West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 95 - Jails And Prisons Standards Commission › Title 95 - LEGISLATIVE RULE JAIL AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY STANDARDS COMMISSION › Series 95-02 - Minimum Standards For Construction, Operation And Maintenance Of Correctional Facilities › Section 95-2-28 - Glossary

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
28.1. 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 the security or orderly running of the correctional
						facility. Inmates pending investigation for trial on a criminal act or pending
						transfer can also be included. (See Protective Custody and
						Segregation.)
28.2. Adult
						Correctional Facility. A confinement facility, usually under state auspices,
						which has custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement for more
						than a year.
28.3. 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.
28.4. Contraband. Any item possessed by
						inmates of the facility which are prohibited by program policies and
						regulations.
28.5. Counseling.
						Planned use of interpersonal relationships to promote social adjustment.
						Counseling programs provide opportunities to express feelings verbally with the
						goal of resolving problems of individual residents. There are at least three
						types of counseling that may be provided: individual in a one-to-one
						relationship; small group counseling; and large group counseling in a living
						unit (i.e., "therapeutic community").
28.6. Disciplinary Detention. A form of
						separation from the general population in which inmates committing serious
						violations of conduct regulations are confined by the disciplinary committee or
						other authorized group for short periods of time to individual cells separated
						from the general population. Placement in detention may only occur after a
						finding of rule violation at an impartial hearing and when there is no adequate
						alternative disposition to regulate the inmate's behavior. (See Protective
						Custody and Segregation.)
28.7.
						Educational Release. The designated time when inmates leave the program or
						correctional facility to attend school in the community, returning to custody
						after school hours.
28.8. Fiscal
						Position Control. Process by which control is maintained to ensure that persons
						on the payroll are legally employed, that positions are authorized in the
						budget and that funds are available.
28.9. Health Authority. The physician, health
						administrator or agency responsible for the provision of health care services
						at a correctional facility; the responsible physician may be the health
						authority.
28.10. Health Care. The
						sum of all action taken, preventive and therapeutic, to provide for the
						physical and mental well-being of a population. Health care includes medical
						and dental services, mental health services, nursing, personal hygiene, dietary
						services, and environmental conditions.
28.11. Health Care Personnel. Individuals
						whose primary duties are to provide health services to inmates in keeping with
						their respective levels of health care training or experience. (See Qualified
						Health Personnel.)
28.12.
						Health-Trained Personnel (Medically Trained Personnel). Correctional officers
						or other correctional personnel such as social workers, who may be trained and
						appropriately supervised to carry out certain specific duties with regard to
						the administration of health care.
28.13. Hearing. A proceeding in which
						arguments, witnesses or evidence are heard by a judicial officer and
						administrative officer or body.
28.14. Holidays. All days legally designated
						as non-workdays by statute or by the chief governing authority of a
						jurisdiction.
28.15. Indigent. A
						person with limited funds and/or no source of income.
28.16. Informed Consent. The agreement by the
						patient to a treatment, examination or procedure after the patient receives the
						material facts regarding the nature, consequences, risks, and alternatives
						concerning the proposed treatment, examination and procedure.
28.17. Life Safety Code. A manual published
						by the National Fire Protection Association specifying minimum standards for
						fire safety necessary in the public interest; two chapters are devoted to
						correction facilities.
28.18.
						Management Information System. The concepts, personnel and supporting
						technology for the collection, organization and delivery of information for
						administrative use. There are two such types of information:
28.18.1. Standards information, consisting of
						the data required for operational control, such as the daily count, positive
						and negative release rates, escape or runaway rates, referral sources, and
						payroll data in a personnel office; and,
28.18.2. Demand information, which can be
						generated when a report is required, such as a number of residents in
						educational and training programs, and duration of incarceration.