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9 9  
10 10  Services and Programs
11 11  
12 -Chapter: 17
12 +Chapter: 07
13 13  
14 14  Public Volunteers and Contract Staff
15 15  
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24 24  
25 25  Review Date:
26 26  
27 -05/27/2020
27 +11/10/2021
28 28  
29 29  
30 30  Sheriff Cory C. Pulsipher
31 -Undersheriff James Standley
31 +Undersheriff Nate Brooksby
32 32  
33 33  
34 34  **__TABLE OF CONTENTS__**
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48 48  
49 49  **AB 07_101 __DEFINITIONS__**
50 50  
51 -1. WCSO: Washington County Sheriff's Office
51 +1. WCSO:  Washington County Sheriff's Office
52 52  1. PCF: Purgatory Correctional Facility
53 53  
54 54  **AB 07_102 __REFERENCES__**
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92 92  111. Search and Rescue; and
93 93  111. Explorers.
94 94  1. Rationale:
95 -11. All activities must be directed and controlled by Sheriff's Offfice staff to ensure that regulations and policy requirements are enforced, and to protect the Sheriff's Office's legitimate interests.
96 -11. Unless sufficient staff time is available to facilitate inmate services and programs, opportunities may not be adequately provided (some may be required by law) and/or legitimate interests may be jeopardized.
95 +11. All activities must be directed and controlled by Sheriff's Office staff to ensure that regulations and policy requirements are enforced, and to protect the Sheriff's Office's legitimate interests.
96 +11. Unless sufficient staff time is available to facilitate inmate services and programs, opportunities may not be adequately provided (some may be required by law), and/or legitimate interests may be jeopardized.
97 97  11. Sheriff's Office officials should consider the use of volunteers, student interns, clergy, community-based programs, and other community resources to:
98 98  111. Provide otherwise unavailable services and programs; and
99 99  111. Reduce operating costs.
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107 107  11. The movement, access, and actions of volunteers and contract staff shall be restricted to that minimum level necessary to carry out authorized functions.
108 108  11. Sheriff's Office officials should establish qualifications for volunteers and contract staff and should screen candidates before they can be permitted to work. As a part of the minimum qualifications, persons should ordinarily be rejected if:
109 109  111. They have a felony record;
110 -111. A relative or close friend is incarcerated in the jail;
110 +111. A relative or close friend is incarcerated in PCF;
111 111  111. There is reason to believe that the candidate would:
112 112  1111. Not obey the policy and rule requirements of the Sheriff's Office;
113 113  1111. Be vulnerable to intimidation or manipulation; or
114 114  1111. For philosophical, moral, or other reasons have difficulty strictly supporting and following security requirements; or
115 115  1111. Other justifications which may exist related to the legitimate interests of the Sheriff's Office operation.
116 -11. Visitors, relatives, or friends of current PCF inmates are not allowed to serve as volunteers in the jail.
116 +11. Visitors, relatives, or friends of current PCF inmates are not allowed to serve as volunteers in PCF.
117 117  11. Volunteers shall sign a waiver of liability before entering a secure portion of the facility where inmates are present.
118 118  1. Rationale:
119 119  11. Access to and management of the Sheriff's Office, including the jail, is within the statutory authority of the Sheriff.
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121 121  111. May not have had the benefit of corrections pre-service or in-service training;
122 122  111. May see the jail operation through the narrow view of their own mission in the jail, often viewing necessary jail safety and security regulations as unreasonable impediments to service delivery and unfair restrictions of the human rights of inmates;
123 123  111. Are vulnerable to being manipulated by inmates, even to the extent of violating rules and policy requirements; and
124 -111. may engage in actions which they deem of minor consequence, but which will have a substantially adverse affect on safety, security, or other legitimate facility interests.
124 +111. may engage in actions which they deem of minor consequence, but which will have a substantially adverse effect on safety, security, or other legitimate facility interests.
125 125  11. Careful supervision and control of volunteers and contract staff can greatly minimize the potential problems associated with their involvement in the jail facility. Providers who cannot support and adhere to rules become a liability to the security and safety of the facility.
126 126  
127 127  **AB 07_105 __RULES AND ORIENTATION__**
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130 130  11. The Sheriff's Office should provide rules, regulations, and orientation training for volunteers and contract staff prior to allowing them to function as a volunteer.
131 131  11. Rules and regulations should include strict requirements concerning disclosure of information learned as a result of working for the Sheriff's Office.
132 132  1. Rationale:
133 -11. Volunteers and contract staff, no matter how well motivated and diligent, will not be able to avoid violating rules and policy requirements unless they have fair notice of those requirements.
134 -11. Unauthorized disclosure or discussion of information obtained from official records or as a result of observations and discussions may:
133 +11. Volunteers and contract staff, no matter how well-motivated and diligent, will not be able to avoid violating rules and policy requirements unless they have fair notice of those requirements.
134 +11. Unauthorized disclosure or discussion of the information obtained from official records or as a result of observations and discussions may:
135 135  111. Violate GRAMA provisions or other state or federal law requirements;
136 136  111. Undermine safety or security;
137 137  111. Violate protected privacy interests;