Supervision of detention areas
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
Later Register activity found — review the notice before relying on the compiled text.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Later rule activity found; update pending
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- Later Register activity found — review the notice before relying on the compiled text.
- Latest notice
- CMC-15-26-00001-A · Adopted rule · Jul 15, 2026
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)As a minimum, the condition of prisoners shall be checked, by actual visits to cells and detention rooms, at intervals not to exceed 30 minutes.
(b)In situations where a prisoner's physical or mental condition obviously warrants it, constant observation and supervision shall be provided.
(c)The supervisory visit procedure shall be accomplished either by personnel on full-time duty in the detention area or by those assigned to other duties in police department operations.
(d)A suitable record of supervisory visits shall be maintained in ink and in a legible manner and shall include but shall not necessarily be limited to the following information:
(1)date;
(2)time of each visit;
(3)condition of prisoner(s), e.g., awake, sleeping, etc.;
(4)other notations considered relevant;
(5)signature of officer or matron.
(e)Supervision of female prisoners shall be accomplished by a matron, and a female prisoner shall not be placed in or removed from a detention area unless the matron is present. The matron shall retain the key for the detention area for females and no male person shall be permitted to enter an area where female prisoners are detained unless accompanied by the matron.
(f)If a detention facility is located in a structure which is not of fire-resistant construction and where a fire hazard of extensive proportions exists, constant supervision is required.
(g)The use of closed circuit television to visually monitor an area in which prisoners are detained is approved only as an adjunct to actual physical supervisory visits by police department personnel and shall not be considered as a substitute for such visits.
(h)Under no circumstances shall an officer while armed enter a detention area where prisoners are being detained.