§ 153A-211 Training and development programs for law enforcement
§ 153A-212 Cooperation in law-enforcement matters
§ 153A-212.1 Resources to protect the public
§ 153A-212.2 Neighborhood crime watch programs
§ 153A-216 Legislative policy
§ 153A-217 Definitions
§ 153A-218 County confinement facilities
§ 153A-219 District confinement facilities
§ 153A-220 Jail and detention services
§ 153A-221 Minimum standards
§ 153A-221.1 Standards and inspections
§ 153A-222 Inspections of local confinement facilities
§ 153A-223 Enforcement of minimum standards
§ 153A-224 Supervision of local confinement facilities
§ 153A-225 Medical care of prisoners
§ 153A-225.1 Duty of custodial personnel when prisoners are unconscious or semiconscious
§ 153A-225.2 Payment of medical care of prisoners
§ 153A-226 Sanitation and food
§ 153A-228 Separation of sexes
§ 153A-229 Jailers’ report of jailed defendants
§ 153A-229.1 Definitions
§ 153A-229.2 Care for female incarcerated persons related to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum recovery
§ 153A-229.3 Inspection by facility employees
§ 153A-229.4 Access to menstrual products
§ 153A-230 Legislative policy
§ 153A-230.1 Definitions
§ 153A-230.2 Creation of Satellite Jail/Work Release Unit Fund
§ 153A-230.3 Basic requirements for satellite jail/work release units
§ 153A-230.4 Standards
§ 153A-230.5 Satellite jails/work release units built with non-State funds

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 153A > Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Body cavity searches: The probing of body orifices in search of contraband. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • City: means a city as defined by N. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-1
  • Clerk: means the clerk to the board of commissioners. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County: means any one of the counties listed in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Escape risk: An incarcerated person who is determined to be at high risk for escape based on an individualized risk assessment. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Facility employee: Any person who is employed by the local government and who works at or in a local confinement facility. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Important circumstance: There has been an individualized determination that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the female incarcerated person presents a threat of harming herself, the fetus, or any other person, or an escape risk that cannot be reasonably contained by other means, including the use of additional personnel. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Incarcerated person: Any person incarcerated or detained in a local confinement facility who is accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for violations of criminal law or the terms and conditions of parole, probation, pretrial release, or a diversionary program. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Local confinement facility: includes a county or city jail, a local lockup, a regional or district jail, a juvenile detention facility, a detention facility for adults operated by a local government, and any other facility operated by a local government for confinement of persons awaiting trial or serving sentences except that it shall not include a county satellite jail/work release unit governed by Part 3 of Article 10 of Chapter 153A of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • Menstrual products: Products that women use during their menstrual cycle. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • Postpartum recovery: The six-week period following delivery, or longer, as determined by the health care professional responsible for the health and safety of the female incarcerated person. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Restraints: Any physical or mechanical device used to restrict or control the movement of an incarcerated person's body, limbs, or both. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • Restrictive housing: Any type of detention that involves removal from general population and an inability to leave a room or cell for the vast majority of the day. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • State of undress: A situation when an incarcerated person is partially or fully naked, either in the shower, toilet areas, a medical examination room, or while having a body cavity search conducted. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3