Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 201 - Corrections Department › Title IV - Jail Inspection Standards › Chapter 50 - Jail Facilities › Rule 201-50.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following are defined terms:
"Activity area"
means such area, distinct
				  from the living unit, where prisoners may congregate for programming. This area
				  is to be under constant staff observation.
"Alternative jail facility"
means a facility
				  designated pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 35 6A, and which is used as a
				  halfway-house-type facility rather than a jail-type operation. These facilities
				  shall be subject to inspection and accreditation by the state jail inspector
				  utilizing applicable administrative rules for residential facilities pursuant
				  to 201-Chapter 43 and other acceptable operational standards.
"Average daily population"
means the average
				  number of prisoners housed daily during any given time period.
"Barrier free"
means no walls or other
				  obstructions impeding contact by staff within their assigned area of
				  operation.
"Capacity"
means the number of prisoner
				  occupants which any cell, room, unit, building, facility or combination thereof
				  may accommodate according to the square footage and fixture requirements of the
				  standards.
"Cell"
means prisoner occupancy bedroom
				  space with toilet and lavatory facilities.
"Cellblock"
means a group of cells with an
				  associated dayroom.
"Classification"
means a system of obtaining
				  pertinent information concerning prisoners with which to make a decision on
				  assignment of appropriate housing, security level, and activities.
"Continuous visual observation"
means
				  uninterrupted visual contact unaided by closed circuit television
				  (CCTV).
"Dayroom"
means a common space shared by
				  prisoners residing in a cell or group of cells, to which prisoners are admitted
				  for activities such as dining, bathing, or passive recreation and which are
				  situated immediately adjacent to prisoner sleeping areas.
"Detention area"
means that portion of the
				  facility used to confine prisoners.
"Direct supervision jail"
means a style of
				  jail construction designed to facilitate direct contact between officers and
				  prisoners. The officer is stationed inside the housing unit. Evaluation and
				  classification of prisoners are ongoing and continuous functions of a direct
				  supervision jail and are based on close contact with prisoners.
"Disability"
means a physical or mental
				  impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities
				  of an individual; a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having
				  such an impairment.
"DOC"
means the Iowa department of
				  corrections.
"Dormitory"
means an open area for two or
				  more prisoners with all fixtures self-contained. There is no barrier between
				  the sleeping area and other fixtures such as shower, table, recreation
				  equipment, or similar items.
"Emergency situation"
means any significant
				  disruption of normal operations caused by riot, strike, escape, fire, natural
				  disaster or other serious incident.
"Evaluation"
means an ongoing process
				  whereby judgments are made concerning a prisoner based upon the behavior of
				  that prisoner
"Existing facility"
means any place in use
				  as a jail or for which bids have been let for construction prior to September
				  12, 2001.
"Holding cell"
means a secure room or cell
				  where prisoners may be held up to 24 hours while awaiting the procedure of
				  commitment or release or court appearances.
"Holdover"
means a nonsecure area within a
				  law enforcement facility, hospital, mental health facility or other existing
				  public building that is intended to serve as a short-term holding facility for
				  juveniles. A nonsecure area may be a multipurpose area which is unable to be
				  locked.
"Housing unit"
means a detention area. This
				  area may be a single occupancy cell, multiple occupancy cell, cellblock, or
				  dormitory.
"Inspection unit"
means the state jail
				  inspection unit.
"Jail"
means any place administered by the
				  county sheriff and designed to hold prisoners for as long as lawfully required
				  but not to exceed one year pursuant to Iowa Code chapters 356 and 356A.
"Jail administrator"
means the sheriff,
				  sheriff's designee, or the executive head of any agency operating a jail. The
				  jail administrator shall be responsible for the operation of the facility
				  according to these rules.
"Jailer"
means any person who is involved in
				  the booking or supervision of prisoners, who has direct contact with prisoners
				  or who has control over the movement or release of prisoners within the jail.
				  Jailers shall meet the requirements of rules
				  201-50.10 (356,356A) and
				  50.11(356,356A), Iowa Administrative Code.
"Jail inspector"
means the department of
				  corrections employee responsible for inspections of jails and enforcement of
				  these rules by authority of Iowa Code section
				  356.43.
"Jail supervisor"
means any person who is
				  responsible for the routine operation of a jail during assigned duty hours.
				  While this person does not have to be on the premises at all times, the person
				  must be readily available for consultation.
"Juvenile"
means any person under the age of
				  18 years.
"Living unit"
means an area within a housing
				  unit and that contains individual sleeping compartments, dayrooms, all
				  necessary personal hygiene fixtures, and sufficient tables and seats to
				  accommodate capacity.
"Lock down"
means whenever prisoners are
				  required to be in their individual cells or locked in same.
"Mail"
means anything that is sent to or by
				  prisoners through the United States Postal Service.
"Major remodeling"
means construction that
				  changes the architectural design of an existing jail and that increases or
				  decreases capacity.
"Medical practitioner"
means a licensed
				  physician, licensed osteopathic physician or physician's assistant or medical
				  resources such as a hospital or clinic.
"Mental illness"
means a psychiatric illness
				  or disease expressed primarily through abnormalities of thought, feeling, and
				  behavior producing either distress or impaired function.
"Minister
" means a trained person ordained
				  or licensed by a bona fide religion to conduct the services of that
				  faith.
"Monitoring"
means having a reasonable
				  degree of knowledge or awareness of what activities a prisoner is engaged in
				  during incarceration.
"Multiple occupancy cell"
means a cell
				  designed for more than one prisoner and accessible to a dayroom.
"Nonsecure hold"
means a nonsecure area
				  within a law enforcement facility and which is intended to serve as a
				  short-term holding facility for juveniles. A nonsecure area may be a
				  multipurpose area which is unable to be locked.
"Person performing jail duties"
means all
				  persons directly involved in the provision of services to prisoners or the
				  operation of a jail except:
1. Outside contractors performing specific housekeeping
				  functions under the direct supervision of a jailer
2. Individuals such as maintenance personnel, cooks, and
				  janitors, if they do not have direct contact with prisoners or routine access
				  to areas occupied by prisoners.
"Physical jeopardy"
means, due to the
				  prisoner's physical or mental condition, the prisoner is in peril of serious
				  physical harm.
"Pod"
means a grouping of two or more
				  housing units, usually found in large facilities, which will aid in the control
				  of prisoners.
"Prisoner"
means any individual confined in
				  a jail.
"Residential facilities"
means the
				  facilities governed by 201-Chapter 43.
"Roving supervising officer"
means an
				  officer who provides direct supervision of prisoners by continuously moving
				  through the housing unit, cells, and activity area of the limit.
"Segregation cell"
means a single occupancy
				  cell equipped with tamper-resistant bunks, a toilet, and a wash basin which are
				  of the type recommended for maximum security housing.
"Unencumbered space"
is floor space that is
				  not encumbered by furnishings or fixtures. Unencumbered space is determined by
				  subtracting the floor area encumbered by furnishings and fixtures from the
				  total floor area. (All fixtures must be in operational position for these
				  calculations.)
"Waiver"
means a waiver of a specific
				  standard granted by the Iowa department of corrections in accordance with
				  201-Chapter 7.
"Weapons"
means any instrument, excluding
				  restraining devices, chemical control agents and electronic control devices,
				  with an intended use of self-defense, protection of another, or to gain or
				  maintain compliance from an individual.