35. The DPD shall ensure a reasonable level of safety of staff and prisoners through the use of appropriate security administration procedures.
36. The DPD shall develop and implement a prisoner security screening program for all buildings containing holding cells. At a minimum, the program shall:
a. establish protocols based upon objective, behaviorbased criteria for identifying suspected crime partners, vulnerable, assaultive or special management prisoners who should be housed in observation cells or single-occupancy cells; and
b. require that security screening information is documented and communicated between consecutive shifts.
37. The DPD shall develop and implement procedures for the performance, documentation and review of routine cell checks in all holding cells to ensure safe housing. At a minimum, these procedures should:
a. require that cell checks on the general population are performed at least twice per hour and that cell checks on prisoners in observation cells and DRH holding cells are performed every 15 minutes, unless constant
supervision is required; and
b. require detention officers to document relevant information regarding the performance of cell checks in an auditable log.
38. The DPD shall record in a written policy and implement a procedure that requires detention officers to provide continual direct or on-site remote observation of all observation cells while they are occupied.