with mental illness, mental retardation, or other cognitive impairments appropriate housing assignments and programming opportunities in accordance with their diagnoses, vulnerabilities, functional impairments, and treatment or habilitation plans. Correctional policies regarding electronic communication by prisoners should consider public safety, institutional security, and prisoners interest in ready communication. (e) A prisoner should be informed if correctional authorities deny the prisoner permission to send or receive any publication or piece of correspondence and should be told the basis for the denial and afforded an opportunity to appeal the denial to an impartial correctional administrator. (b) Prisoners who are determined to be lawfully taking prescription drugs or receiving health care treatment when they enter a correctional facility directly from the community, or when they are transferred between correctional facilitiesincluding facilities operated by different agenciesshould be maintained on that course of medication or treatment or its equivalent until a qualified health care professional directs otherwise upon individualized consideration. (b) No prisoner should be placed in segregated housing for more than [1 day] without a mental health screening, conducted in person by a qualified mental health professional, and a prompt comprehensive mental health assessment if clinically indicated. When practicable and consistent with security, a prisoner should be permitted to observe any search of personal property belonging to that prisoner. (b) A prisoner suffering from a serious or potentially life-threatening illness or injury, or from significant pain, should be referred immediately to a qualified medical professional in accordance with written guidelines. (c) Correctional authorities should be permitted to monitor and restrict both outgoing and incoming written communications and materials to the extent necessary for maintenance of institutional order, safety, and security; prevention of criminal offenses; continuing criminal investigations; and protection of victims of crime. The ____________ is a prison governance theory which states that prison disorder results from unstable, divided, or otherwise weak management. Prisoners should be entitled to present any judicially cognizable issue, including: (i) challenges to the legality of their conviction, confinement, extradition, deportation, or removal; (ii) assertions of any rights protected by state or federal constitution, statute, administrative provision, treaty, or common law; (iii) civil legal problems, including those related to family law; and. (a) Governmental officials should assure prisoners full access to the judicial process. (e) Correctional officials and administrators should annually review and update facility and agency rules and regulations to ensure that they comport with current legal standards. Training programs should equip staff to: (i) maintain order while treating prisoners with respect, and communicate effectively with prisoners; (ii) follow security requirements, conduct searches, and use technology appropriately; (iii) use non-force techniques for avoiding and resolving conflicts, and comply with the agencys policy on use of force; (iv) identify and respond to medical and mental health emergencies, recognize and report the signs and symptoms of mental disability and suicide risk, and secure appropriate medical and mental health services; A. detect and respond to signs of threatened and actual physical and sexual assault and sexual pressure against prisoners; (vi) avoid inappropriate relationships, including sexual contact, with prisoners; (vii) understand the legal rights of prisoners relevant to their professional duties; (viii) facilitate prisoner use of the grievance process, and understand that processs benefits for correctional staff and facilities; (ix) maintain appropriate records, including clear and accurate reports; and. Canines should never be used for purposes of intimidation or control of a prisoner or prisoners. Prisoners should not be required to work more than 40 hours each week, and should be afforded at least one rest day each week and sufficient time apart from work for education and other activities. Suicide observation should be documented, and prisoners under suicide observation should be evaluated by a qualified mental health professional prior to being removed from observation. (d) Correctional authorities should allow prisoners to acquire personal law books and other legal research material and to prepare and retain legal documents. (d) When appropriate for purposes of evaluation or treatment, correctional authorities should be permitted to separate from the general population prisoners diagnosed with mental illness, mental retardation, or other cognitive impairments who have difficulty conforming to the expectations of behavior for general population prisoners. F. the contact information for a person to whom questions about the study can be posed and problems reported. (b) Correctional administrators and officials should implement recruitment and selection processes that will ensure that staff are professionally qualified, psychologically fit to work with prisoners, and certified or licensed as appropriate. Correctional authorities should memorialize and facilitate review of uses of force. (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. (d) Prior to involuntary mental health treatment of a prisoner with a serious mental illness, the prisoner should be afforded, at a minimum, the procedural protections specified in subdivision (b) of this Standard for involuntary mental health transfers, except that: (i) decision-making in the first instance and on appeal should be by a judicial or administrative hearing officer independent of the correctional agency, or by an neutral committee that includes at least one qualified mental health professional and that may include appropriate correctional agency staff, but does not include any health care professional responsible for treating or referring the prisoner for transfer; (ii) the notice should set forth the mental health staffs diagnosis and basis for the proposed treatment, a description of the proposed treatmentincluding, where relevant, the medication name and dosageand the less-intrusive alternatives considered and rejected; and. Correctional authorities should be permitted to censor material if it could be censored in publications sent to prisoners through the mail. (c) A jurisdiction that enters into a contract with a private entity for the operation of a correctional facility should maintain the ability to house its prisoners in other facilities if termination of the contract for noncompliance proves necessary. (f) Correctional officials should implement a system to facilitate the return to lower levels of custody of prisoners housed in long-term segregated housing. Provision should be made for prisoners who face literacy, language, or other communication barriers to be able to communicate their health needs. Depending upon individual assessments of risks, needs, and the reasons for placement in the segregated setting, those forms of stimulation should include: (i) in-cell programming, which should be developed for prisoners who are not permitted to leave their cells; (ii) additional out-of-cell time, taking into account the size of the prisoners cell and the length of time the prisoner has been housed in this setting; (iii) opportunities to exercise in the presence of other prisoners, although, if necessary, separated by security barriers; (iv) daily face-to-face interaction with both uniformed and civilian staff; and. A prisoner should be informed of the consequences for the prisoners parental rights of any arrangements contemplated. b. administrative control theory. Except in highly unusual circumstances in which a prisoner poses an imminent threat of serious bodily harm, staff should not use types of force that carry a high risk of injury, such as punches, kicks, or strikes to the head, neck, face, or groin. Prisoners should also have regular access to a variety of broadcast media to enable them to remain informed about public affairs. (e) Consistent with such confidentiality as is required to prevent a significant risk of harm to other persons, a prisoner being evaluated for placement in long-term segregated housing for any reason should be permitted reasonable access to materials considered at both the initial and the periodic reviews, and should be allowed to meet with and submit written statements to persons reviewing the prisoners classification. B. correctional authorities should conduct such a search only in the presence of the prisoner to or from whom the letter or document is addressed. 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