Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 501 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › Chapter 3 - Jail Standards for Full-service Facilities › Section 501 KAR 3:080 - Sanitation; hygiene

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 441.055
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 441.055 requires the
				Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations establishing
				minimum standards for jails that house state prisoners. This administrative
				regulation establishes procedures to provide proper sanitation and hygiene in
				full-service jails.
Section 1.
			 Procedures.
(1) The jailer or jail
			 administrator shall provide for the control of vermin and pests.
(2) The jail shall provide for both solid and
			 liquid waste disposal.
(3) The
			 jailer or jail administrator shall have a written preventative maintenance plan
			 that includes:
(a) A cleaning schedule for
			 various locations and items in the jail;
(b) A schedule for inspections by the
			 jailer;
(c) A schedule for trash
			 and garbage removal; and
(d) A
			 schedule for periodic inspection and maintenance of specific mechanical
			 equipment.
(4) The jail
			 shall have fresh air circulating within prisoner living and activity
			 areas.
(5) The jail shall furnish
			 clean sanitized bedding to prisoners except in holding areas and unless it is
			 determined to be detrimental to a particular prisoner. Issuance of bedding in
			 detoxification is optional. Bedding shall include:
(a) One (1) mattress;
(b) One (1) blanket if conditions
			 require;
(c) Two (2)
			 sheets;
(d) One (1) pillow, if not
			 part of the mattress; and
(e) One
			 (1) pillowcase, if applicable.
(6) Prisoner bedding shall be cleaned on a
			 regular basis according to the schedule established in this subsection.
(a) Sheets, pillowcases, and mattress cover
			 shall be cleaned at least once per week and cleaned prior to reissue to next
			 prisoner.
(b) Blankets shall be
			 laundered upon reissue or quarterly, whichever is sooner.
(c) Mattresses and pillows shall be cleaned
			 quarterly and cleaned prior to reissue to next prisoner.
(7) Each prisoner shall be issued a clean
			 jail uniform and towel upon admission to a prisoner living area. If a prisoner
			 does not have undergarments upon admission, then the jail shall issue them.
			 Jail uniforms, undergarments, and towels shall be laundered at least twice
			 weekly and laundered prior to reissue to the next prisoner. Prisoners shall not
			 be required to be without a clean uniform, undergarment, or towel while laundry
			 is being processed.
(8) All floors,
			 toilets, and sinks in the jail shall be cleaned daily or more often as
			 necessary.
(9) All showers shall be
			 cleaned on at least a weekly basis.
(10)
(a)
			 All prisoners assigned to prisoner living areas shall be issued or permitted to
			 obtain the following hygienic items:
1.
			 Soap;
2. Toothbrush;
3. Toothpaste;
4. Toilet paper; and
5. Female sanitary supplies (if
			 applicable).
(b)
			 Indigent prisoners shall be furnished these items by the jail.
(11) All prisoners shall be
			 permitted to shave a minimum of two (2) times per week. Communal razors shall
			 not be used. A sanitized electric razor may be substituted with jailer
			 approval.
(12) Hair cutting
			 services or sanitized hair cutting equipment shall be available to all
			 prisoners.
(13) All prisoners shall
			 be provided shower facilities within twenty-four (24) hours of admission.
			 Prisoners shall be permitted to shower daily unless there is a documented
			 security risk.
(14) All prisoners
			 in the jail shall be provided with hot and cold running water in showers and
			 lavatories.