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 95.248 - Sanitation, maintenance and safety

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following are the minimum requirements applicable
						  to sanitation, maintenance and safety:
(1) Written local policy must require the
						prison to adhere to applicable Department of Labor and Industry regulations
						regarding sanitation, maintenance and safety or any applicable local code
						inspections.
(2) Written local
						policy must identify a sanitation and housekeeping plan. This plan must address
						all prison areas and provide for daily housekeeping and regular maintenance by
						assigning specific duties and responsibilities to staff and inmates. Inmates
						shall be required to maintain their immediate living area and adjacent general
						space in a sanitary condition. The control of vermin and pests shall be
						addressed on a monthly basis by a qualified person, with documentation of the
						application of any pest or vermin control treatment. A sanitation inspection
						shall be conducted of all prison areas on a monthly basis to determine the
						health and safety status of the prison and the need for action. The results of
						this inspection shall be documented and submitted to the prison administrator
						or a designee.
(3) Written local
						policy must identify a preventive maintenance program for the physical plant of
						the prison. This program must ensure the regular care and inspection of
						equipment that is essential for safe and efficient operation. A qualified
						person shall conduct an inspection of all equipment, at least semiannually, as
						specified by the manufacturer, to determine condition and need for action. The
						results of this inspection shall be documented and submitted to the prison
						administrator or a designee.
(4)
						Written local policy must provide for the inventory, control, storage and
						clean-up of toxic, caustic and flammable substances. Written local policy must
						also specify an exposure control plan for governing the handling of blood-born
						pathogens.
(5) Written local policy
						must require that prison operational support areas, to include laundry room,
						janitorial closets, mechanical room, electrical room, boiler room, maintenance
						room and storage room be maintained in a safe and clean condition at all
						times.
(6) Written local policy
						must require that the prison administrator maintain any required licenses or
						documentation of the prison's compliance with an applicable building code/life
						safety code. Current licenses or certificates of occupancy, or both, shall be
						available for inspection in the prison.
(7) Written local policy must require that
						the approved bed capacity be specified annually. The actual in-house population
						may not exceed the prison's approved bed capacity. The in-house population
						shall be calculated as the average daily inmate population for the 6 calendar
						months prior to the date of the prison inspection.
(8) Written local policy must require that an
						emergency power back-up system be available and in operational condition. This
						system shall be load tested at least on an annual basis, with this load test
						and the operating status of the system documented.
(9) Written local policy must identify a fire
						emergency/evacuation plan. This plan shall be reviewed annually by the prison
						administrator or a designee and identify an existing agreement with a
						responding fire department. Staff training for the implementation of this plan
						shall be provided on an annual basis. All areas of the prison shall be involved
						and participate in fire drill exercises at least once each year, with all fire
						drills being documented. Written local policy must also provide for a system of
						inspection, testing and certification by a qualified person of all fire/smoke
						detectors, fire/smoke alarms and panels and fire fighting equipment on an
						annual basis.
The provisions of this §
														95.248 amended under section 506
							 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
															186); and 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)).
This section cited in 37 Pa. Code § 95.220b
							 (relating to scope).