Florida Regulations 63G-2.015: Facility Management
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(1) Accountability: The Superintendent or designee is responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures related to the operation of a secure detention facility and to the proper care, custody, and control of detained youths.
(a) Background and drug screening shall be conducted on all potential staff and volunteers in compliance with the requirements set forth in Florida Statutes § 985.644
(b) Facility Operating Procedures shall be maintained at each detention center.
(2) Detention Reviews.
(a) In order to ensure proper management of youths placed in secure detention and to ensure appropriate sharing of information, the Superintendent or designee shall conduct a weekly Detention Review staffing to discuss each youth listed on the census for secure and non-secure detention and electronic monitoring.
(b) Part of the staffing should address court orders. The Superintendent shall assign the responsibility for reviewing court orders to a staff member. Questionable court orders, those orders that appear to contradict Florida Statutes, shall be forwarded to circuit or regional staff according to department and regional policy.
(3) Staff Meetings: Staff meetings will be used to coordinate efforts, supervise work, solve problems, assign responsibility and delegate authority.
(a) Supervisors shall meet with their subordinate staff daily, prior to the beginning of their respective shifts.
(b) A record of each meeting shall be retained and copies of the minutes of each meeting shall be available to all staff.
(4) Interagency and Community Relations.
(a) The facility shall meet with or make contact quarterly with representatives of agencies involved in the juvenile justice continuum, including:
1. The juvenile court(s),
2. The State Attorney’s Office,
3. The Public Defender‘s Office,
4. Local law enforcement agencies,
5. School system,
6. Contracted programs/agencies; and,
(b) The Superintendent shall seek interagency input in the development of goals and objectives.
(c) Any tours of the facility shall be approved by the Regional Director. Juveniles touring the facility are prohibited from entering the secure area of a detention center.
Rulemaking Authority 985.644, 985.601(9)(b) FS. Law Implemented 985.601(9) FS. History-New 8-9-15.
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(b) Facility Operating Procedures shall be maintained at each detention center.
(2) Detention Reviews.
(a) In order to ensure proper management of youths placed in secure detention and to ensure appropriate sharing of information, the Superintendent or designee shall conduct a weekly Detention Review staffing to discuss each youth listed on the census for secure and non-secure detention and electronic monitoring.
(b) Part of the staffing should address court orders. The Superintendent shall assign the responsibility for reviewing court orders to a staff member. Questionable court orders, those orders that appear to contradict Florida Statutes, shall be forwarded to circuit or regional staff according to department and regional policy.
(3) Staff Meetings: Staff meetings will be used to coordinate efforts, supervise work, solve problems, assign responsibility and delegate authority.
(a) Supervisors shall meet with their subordinate staff daily, prior to the beginning of their respective shifts.
(b) A record of each meeting shall be retained and copies of the minutes of each meeting shall be available to all staff.
(4) Interagency and Community Relations.
(a) The facility shall meet with or make contact quarterly with representatives of agencies involved in the juvenile justice continuum, including:
1. The juvenile court(s),
2. The State Attorney’s Office,
3. The Public Defender‘s Office,
4. Local law enforcement agencies,
5. School system,
6. Contracted programs/agencies; and,
(b) The Superintendent shall seek interagency input in the development of goals and objectives.
(c) Any tours of the facility shall be approved by the Regional Director. Juveniles touring the facility are prohibited from entering the secure area of a detention center.
Rulemaking Authority 985.644, 985.601(9)(b) FS. Law Implemented 985.601(9) FS. History-New 8-9-15.