Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
Subtitle 14 - COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONAL STANDARDS
Chapter 12.14.04 - Minimum Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions
Section 12.14.04.04 - Standards - Inmate Housing and Sanitation

Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 12.14.04.04

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024

A. The managing official shall have a written policy and procedure:

(1) Governing the availability, control, storage, and use of flammable, toxic, and caustic materials, which includes provisions for:
(a) Secure storage outside inmate living and activity areas,

(b) Quarterly inspection and inventory to determine condition and accountability,

(c) Specification of individuals authorized access and use, and

(d) A record of issue and disposal;

(2) Requiring weekly sanitation inspections of internal and external facility areas;

(3) Governing facility housekeeping, which includes provisions for:
(a) Specific description of staff and inmate duties and responsibilities,

(b) Quarterly vermin and pest control services;

(c) Weekly trash removal;

(d) A secure paper or plastic receptacle for daily disposal of soiled menstrual hygiene products; and

(e) Weekly removal of paper or plastic receptacles containing soiled menstrual hygiene products;

(4) Governing the availability and distribution of personal hygiene articles, which includes provisions for:
(a) The issue of no-cost personal hygiene articles to an inmate at the time of admission to a facility,

(b) The issue of no-cost personal hygiene articles to an indigent inmate;

(c) The issue of no-cost menstrual hygiene products to a female inmate at the time of admission to a facility, on a routine basis, and upon request;

(d) Routine commissary access for the purchase of personal hygiene articles; and

(e) A record of inventory for menstrual hygiene products;

(5) Providing for a record of the issue and return of clothing to an inmate, unless personal clothing is allowed;

(6) Providing for a record of the issue and return to an inmate of mattresses, pillows, sheets, pillow cases, towels, wash cloths, and blankets;

(7) Providing for weekly laundering and accountability of issued and personal clothing and linens;

(8) Providing for the management of inmate personal property, which includes provisions for:
(a) Designation of property limitations,

(b) A listing of all property confiscated,

(c) The signature of inmate and personnel upon confiscation and return,

(d) A semiannual inventory of property retained by the facility,

(e) Replacement of damaged or lost items,

(f) Recorded disposition of property abandoned by an inmate, and

(g) Recorded modifications to the established listing.

B. The managing official shall ensure that the facility provides sufficient toilet, shower, and bathing accommodations to maintain basic health and personal hygiene.

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