West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 95 - Jails And Prisons Standards Commission › Title 95 - LEGISLATIVE RULE JAIL AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY STANDARDS COMMISSION › Series 95-01 - WV Minimum Standards For Construction, Operation, And Maintenance Of Jails › Section 95-1-24 - Glossary

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
24.1. Audit. An audit is the examination of
				jail facility records or accounts to check their accuracy; an audit is
				conducted by a person not directly involved in the creation or maintenance of
				the records or accounts. An independent audit will result in an opinion which
				will either affirm or disaffirm the accuracy of records or accounts. An
				operational or internal audit usually results in a report to management within
				the agency which is not shared with persons outside the agency.
24.2. Administrative segregation.
				Administrative segregation is a form of separation of an inmate from the
				general population and is authorized by the classification committee or other
				authorized group when the continued presence of an inmate in the general
				population poses a serious threat to life, property, the inmate, staff or other
				inmates, or the security or orderly management of the jail facility. Inmates
				may be placed in administrative segregation pending investigation or trial for
				a criminal act or pending transfer. Cross reference, protective custody and
				segregation.
24.3. Booking. As a
				police administrative action, booking is the official recording of an arrest
				and the identification of the person, the time, the arresting authority and the
				reason for the arrest of a person. As a jail facility procedure, booking is the
				procedure for the admission of a person to the jail facility; it includes a
				physical search of the person and his or her possessions, the taking of
				fingerprints and photographs, the conduct of interviews for medical history and
				personal history, the inventory and storage of personal belongings, and the
				assignment of the person to a housing area.
24.4. Chemical agent. An active substance,
				such as tear gas or pepper gas, used to deter behavior which may cause personal
				injury or property damage.
24.5.
				Classification. A process by which the security needs and requirements,
				appropriate housing assignment, and program needs for incarcerated persons is
				determined.
24.6. Contraband. Any
				item in the possession of an inmate or found within the boundaries of a jail
				facility which is declared illegal by law or not specifically approved for
				possession by an inmate by those legally charged with the administration of a
				jail facility.
24.7. Disciplinary
				hearing. A nonjudicial, administrative procedure to determine if substantial
				evidence exists to find an inmate guilty of a violation of a jail facility
				rule.
24.8. Disciplinary detention.
				A form of separation from the general population during which an inmate who has
				committed a violation of a rule is confined by the disciplinary hearing officer
				or other authorized body for a short period of time to an individual cell.
				Placement in detention may occur only after a finding of a rule violation at an
				impartial hearing. Cross reference, protective custody and
				segregation.
24.9. Educational
				release. A custody status under which an inmate is permitted to leave a jail
				facility to attend school in the community and return to the jail facility
				after school hours.
24.10.
				Emergency. A significant disruption of normal jail facility procedure, policy,
				or activity caused by a riot, a strike, an escape, a fire, a natural disaster
				or other serious incident.
24.11.
				Facility Administrator. Any official, regardless of local title (e.g., sheriff,
				chief of police, jail administrator, warden, superintendent) who has the
				ultimate responsibility for managing and operating the local detention
				facility.
24.12. Grievance. A
				written complaint filed by an inmate with the facility administrator concerning
				personal health and welfare or the operations and services of the
				facility.
24.13 Holidays. All days
				legally designated as non-workdays by statute or by the chief governing
				authority of a jurisdiction.
24.14. Inmate. A person, whether charged with
				an offense or convicted of an offense, who is confined in a jail facility by
				order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
24.15. Inmate records. Information concerning
				the individual's personal, criminal and medical history, behavior and
				activities while in custody, including commitment papers, court orders,
				personal property receipts, visitors lists, photographs, fingerprints,
				notations of disciplinary infractions and actions, grievances, and
				miscellaneous notes, writings or documents.
24.16. Jail facility. A confinement facility
				which holds persons detained pending trial and/or persons sentenced to terms of
				incarceration upon conviction for violations of criminal codes.
24.17. Protective custody. A form of
				separation from the general population for inmates who request or require
				protection from other inmates for reasons of health or safety. Cross reference,
				administrative segregation and disciplinary detention.
24.18. Segregation. The confinement of an
				inmate to an individual cell or sleeping room that separates that inmate from
				the general population of the jail facility. Cross reference, administrative
				segregation, disciplinary detention, and protective
				custody.