North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 14 - Director, Division of Health Service Regulation
Subchapter J - JAILS, LOCAL CONFINEMENT FACILITIES
Section .0500 - SECURITY
Section 14J .0501 - GENERAL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

(1) provide for the confinement of inmates from the time of their passage through the security perimeter until release;

(2) provide for the locked storage of firearms before persons enter the security perimeter;

(3) prevent the passage of contraband;

(4) prevent contact between inmates and persons from outside the jail, unless authorized by the sheriff, regional jail administrator, or their designees;

(5) provide a ground-level perimeter exterior that is lighted; and

(6) provide a communications link with outside agencies for use in emergencies.