Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE › Title 81 - JAIL STANDARDS BOARD › Chapter 1 - STANDARDS FOR JAIL FACILITIES - DEFINITIONS AND PURVIEW › Section 81-1-002 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
Unless the context otherwise requires, the following
				  definitions shall apply to the Title 81 Standards for Jail Facilities:
002.01
Administrative
				segregation
- A form of separation from the general population
				administered by the classification committee or other authorized group when the
				continued presence of the inmate in the general population would pose a serious
				threat to life, property, self, staff, or other inmates or to the security or
				orderly running of the institution.
002.02
Admission
-
				The process of entry into a facility. During admission processing, the adult
				offender is booked, and receives an orientation to facility rules and
				regulations. If the offender is to be housed, assignment to housing is
				completed at this time.
002.03
Arrestee
- A person who has been taken into legal
				custody by a law enforcement agency.
002.04
Approved rated
				capacity
- The number of inmates which may be housed in any cell,
				room unit, building, jail facility, or combination thereof. This shall not
				limit a facility administrator from expanding this capacity during an emergency
				situation.
002.05
Average daily population
- The average number of
				inmates housed in a jail facility on any day of the year.
002.06
Booking
- An
				official recording of an arrest and the identification of the person, place,
				time, arresting authority, and reason for the arrest. It is a procedure for the
				admission of a person cited with or convicted of an offense, which includes
				searching, fingerprinting, photographing, medical screening, and collecting
				personal history data. Booking also includes the inventory and storage of the
				individual's personal property.
002.07
Classification
- A process for determining the needs
				and requirements of those for whom confinement has been ordered and for
				assigning them to housing units and programs according to their needs and
				existing resources.
002.08
Contraband
- Any item possessed by confined offenders
				or found within the facility that is illegal by law or prohibited by the
				facility policy and procedure.
002.09
Correspondence
- Any papers, documents or mail
				delivered to the facility for an inmate which can be accepted into the
				facility. An item may be considered rejected if it is not accepted into the
				facility.
002.10
Design
- Those essential areas or features which
				comprise the physical layout of a jail facility. Essential areas or features
				shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
002.10A
Single occupancy
				cell
- A room or secure space designed to house one (1)
				inmate.
002.10B
Multiple occupancy cell
- A room or secure space
				designed to house two (2) to eight (8) inmates with a partition between the
				cell and dayroom space.
002.10C
Dayroom
- That portion of the housing unit which is
				separate and distinct from the cell area, but immediately adjacent and
				accessible therefrom.
002.10D
Dormitory
- A room or secure housing unit which is
				designed for occupancy by nine (9) or more inmates and includes both dayroom
				and sleeping space within the same area.
002.10E
Housing unit
- The total living area available to a group or classification of inmates in a
				jail facility. This area may consist of a dormitory or a combination of the
				space in each cell cluster and adjacent dayroom.
002.10F
Isolation or
				administrative segregation cell
- An individual housing unit
				designated to separate an inmate from the general inmate population.
002.10G
Temporary holding
				cell
- A room or secure area designed for the temporary
				confinement of inmates for less than eight (8) hours, prior to housing
				assignment or awaiting transfer or release.
002.10H
Detoxification
				cell
- A room or secure area designed for the temporary
				confinement of inmates who are intoxicated or under the influence of a
				controlled substance, and cannot be assigned to regular housing.
002.10I
Safety cell
- A room or secure area which is padded or otherwise designed for the temporary
				confinement of inmates presenting an advert need for quarters which offer
				maximum personal safety.
002.10J
Minimum security
- This is a custody level which
				describes those inmates which do not present a threat to the security of the
				jail or risk of escape. Dormitory housing may be utilized to house minimum
				security inmates.