Perf-Based Stds, Juvenile Correctional Facilities, 5th Ed_DEC 2024

Glossary

Emergency care – care of an acute illness or unexpected health care need that cannot be deferred until the next scheduled sick call. Emergency care shall be provided to the resident population by the health care staff or other health trained staff. This care shall be expedited by following specific written procedures for medical emergencies described in the standards. Emergency plans – written documents that address specific actions to be taken in an institutional emergen cy or catastrophe such as a fire, flood, riot, or other major disruption. Emergency power – an alternate power system that is activated when the primary source of electricity is interrupted. The system may be an emergency generator, battery-operated power pack or an alternate supply source. Environmental health – all conditions, circumstances, and surrounding influences that affect the health of individuals or groups in the area. Escape – the act of breaking free of confinement or control while inside, or in the custody of, a correctional facility. Expected practices – actions and activities that if implemented properly (according to protocols) will produce the desired outcome. They are what we think is necessary to achieve and maintain compliance with the standard – but not necessarily the only way to do so. They are activities that represent the current experience of the field, but that are not necessarily supported by research. As the field learns and evolves, so will the practices. Extended Restrictive Housing – housing that separates the offender from contact with general population while restricting an offender/inmate to his/her cell for at least 22 hours per day and for more than 30 days for the safe and secure operation of the facility. Extended Restrictive Housing with Medical and Behavioral Health Treatment – offenders who are placed in long term Restrictive Housing to his or her cell for at least 22 hours per day and for more than 30 days that are in need of Behavioral health treatment and services. Facility – a place, institution, building (or part thereof), set of buildings, or area (whether or not enclosing a building or set of buildings) that is used for the lawful custody and/or treatment of individuals. It may be owned and/or operated by public or private agencies and includes the staff and services as well as the buildings and grounds. Facility administrator – any official, regardless of local title (for example sheriff, chief of police, adminis trator, warden/superintendent), who has the ultimate responsibility for managing and operating the facility.

Facility Manager – See Facility Administrator.

Field agency – the unit of a governing authority that has direct responsibility for the provision of field su pervision services and for the carrying out of policy as set by the governing authority. Field services – services provided to delinquent juveniles, status offenders, or adult offenders in the com- munity by probation, parole, or other agencies.

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