Pennsylvania Code › Title 37 - LAW › Part III - Agencies and Offices › Subpart B - Department of Corrections › Chapter 95 - COUNTY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS › Subchapter B - ADMINISTRATIVE STANDARDS, REGULATIONS AND FACILITIES › COUNTY JAILS › Section 95.220a - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
						  subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						  otherwise:
Alcohol and other drugs treatment
-A
						  treatment service designed to address the impact and ramifications of use or
						  abuse of alcohol and other drugs so as to prevent illegal or destructive
						  conduct and avoid addiction.
Alternative menu
-Meal plans that are
						  prepared and served as an alternative to the regular meal plan.
Bed capacity
-The number of beds that a
						  prison may utilize consistent with the American Correctional Association's
						  "Standards for Adult Local Detention Facilities" on unencumbered space and that
						  are only utilized in areas approved for residential occupancy by the Department
						  of Labor and Industry or local code authority.
Classification
-A process for
						  determining an inmate's needs and requirements and for assigning the inmate to
						  appropriate housing units and programs according to the inmate's needs and
						  existing resources.
Code of conduct and ethics
-A set of
						  rules describing acceptable standards of conduct for all prison staff.
Community resources
-Human service
						  agencies, service clubs, citizen interest groups, self-help groups and
						  individual citizen volunteers that offer services, facilities or other
						  functions that assist inmates.
Compensation
-Incentives such as
						  monetary compensation, extra privileges, good time credits, credit toward
						  applicable fines and costs or other items of value that are given for inmate
						  participation in a work program.
Contact visitation
-A program inside or
						  outside the prison that permits inmates to visit with designated persons
						  without obstacles or barriers to physical contact.
Contraband
-An item possessed by an
						  individual or found within the prison that is prohibited by law or expressly
						  prohibited by those legally charged with the administration and operation of
						  the prison.
Counseling
-A treatment service using
						  planned interpersonal relationships to promote social adjustment and provide
						  opportunities to express feelings verbally with the goal of resolving the
						  individual's problems.
Department
-The Department of
						  Corrections of the Commonwealth.
Education
-A treatment service using
						  formal academic education or a vocational training activity designed to improve
						  knowledge or employment capability, or both.
Financial audit
-An examination of
						  prison records or accounts to check their accuracy conducted by persons not
						  directly involved in the creation and maintenance of these records or
						  accounts.
First aid
-Care for a condition that
						  requires immediate assistance from an individual trained in first aid care and
						  the use of the prison's first aid kits.
Force, use of
-Physical force used in
						  instances of justifiable self-defense, protection of others, protection of
						  property, prevention of escape or to effect compliance with the rules and
						  regulations of the facility when other methods of control are ineffective or
						  insufficient.
Force option
-Actions beginning with
						  the least amount of force necessary and progressing through the degrees of
						  nondeadly and deadly force, as necessary.
Governing county prison authority
-The
						  individual or board, established by law, having administrative oversight and
						  policy-setting responsibility for the county prison.
Grievance
-A formal written complaint
						  by an inmate related to a problem encountered during the course of his
						  confinement.
Grievance process
-The procedure
						  established to review and respond to inmate grievances.
Health care professional
-A medical
						  doctor, doctor of osteopathy, physician's assistant, registered nurse or
						  licensed practical nurse licensed by the appropriate licensing board of the
						  Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs.
Health care provider
-An employee or
						  contractor of the prison who is responsible for ensuring that adequate health
						  care is provided to inmates.
Health care screening
-A process
						  developed by the prison's health care provider to assess inmates upon admission
						  as set forth in written local policy.
Health care training
-Training required
						  by the county prison's health care provider as part of the prison's health care
						  delivery system as set forth in written local policy.
Inmate
-An individual who is legally
						  confined in a county prison.
Intake interview
-A process developed
						  by the prison's treatment services provider to assess inmates upon admission as
						  set forth in written local policy.
Life safety code
-A manual published
						  and updated by the National Fire Protection Association specifying minimum
						  standards for fire safety necessary in the public interest.
Noncontact visitation
-A program that
						  restricts inmates from having physical contact with visitors by the use of
						  physical barriers such as screens or glass, or both.
Preventive maintenance
-A system
						  designed to enhance the longevity and usefulness of buildings and equipment in
						  accordance with a planned schedule.
Prison
-A place, institution, building
						  (or part thereof), set of buildings or area (whether or not enclosing a
						  building or set of buildings) that is used for the lawful custody of
						  individuals.
Prison administrator
-The official who
						  has the day-to-day responsibility for managing and operating the county
						  prison.
Prison inspection
-An onsite visit of a
						  county prison by one or more Department inspectors to determine whether the
						  county prison is in compliance with the minimum requirements of this
						  chapter.
Procedures
-The detailed and sequential
						  actions that must be executed to ensure that a policy is implemented.
Restraints
-Any device authorized by
						  written local policy that is used to prevent escapes, prevent an inmate from
						  injuring himself or other persons or prevent property damage.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
						  Department.
Security devices
-
(i) Locks, gates, doors, bars, fences,
						screens, ceilings, floors, walls and barriers used to confine and control
						inmates.
(ii) The term also
						includes electronic monitoring equipment, security alarm systems, security
						light units, auxiliary power supplies and other equipment used to maintain
						prison security.
Security perimeter
-The outer portions
						  of a prison that provide for secure confinement of prison inmates.
Segregation
-The separation of an
						  inmate from the general population for disciplinary or administrative
						  reasons.
Social services
-A treatment service
						  designed to promote the welfare of the community and the inmate, as through aid
						  for physically and mentally handicapped, health maintenance, family development
						  and employment opportunities.
Training
-An organized, planned and
						  evaluated activity designed to achieve specific learning objectives and enhance
						  the job performance of personnel.
Training plan
-A set of long-range or
						  short-range training activities that equip staff with the knowledge, skills and
						  attitudes they need to accomplish the goals of the organization.
Treatment professional
-An individual
						  who possesses a bachelor's degree and advanced training in the social or
						  behavioral sciences.
Treatment services
-Alcohol and other
						  drugs treatment, counseling, education or social services provided to an inmate
						  during his confinement in the county prison.
Treatment services provider
-An
						  employee or contractor of the county prison who is responsible for providing
						  treatment services to inmates.
Treatment training
-Training required
						  by the county prison's treatment services provider as part of the prison's
						  treatment delivery system as set forth in local written policy.
Unclothed search
-An examination of an
						  inmate's unclothed body for weapons, contraband and physical
						  abnormalities.
Vulnerability analysis
-A systematic
						  and measurable performance-based evaluation of a prison that includes a prison
						  analysis, planning, prison characterization, threat definition, identification
						  of undesirable events, performance-testing physical protection systems,
						  generation of adversary sequence diagrams, scenario development, timeline
						  development and determination of risk for worst-case scenarios.
Work release
-An arrangement sanctioned
						  by law that enables an inmate to be released into the community to maintain
						  approved employment or other approved activity, or both.
Written local policy
-Local policy
						  that clearly explains practices and procedures to be followed, requires
						  compliance therewith, and provides for enforcement thereof. The Department will
						  review the policies when inspecting county prisons.
The provisions of this §
														95.220a issued under section 506
							 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
															186); amended under section 3(3) and (4) of
							 the act of December 27, 1965 (P. L. 1237, No. 502) (61 P. S. §
															460.3(3) and
							 (4)).