Inmates shall be supervised by an adequate number of corrections officers to comply with state law and these standards. One corrections officer shall be provided on each floor of the facility where 10 or more inmates are housed, with no less than 1 corrections officer per 48 inmates or increment thereof on each floor for direct inmate supervision. This officer shall provide visual inmate supervision not less than hourly. Sufficient staff to include supervisors, correctional officers and other essential personnel as accepted by the Commission shall be provided to perform required functions. A plan, concurred in by both commissioners' court and sheriff's department, which provides for adequate and reasonable staffing of a facility, may be submitted to the Commission for approval. This rule shall not preclude the Texas Commission on Jail Standards from requiring staffing in excess of minimum requirements when deemed necessary to provide a safe, suitable, and sanitary facility nor preclude submission of variance requests as provided by statute or these rules.

Source Note:The provisions of this §275.4 adopted to be effective December 20, 1994, 19 TexReg 9651; amended to be effective February 26, 1996, 21 TexReg 1285; amended to be effective December 22, 1999, 24 TexReg 11519.