Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart
1.
Emergency plan.
A facility shall have a written disaster plan. The plan shall
include policies and procedures designed to protect the public by securely
detaining inmates who represent a danger to the community or to themselves when
the facility must be evacuated in total. The plan shall also include:
A. location of alarms and fire fighting
equipment;
B. an emergency drill
policy as follows:
(1) at least annual drills
at all facility locations; and
(2)
drills shall be conducted even when evacuation of extremely dangerous inmates
may not be included;
C.
specific assignments and tasks for personnel;
D. persons and emergency departments to be
notified;
E. procedure for
evacuation of inmates; and
F.
arrangements for temporary confinement of inmates.
Subp. 2.
Quarterly review of emergency
procedures.
There shall be a review of emergency procedures once every
three months. The review shall include:
A. assignment of persons to specific tasks in
case of emergency situations;
B.
instructions in the use of alarm systems and signals;
C. systems for notification of appropriate
persons outside the facility;
D.
information on the location and use of emergency equipment in the
facility;
E. specification of
evacuation routes and procedures; and
F. that the review be documented and require
signature or initialing by all staff.
Subp. 3.
Prompt evacuation of
inmates.
A facility shall have a written policy and procedure that
specifies the means for the prompt evacuation of inmates from an area of
emergency.
Subp. 4.
Reporting of unusual occurrences.
Incidents of an unusual or serious nature shall be reported
within ten days of the incident in writing to the Department of Corrections in
the format required by the department. The reports shall include the names of
persons involved, staff and inmates, nature of the unusual occurrence, actions
taken, and the date and time of the occurrence. Unusual occurrences requiring
reporting to the DOC include such occurrences as:
A. attempted suicide;
B. suicide;
C. homicide;
D. death, by means other than suicide or
homicide;
E. serious injury or
illness subsequent to detention including incidents resulting in
hospitalization for medical care;
F. hospitalization associated with mental
health needs;
G. attempted escape
or escape from a secured facility;
H. incidents of fire requiring medical
treatment of staff or inmates or a response by a local fire
authority;
I. riot;
J. assaults of one inmate by another that
result in criminal charges or outside medical attention;
K. assaults of staff by inmates that result
in criminal charges or outside medical attention;
L. injury to inmates through response to
resistance by staff controlling inmate behavior;
M. occurrences of infectious diseases and
action taken relative to same when a medical authority has determined that the
inmate must be isolated from other inmates; and
N. reporting of all notices of intent to file
litigation against the facility resulting from matters related to the detention
or incarceration of an inmate;
O.
sexual misconduct, such as inmate on inmate, staff on inmate, and inmate on
staff; and
P. use of sexual
materials, electronic media for sexual purposes, or both.
In the event of an emergency such as serious illness or
injury where death may be imminent, individuals designated by the inmate shall
be notified. Permission for notification, if possible, shall be obtained from
the inmate.
Subp.
5.
Inmate death.
A facility shall have a written policy and procedure that
specifies actions to be taken in the event of an inmate death. When an inmate
death occurs:
A. the date, time, and
circumstances of the inmate's death shall be recorded in the inmate's
record;
B. if the inmate dies in
the facility, the coroner or medical examiner's office shall be
notified;
C. personal belongings
shall be handled in a responsible and legal manner;
D. records of a deceased inmate shall be
retained for a period of time specified by county policy;
E. the facility administrator or designee
shall ensure observance of all pertinent laws and allow appropriate
investigating authorities full access to all facts surrounding the death;
and
F. in the event the death
involves a "vulnerable adult" notification procedures shall be followed in a
manner consistent with statutory requirements.
Subp. 6.
Work stoppage.
A facility shall have a written plan that provides for
continuing operations in the event of a work stoppage or other job action. A
copy of the plan must be available to all supervisory personnel who are
required to familiarize themselves with the plan.
Subp. 7.
Mass arrest.
A facility shall have a written plan that governs space
arrangements and procedures to be followed in the event of a mass arrest that
exceeds the approved capacity of the facility established under parts
2911.0330 to
2911.0370.
Statutory Authority: MS s
241.021
