- (a) Every criminal detention facility shall have sufficient personnel to ensure that the facility is never left unattended while a person is confined therein.
(b)
- (1) There must be personnel on duty twenty-four (24) hours per day who are awake, alert, and responsive to all situations that might arise.
- (2) Staffing patterns must be approved annually by the criminal detention facility review committee to ensure that an adequate number of personnel are on duty at all times.
- (3) Unless exigent circumstances have been documented, if both male and female detainees are confined, both male and female jail personnel shall be on duty.
(c)
- (1) Personnel must be able to hear all detainees, either in person or by means of electronic monitoring devices, at all times.
- (2) At no more than sixty-minute intervals and on an irregular basis, personnel shall visually check all security features of the cell area and account for all detainees.
- (3) Personnel shall watch for any unusual factors or circumstances and the results of this check shall be logged in writing by the person making the check.
- (d) For those detainees who are under the age of eighteen (18), suicidal, or have demonstrated behavioral problems, detention personnel shall check at no more than thirty-minute intervals and the check shall be documented in writing by the person making the check.
(e)
(1) No detainee shall:
- (A) Exercise any authority over any other detainee;
- (B) Be given access to records of other detainees; or
- (C) Be permitted to have access to or use of keys that control facility security.
- (2) However, this section does not preclude the use of peer counselors or mentors in rehabilitative programs.