SECTION 310:670-5-3. Supervision of inmates

(a)   The movement of inmates from one location to another shall be controlled and supervised by staff.

(b)   Staff shall provide twenty-four (24) hour supervision of inmates.

(c)   Detention Officer posts shall be located and staffed to monitor all inmate activity either physically or electronically and close enough to the living areas to respond immediately to calls for assistance, and respond to emergency situations. A Detention Officer shall be on duty at all times at each location where inmates are confined or the observation shall be conducted by closed circuit TV. The location shall be equipped with an intercommunication system that terminates in a location that is staffed twenty-four (24) hours a day and is capable of providing an emergency response.

(d)   There shall be sufficient staff to perform all assigned functions relating to security, custody and supervision of inmates. Staff assignments shall provide for backup assistance for all employees entering locations where inmates are confined.

(1)   Any city jail or county detention facility which houses forty (40) inmates or less shall be staffed consistent with the requirements at Title 74 O.S. § 192(C)].

(2)   Any city jail or county detention facility which houses more than forty prisoners and less than seventy-five prisoners shall be staffed consistent with the requirements at Title 74 O.S. § 192(D)].

(3)   Facilities which house seventy-five inmates or more shall have on site one (1) dispatcher or control center operator and a minimum of two (2) Detention Officers on the premises.

(e)   All inmates shall be searched when entering or leaving the security area.

(f)   Policies and procedures shall specify a system for the supervision of female inmates by male staff and supervision of male inmates by female staff.

(g)   When both male and female inmates are housed in a facility, at least one male and one female Detention Officer shall be available to perform sensitive functions and procedures as necessary to accommodate inmate gender.

(h)   An inmate shall be prohibited from supervising, controlling, exerting or assuming any authority over another inmate.

(i)   The name and telephone number of the practicing attorneys and bonds persons in the area shall be posted conspicuously near the telephone used by inmates. This can be a telephone book.

(j)   Direct supervision of inmates shall be permitted if the facility has policies and procedures in place to ensure the safety of employees, inmates and visitors and if the physical plant design lends itself to direct supervision operation.

[Source: Amended at 8 Ok Reg 3129, eff 7-18-91 (emergency); Amended at 9 Ok Reg 1433, eff 5-1-92; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2139, eff 6-13-96; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2387, eff 7-11-03; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2445, eff 7-11-05; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1731, eff 9-13-19]