Section 210IAC3-1-14. Supervision of inmates

   (a) There shall be sufficient jail personnel in the jail at all times to provide adequate supervision of inmates and to ensure staff and inmate safety. Jail personnel should ensure the following:

(1) A jail officer shall conduct a visual check, not including observation by a monitoring device, of each inmate at least once every sixty (60) minutes. The observation checks may be conducted on an irregular schedule and shall be documented.

(2) Suicidal inmates shall be provided appropriate, more frequent, supervision consistent with the jail's suicide screening and prevention procedures.

(3) High risk inmates shall be provided more frequent supervision consistent with their classification level.

  (b) The sheriff shall establish the following:

(1) A written procedure for the cross gender supervision of female inmates by male staff and the supervision of male inmates by female staff. These procedures shall take into consideration the privacy rights and needs of inmates. All reports of inappropriate sexual conduct by staff shall be investigated, and a copy of the investigation must be provided to the county prosecutor upon completion.

(2) Written procedures for the segregation of inmates with serious behavioral problems, requiring protective custody, or charged with disciplinary misconduct. Jail personnel should ensure the following:

(A) An inmate charged with disciplinary misconduct may be confined or separated from the general population of the jail. An inmate may be administratively segregated for a reasonable period of time if his or her continued presence in the general population poses a serious threat to himself or herself, others, property, or the security of the jail. Jail officials shall review the status of administratively segregated inmates at least once every seven (7) days to determine if the basis for segregation still exists. Time spent confined or separated from the general population before a determination of guilt must be credited toward any period of disciplinary segregation imposed.

(B) No inmate shall be kept in disciplinary segregation for a period in excess of thirty (30) days for any single instance of disciplined conduct without administrative review.

(C) Jail officials shall maintain a permanent written record of inmate behavior and activity while in disciplinary and administrative segregation.

  (c) Jail visits by personnel shall comply with the following:

(1) by the sheriff or his or her designee at least once weekly; and

(2) daily by supervisory staff.

All visits shall be documented.

  (d) Inmates shall not be authorized to supervise or exert control or assume any authority over other inmates. (Department of Correction; 210 IAC 3-1-14; filed Jul 27, 1981, 10:30 a.m.: 4 IR 1815; readopted filed Nov 15, 2001, 10:42 a.m.: 25 IR 1269; readopted filed Jul 6, 2007, 2:54 p.m.: 20070725-IR-210070277RFA; filed Sep 11, 2012, 2:30 p.m.: 20121010-IR-210110741FRA)