NSA CJO flashcards
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- Booking
- The intake process that records a person's identity, charges, property, and health status, and assigns classification and housing before detention begins.
- Classification
- A risk assessment that assigns security level and housing based on criminal history, escape risk, behavior, and special needs, and is reviewed periodically.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held in custody on pending criminal charges who has not been convicted and retains the presumption of innocence under the law.
- Formal count
- A scheduled tally of all detainees at fixed times, verified against the roster, with any discrepancy resolved before the facility is declared secure.
- Strip search
- A search requiring removal of clothing to inspect for contraband, generally permitted only with individualized reasonable suspicion and conducted by same-sex personnel.
- Contraband
- Any item detainees are prohibited from possessing, including weapons, drugs, unauthorized electronics, and excess property, subject to search and seizure.
- Incident commander
- The designated official who directs response to an emergency, coordinates staff assignments, and authorizes escalation during the incident.
- Direct supervision
- A housing model in which staff are continuously present in the unit, interacting with detainees rather than observing from a secure control station.
- Suicide watch
- Heightened observation of a detainee at risk of self-harm, with removal of ligature and sharp items and documented checks at short intervals.
- Duty to protect
- The legal obligation of custodial staff to act on known or reasonably foreseeable risks of harm to detainees, including violence and medical emergencies.
- Restrictive housing
- Confinement of a detainee apart from the general population, requiring documented justification, periodic review, and mental-health monitoring.
- Use-of-force report
- A written account of force applied during an incident, followed by medical assessment, supervisor review, and administrative evaluation of policy compliance.
- Grievance procedure
- A formal channel for detainees to raise complaints, with logging, time-stamped responses, an appeal step, and protection against retaliation.
- Medication pass
- The supervised distribution of medication with positive identification, observed ingestion, and documentation of doses given, refused, or missed.
- PREA
- The Prison Rape Elimination Act, a federal law requiring facilities to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse through training, reporting, and investigation.
- Section 1983
- A federal civil-rights statute allowing suits against persons who, under color of law, deprive another of constitutional or federally protected rights.
- Deliberate indifference
- Knowledge of a substantial risk of serious harm combined with failure to take reasonable measures to address it, the standard for medical and safety claims.
- Qualified immunity
- A defense shielding officials from civil damages unless they violated a clearly established right that a reasonable official would have known.
- Respondeat superior
- The doctrine holding a supervisor liable for a subordinate's acts; it does not apply to Section 1983 claims without personal involvement.
- Due process hearing
- A disciplinary proceeding providing written notice, time to prepare, an impartial decision-maker, a chance to present evidence, and written findings.
- First Amendment limits
- Inmate expression, mail, religion, and court access are protected but may be restricted by rules reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.
- Objective reasonableness
- The Fourth Amendment standard for judging searches and seizures by whether the action was reasonable under the totality of the circumstances.
- Chain of command
- The hierarchy through which orders flow downward from the administrator to supervisors to line staff, and reports flow upward.
- Incident report
- A factual, chronological written account of an event including who, what, when, where, how, and witnesses, without conclusions or opinions.
- Shift briefing
- A structured handover covering post assignments, count status, special watches, recent incidents, equipment issues, and pending transports.
- Post orders
- Written instructions defining the duties, authority, and procedures for a specific staff assignment, reviewed and updated periodically.
- Personnel file
- A restricted record of training, certifications, evaluations, and discipline, retained according to policy and accessible only to authorized staff.
- Mandatory training
- Required instruction covering first aid, defensive tactics, use of force, suicide prevention, sexual-abuse prevention, and emergency procedures.
- Confidential informant
- A source providing information under controlled contact, with documented reliability and identity protected consistent with legal disclosure duties.
- Overtime management
- The process of tracking, approving, and justifying extra shift hours to control cost while maintaining minimum staffing levels.
- Emergency operations plan
- A facility document assigning roles and procedures for fire, riot, escape, hostage, medical, and natural-disaster events, tested by drills.
- Key control
- A system of signed issue and return logs ensuring every key and tool is accounted for at shift change and after incidents.