SC Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities in SC Proposed Revisions-Full Document
Minimum Standards For Local Detention Facilities In South Carolina (Round 3)
- Standard 2012 – Rated Capacity – Capacity standards at the time of construction
- Standards 2013 / 2014 – Placed in appendices
- Standard 2018 (NEW) – Physical Plant Standards (Complete Re-write)
- Standards 2015 / 2016 / 2017 – Placed in appendices
- Standard 2019 (NEW) – Housing Standards (Complete Re-write)
- Standard 2031 – Visitation – Added video visitation to the standard
- Standard 2032 – Correspondence – Modified to reflect contemporary methods / practices of checking / scanning mail
- Standard 2033 – Telephones – Revenue generated from telephones must be used for inmate welfare (Added)
- Standard 2051 – Responsible Physician – Further defines contracted medical services and responsibilities
- Standard 2053 – Screening – Added more specific verbiage
- Standard 2055 – Sick Call – Co-pay for sick call or pharmacy (Added)
Minimum Standards For Local Detention Facilities In South Carolina (Round 2)
- Standard 1064 – (Revision originally requested but no change recommended by committee.) Tool Control in current Jail Minimum Standards - establishing more rigid vendor controls - p. 23
- Standard 1067 – (Revision) Use of Restraints - Pregnant Inmates - p. 24
- Standard 1067(1) – (New) Definitive Use of Restraint Chair
- Standard 1069 – (New) Definitive number of Security Rounds / Inmate Checks
- Standard 1081/1082 – (Revision originally requested but no change recommended by committee.) Classification Plan / Categories - separation requirements between pre-trial and sentenced inmates - p. 24-25
Minimum Standards For Local Detention Facilities In South Carolina (Round 1)
- Standard 1005 – (Revised) Defining small, medium, and large agencies – p.5
- Standard 1007 – (New Standard) – having a standing Review Committee that conducts an on-going review of this document every year to stay more contemporary as well as avoiding having to go through this review process every 5-10 years. Committee will be made up of 5 members (1 SCAC, 1 SCDC, 1 Large Agency, 1 Medium, 1 Small)
- Standard 1015 – (New) – incorporating an inspection scoring system
- Standard 1022 – (Revision) – remove the term “homeland security issues” from list of required policies - p.14
- Standard 1030/1032 – (Revision) - combining 1030 into 1031(f) – having one staff member per shift CPR certified – p. 14 and p. 15
- Standard 1031(d) – (Revision) – if a facility’s total FTEs are 20% less than the total of FTEs required in the latest staffing analysis, the facility will not be in compliance - p. 15
- Standard 1032 – (Revision) – Additional curriculum requirements for Detention Management (Question – Does SCCJA or SCJAA need to develop curriculum?) – p. 15
- Standard 1033 – (Revision) – Change the term Jail Operations Training to Basic Detention Training – p. 15-16
- Standard 1034/1035 – (Revision) - add training areas to the standard – p. 16 and p. 17
- Standard 1044 – (Revision) – remove DOB from standard due to it being personally identifiable information – p. 20-21
- Standard 1046 – (Revision) – Defining guidance on medical admission or denial – p. 22
- Standard 1047 – (Revision) – Death of an Inmate – the facility director shall notify SLED to potentially conduct an in-custody death investigation – p. 22
- Standard 1049 – (Revision) – Log reports – change term “recorded” to “documented” – p. 22