CC 06 Facility Perimeter

Washington County Sheriff's Office

CORRECTIONS DIVISION

Policy Manual

Volume: CC

Security

Chapter: 06

Facility Perimeter

Replaces and/or Supersedes:

CC 06 04/26/2010, CC 06 09/15/2012

Published:

09/15/2011

Date Reviewed:

12/16/2021

Sheriff Nate Brooksby

Chief Deputy Trevor Benson

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CC 06_101  Definitions

CC 06_102  General

CC 06_103  Perimeter Checks

CC 06_104  Lighting

CC 06_105  External Barriers

CC 06_101  DEFINITIONS

1. WCSO:  Washington County Sheriff's Office
2. PCF:  Purgatory Correctional Facility

CC 06_102  GENERAL

1. Policy:
   1. The perimeter of PCF should ensure that:
      1. Access is denied without proper authorization; and
      2. Detainees and inmates remain within.
2. Rationale:
   1. Without controlling the facility's perimeter, it would be difficult to manage the facility's security.

CC 06_103  PERIMETER CHECKS

1. Policy:
   1. Jail personnel shall make routine and random perimeter checks.
   2. Perimeter checks should be completed by at least two deputies.
   3. Perimeter checks should be completed by armed deputies.
2. Rationale:
   1. Perimeter checks allow jail staff to discover security vulnerabilities and maintenance needs.

CC 06_104  LIGHTING

1. Policy:
   1. PCF should have perimeter lighting which illuminates the exterior and surrounding approaches to the jail.
2. Rationale:
   1. Perimeter lighting prevents persons from approaching the facility under cover of darkness.

CC 06_106  EXTERNAL BARRIERS

1. Policy:
   1. PCF should have perimeter barriers which protect the area surrounding the jail. Barriers can include fencing, walls, landscaping, other structures, and signs which:
      1. Prevent or reduce access to restricted areas; and
      2. Route vehicle and pedestrian traffic away from restricted areas.
2. Rationale:
   1. Barriers function to prevent persons from having unrestricted access to vulnerable or other sensitive areas.
   2. Most persons will be deterred by signs, landscaping, and other soft barriers. Persons entering an area set apart by soft barriers may be detected as obviously out of bounds and subject to an immediate investigative response.
   3. Persons who are determined may be deterred by more formidable barriers and security.