§ 153A-229.1 – Definitions.
153A-229.1. Definitions. As used in this Article, the following definitions apply: (1) Body cavity searches. – The probing of body orifices in search of contraband. (2) Escape risk. – An incarcerated person who is determined to be at high risk for escape based on an individualized risk assessment. (3) Facility employee. – Any person who […]
§ 153A-229.2 – Care for female incarcerated persons related to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum recovery.
153A-229.2. Care for female incarcerated persons related to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum recovery. (a) Limitation on Use of Restraints. – Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, facility employees shall not apply restraints on a pregnant female incarcerated person during the second and third trimester of pregnancy, during labor and delivery, and during the postpartum […]
§ 153A-229.3 – Inspection by facility employees.
153A-229.3. Inspection by facility employees. (a) Inspections When a Female Incarcerated Person is in the State of Undress. – To the greatest extent practicable and consistent with safety and order in a local confinement facility, there shall be a limitation on inspections by male facility employees when a female incarcerated person is in a state […]
§ 153A-219 – District confinement facilities.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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.
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 […]