N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:31-8.12

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 10A:31-8.12 - Custody staff posts

(a) Staff at every adult county correctional facility shall develop written operating procedures for every post which shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for staffing and collapsing a post when operationally necessary. These procedures shall be reviewed and updated annually.

(b) Custody staff shall be required to sign for post orders and acknowledge that the content is understood.

(c) Custody staff posts shall be located immediately in or adjacent to inmate living areas.

(d) Custody staff shall not leave their assigned posts without being properly relieved unless authorized by the Administrator or designee.

(e) Under no circumstances shall a custody staff member be removed from his or her post to perform another function if such removal results in the post becoming unstaffed unless authorized by the Administrator or designee.

(f) Custody staff shall not respond to violent situations unless the custody staff have received prior approval from the Center Control.

(g) Post orders for each custody staff member working in a housing unit shall include a requirement that each inmate, who has been classified as being in need of close supervision, shall be observed as frequently as the adult county correctional facility Administrator or designee has determined to be necessary.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:31-8.12

Recodified from 10A:31-8.10 by R.1994 d.484, effective 9/19/1994.
See: 26 N.J.R. 2841(a), 26 N.J.R. 3863(a).
Amended by R.2000 d.332, effective 8/7/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 1894(a), 32 N.J.R. 2945(a).
Substituted a reference to custody staff for references to correction officers throughout.
Amended by R.2006 d.59, effective 2/6/2006.
See: 37 N.J.R. 3201(a), 38 N.J.R. 995(a).
Rewrote (a); in (d) and (e), added "unless authorized by the Administrator or designee"; in (e), substituted "unstaffed" for "unmanned."
Amended by R.2011 d.059, effective 2/22/2011.
See: 42 N.J.R. 2692(a), 43 N.J.R. 427(a).
In (a), substituted "Staff at every" for "Every".