Mississippi Administrative Code

1. Qualified health or mental health professionals regularly monitor and document youth on psychotropic or other regular medications. 2. Only individuals permitted under state law and regulations administer medication to youth. 3. Qualified health professionals administer medicat…

1. Written policies, procedures, and actual practices ensure that access to confidential information is limited to staff with a "need to know" basis, consistent with professional rules of ethics, applicable state and federal laws. Written policies, procedures, and actual practice…

1. Written admission policies and procedures of the facility shall be approved by the Unit in accordance with goals and purposes of the facility and Mississippi statutes. 2. Youth are processed into the facility in a timely manner. Intake for the juvenile justice system is availa…

1. All releases shall be approved by the court of jurisdiction or the designated authority. 2. The facility shall provide release forms to be signed by the person to whom the juvenile is released and by the staff person releasing the juvenile. 3. Temporary releases for court atte…

1. The rights of juveniles while in detention or secure care shall not be diminished or denied for disciplinary reasons. 2. Written policies and procedures shall provide that juveniles are assured their rights subject only to the limitations necessary to maintain order and securi…

1. Admissions staff screen youth to identify immediate individual issues, such as intoxication or injury, and collect information about the youth's family, education status, and delinquency history. 2. Admissions interviews occur in a private setting. 3. Staff ask youth about any…

1. Written policies, procedures, and actual practices ensure that when the institutional population approaches or reaches its operational capacity, appropriate youth are released, transferred, or "stepped down" to non-secure settings. 2. Written policies, procedures, and actual p…

1. Upon admission, staff make housing, bed, programming, education, and work assignments in accordance with written classification policies. Staff provide youth with heightened supervision until they have collected the information necessary to fully classify youth. The facility a…

1. Youth receive physical and mental health screenings in a confidential setting conducted by detention facility staff upon admission to the facility. Female detention facility staff are available to conduct the screening for females. 2. The admission screening is a brief screeni…

1. Youth are to receive a health assessment, including medical and mental assessment, soon after admission and in no case later than one week after admission. 2. The medical assessment portion of the health assessment includes: a. Review of screening results and collection of add…

1. During admission, youth shall receive a brief educational history screening with respect to their school status, special education status, including but not limited to 504 status, grade level, grades, and history of any disciplinary actions, including suspensions or expulsions…

1. Staff shall keep youth occupied through a comprehensive multi-disciplinary program. Staff post and adhere to a daily schedule of activities in each living unit that incorporates both structured and free time. a. Staff shall log the date and reasons for any deviations from sche…

1. Facility provides youth the opportunity to participate in organized religious activities. Youth are not compelled to participate in religious activities. 2. Facility provides youth the opportunity to meet or speak with clergy of the religion of their choice. 3. Facility provid…

1. Facility shall maintain a written behavior management system to provide a graduated scale of incentives for positive behavior. 2. Facility shall explain the behavior management system's rewards and sanctions system during orientation. 3. Staff shall implement the rewards and s…

1. Staff do not limit the number of letters a youth may receive, including youth on any disciplinary status. Staff provide youth with a reasonable amount of paper, access to writing implements, postage for correspondence and encourage youth to write to their families, including y…

1. Facility shall provide youth with reasonable access to telephones. 2. After a connection is established, youth are permitted to talk on facility provided telephones for at least five minutes per call, at least twice a week. 3. Calls from youth are available free of charge or c…

1. The facility permits youth to visit with those individuals approved by the facility administrator or his/her designee or the youth court judge. 2. The facility establishes a process to ensure that undocumented family members who are otherwise approved for visitation may visit …

1. Mail to and from attorneys, the courts, or public officials is privileged. Staff may open such mail in the presence of youth to check for contraband only but may not read such mail. 2. Attorney visits may occur at all reasonable times during hours that youth are awake. Attorne…

1. Staff provide youth with access to outside victim advocates for emotional support services related to sexual abuse, by providing, posting, or otherwise making accessible mailing addresses and telephone numbers, including toll-free hotline numbers where available, of local, sta…

1. Written policies, procedures, and actual practices ensure that: a. Unit staff receive annual training in conflict management, de-escalation of confrontations, crisis intervention, management of assaultive behavior, and the facility's continuum of methods of control. b. Unit st…

1. Facility shall have written policies and procedures in accordance with the following principles for the use of isolation: a. Staff only use isolation if a youth's behavior threatens imminent harm to self or others or serious destruction of property. b. Prior to using isolation…

1. Staff permit youth to have voluntary time outs for short periods of time at youth's request. 2. Staff document voluntary time outs. Notes 31 Miss. Code. R. 9-4.3 Miss. Code Ann. §§ 43-21-901 to 43-21-915 (Rev. 2016). Miss. Code Ann. §§ 43-21-901 to 43-21-915 (Rev. 2016). Rule …

1. Staff provide the youth in the youth's primary language with a written list of prohibited behaviors and the sanctions or consequences of such behaviors. Staff post the rules of the facility in all living units in English. Staff provide to each youth in the youth's primary lang…

1. Youth are not automatically subjected to room confinement and/or isolation upon their admission to the facility. 2. Immediately upon a youth's placement in room confinement, staff notify the unit supervisor. 3. Staff may not keep youth in room confinement for longer than one h…

Staff shall not use corporal punishment or cruel or degrading punishment, either physical or psychological, at the facility. Notes 31 Miss. Code. R. 9-4.6 Miss. Code Ann. §§ 43-21-901 to 43-21-915 (Rev. 2016). Amended 12/28/2019

1. Facility grievance procedures assure a method for the expression and resolution of youth grievances and complaints about any aspect of the facility and its operation, including medical and mental health services. 2. Every youth and the youth's parent(s) or guardian(s) have the…

1. All persons in the facility are treated with respect. Written policies, procedures, and actual practices prohibit use of slurs, name-calling, and other disrespectful behavior by youth or staff. 2. Staff demonstrate an appropriate level of tolerance of normal adolescent behavio…

1. The total population of the facility and the population per unit does not exceed operational capacity. 2. The facility enables youth to shower, perform body functions, and change clothing without nonmedical staff of the opposite gender viewing their breasts, buttocks, or genit…

1. Written policies, procedures, and actual practices ensure that the facility administrator or his/her designee regularly reviews, and appropriately responds to, incident reports, grievances, child abuse reports, and other indicia of inappropriate behavior by staff. 2. The facil…

1. Written policies, procedures, and actual practices ensure that the facility administrator or his/her designee regularly reviews, and appropriately responds to, incident reports, grievances, child abuse reports, and other indicia of intimidation or physical or sexual assault/ha…

1. Written policies, procedures, and actual practices ensure that the facility administrator or his/her designee regularly reviews, and appropriately responds to, incident reports, grievances, child abuse reports, and other indicia of physical or sexual assaults (including medica…

Facility shall report any incidents or alleged incidents of physical assault, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, or intimidation of youth by youth, youth by staff, or staff by youth to the licensing agency within 72 hours. Supporting documentation may continue to be supplemented …

1. Weapons are prohibited on facility premises. 2. The facility employs adequate security measures to ensure that neither youth nor staff bring weapons into the facility. 3. The facility properly stores and secures objects that can be used as weapons (e.g., kitchen utensils, chem…

The facility fully implements the regulations promulgated by the U. S. Department of Justice pursuant to the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), 28 C.F.R. Part 115. Notes 31 Miss. Code. R. 9-5.16 Miss. Code Ann. §§ 43-21-901 to 43-21-915 (Rev. 2016). Amended 12/28/2019

1. Each facility shall develop a disaster plan to provide for the safety of juveniles in emergencies. The plan shall be reviewed at least annually and updated as needed. a. The plan shall include provisions for the care of juveniles in disasters such as fires, tornadoes, storms, …

1. If animals or pets are kept at the facility, written policies shall be developed for their care. 2. Animals shall have current immunizations as recommended by a veterinarian. A record of immunizations shall be kept on file at the facility. 3. Animals that represent a hazard to…

1. Facility licenses shall be prominently displayed. 2. A copy of these regulations shall be kept on the premises at all times. 3. Facilities shall be compliant with all applicable building codes and regulations. Each existing facility which makes any structural addition or alter…

1. Written policies and procedures shall govern the transportation of juveniles outside the facility and from one jurisdiction to another. 2. Transportation procedures and practice shall include, but not be limited to: a. Precautions to prevent escape during transfer; and b. docu…

Nothing contained in this Part shall be interpreted to misconstrue state and/or federal law, court orders or United States Department of Justice policy. Notes 31 Miss. Code. R. 9-5.20 Miss. Code Ann. §§ 43-21-901 to 43-21-915 (Rev. 2016). Amended 12/28/2019

1. The facility shall comply with all local, state, and federal health and sanitation codes, and has documentation demonstrating such compliance. 2. Youth are encouraged, enabled, and expected to keep themselves, their rooms, and communal areas clean, but are not substitutes for …

1. The facility's food services comply with applicable local, state, and federal sanitation and health codes. Facility maintains documentation demonstrating such compliance. 2. Youth receive at least three meals per day. Two meals are required to be served hot, one of which is re…

1. Temperatures in indoor areas are appropriate to seasonal comfort zones, with no unhealthy extremes. 2. Facility maintains adequate ventilation in indoor areas. 3. Comfortable and appropriate noise levels are maintained in the facility at all times. Notes 31 Miss. Code. R. 9-5.…

1. The facility has an emergency preparedness plan that includes, but is not limited to, fire and fire prevention, severe weather, natural disasters, disturbances or riots, national security issues, and medical emergencies. The plan covers: a. The identification of key personnel …

1. Individual rooms have adequate lighting, sufficient for reading. 2. The lights in youth rooms are turned out at night (or adequately darkened for sleep), unless the youth requests otherwise, or for security, health, or mental health reasons. 3. Dayroom and/or common areas used…

1. Facilities should strive to provide detainees with non-prison-like clothing. 2. Youth wear their own underwear as approved by the facility or the facility provides them with clean and sanitized underwear. The facility provides girls with bras and underwear that fit and are app…

1. The facility shall maintain written policies, procedures, and actual practices governing searches of youth, the facility, and visitors in accordance with applicable law. The facility posts a summary of the search policy at the entrance to the facility; in the intake/admissions…

Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. 43-3-103 this body shall be known as the Board of Directors (Board) for Mississippi Industries for the Blind (MIB), an agency of the state of Mississippi created by Miss. Code Ann. 43-3-101 et seq. Notes 32 Miss. Code. R. 101-1.1 Miss. Code Ann. § 43-3…