Section 81-6-003 - Facility Security and Control Facility policies and procedures employed to insure maintenance of security and control shall be consistent with the following provisions:
003.01 All secure perimeter entrances shall be kept locked at all times, except when used for supervised entrance or exit of facility employees, inmates, visitors, or in emergencies.003.02 All security equipment shall be inspected regularly. 003.02A Facility employees shall carefully inspect cells, cell doors, bars, windows, and doors leading into and out of housing areas daily to insure that all are in proper and safe working order.003.02B Prior to assignment of an inmate to a housing unit, the facility administrator or proper facility employee shall insure that the unit is properly equipped and that the required equipment is in useable condition.003.03 The facility administrator and all facility employees shall maintain a continual vigilance of their assigned area of supervision and maintain an accurate count of inmates in accordance with these Standards. They shall insure that all locks on appropriate hall doors, cell doors, and elsewhere are locked, and that they are aware of the location and condition of particular inmates who are chronic disturbers or have special needs. Facility employees shall take prompt action whenever any problems or disturbance arises.003.03A No facility employee shall strike or lay hands on inmates except when it is necessary to prevent escape, injury to person or property, quell a disturbance, or in other execution of their duties. Only the amount of physical force necessary to accomplish the above is authorized.003.03B When two (2) or more inmates engage in a fight, witnessing facility employees, with the necessary help, shall separate the inmates at once, and the senior facility employee shall take such action as is necessary to restore security and order. Such incidents shall be properly documented with the information forwarded to the facility administrator or other appropriate facility employee for possible disciplinary action or further investigation.81 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 6, § 003