NCJ Number
133446
Journal
American Jails Volume: 5 Issue: 5 Dated: (November-December 1991) Pages: 62-66,68-69
Date Published
1991
Length
7 pages
Annotation
A survey of jail inspection programs was conducted by the authors. Profiles of three different types of jail inspection programs carried out in Ohio, Nebraska, and Idaho, are outlined as being representative of programs in a populous State, a rural State, and a State which has voluntary standards.
Abstract
The survey found three distinctly different approaches to the inspection process. In Ohio, facilities are inspected on a selected group of standards each year rather than on all the standards. This approach is probably prompted by budgetary and staff limitations as well as political reasons. The Nebraska program "grandfathers" existing facilities, thereby limiting much of the inspection to operational issues. The full inspections conducted annually in Idaho consist of two phases: an initial visit to complete paperwork and documentation relating to the 311 different inspection criteria and a peer review team visit from sheriffs and commissioners of other counties. All three approaches are designed to bring facilities into compliance, and all three use a follow-up process in which a compliance plan is developed and implemented within a specified time framework.