153A-211. Training and development programs for law enforcement. A county may plan and execute training and development programs for law-enforcement agencies, and for that purpose may: (1) Contract with other counties, cities, and the State and federal governments and their agencies; (2) Accept, receive, and disburse funds, grants, and services; (3) Pursuant to the procedures […]
153A-212. Cooperation in law-enforcement matters. A county may cooperate with the State and other local governments in law-enforcement matters, as permitted by G.S. 160A-283 (joint auxiliary police), by G.S. 160A-288 (emergency aid), G.S. 160A-288.1 (assistance by State law-enforcement officers), and by Chapter 160A, Article 20, Part 1. (1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1979, c. 639, […]
153A-212.1. Resources to protect the public. Subject to the requirements of G.S. 7A-41, 7A-44.1, 7A-64, 7A-102, 7A-133, and 7A-498.7, a county may appropriate funds under contract with the State for the provision of services for the speedy disposition of cases involving drug offenses, domestic violence, or other offenses involving threats to public safety. Nothing in […]
153A-212.2. Neighborhood crime watch programs. A county may establish neighborhood crime watch programs within the county to encourage residents and business owners to promote citizen involvement in securing homes, businesses, and personal property against criminal activity and to report suspicious activities to law enforcement officials. (2006-181, s. 1.)
153A-212.5: Expired pursuant to Session Laws 2018-113, s. 15.1(c), effective October 1, 2018.
153A-216. Legislative policy. The policy of the General Assembly with respect to local confinement facilities is: (1) Local confinement facilities should provide secure custody of persons confined therein in order to protect the community and should be operated so as to protect the health and welfare of prisoners and provide for their humane treatment. (2) […]
153A-217. Definitions. Unless otherwise clearly required by the context, the words and phrases defined in this section have the meanings indicated when used in this Part: (1) "Commission" means the Social Services Commission. (2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (3) "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services. (4) "Governing […]
153A-218. County confinement facilities. [Effective until January 1, 2023] A county may establish, acquire, erect, repair, maintain, and operate local confinement facilities and may for these purposes appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law. Subject to the holdover provisions in G.S. 7B-2204, no person under the age of 18 may be held […]
153A-219. District confinement facilities. (a) Two or more units of local government may enter into and carry out an agreement to establish, finance, and operate a district confinement facility. The units may construct such a facility or may designate an existing facility as a district confinement facility. In addition, two or more units of local […]
153A-220. Jail and detention services. The Commission has policy responsibility for providing and coordinating State services to local government with respect to local confinement facilities. The Department shall: (1) Consult with and provide technical assistance to units of local government with respect to local confinement facilities. (2) Develop minimum standards for the construction and operation […]
153A-221. Minimum standards. [Effective until January 1, 2023] (a) The Secretary shall develop and publish minimum standards for the operation of local confinement facilities and may from time to time develop and publish amendments to the standards. The standards shall be developed with a view to providing secure custody of prisoners and to protecting their […]
153A-221.1. Standards and inspections. [Effective until January 1, 2023] The legal responsibility of the Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety for State services to county juvenile detention homes under this Article is hereby confirmed and shall include the following: development of State standards […]
153A-222. Inspections of local confinement facilities. Department personnel shall visit and inspect each local confinement facility at least semiannually. The purpose of the inspections is to investigate the conditions of confinement, the treatment of prisoners, the maintenance of entry level employment standards for jailers and supervisory and administrative personnel of local confinement facilities as provided […]
153A-223. Enforcement of minimum standards. If an inspection conducted pursuant to G.S. 153A-222 discloses that the jailers and supervisory and administrative personnel of a local confinement facility do not meet the entry level employment standards established pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 17C or Chapter 17E or that a local confinement facility does not meet […]
153A-224. Supervision of local confinement facilities. (a) No person may be confined in a local confinement facility unless custodial personnel are present and available to provide continuous supervision in order that custody will be secure and that, in event of emergency, such as fire, illness, assaults by other prisoners, or otherwise, the prisoners can be […]
153A-225. Medical care of prisoners. (a) Each unit that operates a local confinement facility shall develop a plan for providing medical care for prisoners in the facility. The plan: (1) Shall be designed to protect the health and welfare of the prisoners and to avoid the spread of contagious disease; (2) Shall provide for medical […]
153A-225.1. Duty of custodial personnel when prisoners are unconscious or semiconscious. (a) Whenever a custodial officer of a local confinement facility takes custody of a prisoner who is unconscious, semiconscious, or otherwise apparently suffering from some disabling condition and unable to provide information on the causes of the condition, the officer should make a reasonable […]
153A-225.2. Payment of medical care of prisoners. (a) Counties shall reimburse those providers and facilities providing requested or emergency medical care outside of the local confinement facility the lesser amount of either a rate of seventy percent (70%) of the provider’s then-current prevailing charge or two times the then-current Medicaid rate for any given service. […]
153A-226. Sanitation and food. (a) The Commission for Public Health shall adopt rules governing the sanitation of local confinement facilities, including the kitchens and other places where food is prepared for prisoners. The rules shall address, but not be limited to, the cleanliness of floors, walls, ceilings, storage spaces, utensils, ventilation equipment, and other facilities; […]
153A-228. Separation of sexes. Male and female prisoners shall be confined in separate facilities or in separate quarters in local confinement facilities. (1967, c. 581, s. 2; 1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
