KANDIYOHI COUNTY
SECURITY

The Correctional Staff are in charge of the inmates 24 hours a day. They receive and book them into the jail upon their arrival then search, shower, and dress them in jail clothing. They inventory all of the inmates’ belongings, including money that is put onto a Debitek system so the inmates can make authorized purchases within the jail. They also perform a health assessment of each inmate and make any necessary medical referrals. All medical assessments are given to the medical unit for further assessments.

Inmates are then assigned to a housing unit where they are held until released. These housing units are staffed 24 hours a day by Correctional Officers who help coordinate all activities of each inmate in that particular housing unit. These activities include, but are not limited to; cleaning, delivering inmate meals, escorts to visiting, meetings with lawyers or probation, attending classes and program activities that go on throughout the day

During the daytime hours inmates are expected to get up and eat breakfast, clean their rooms, and take their turn on the clean-up crew to service the communal living area. Inmates are encouraged to attend recreation and activities through programs. Smoking is prohibited in the jail by staff and inmates alike, as our county is tobacco free.

All activities that go on in the jail are monitored by our Central Control, which is staffed by one Correctional Officer. They monitor all 100 cameras and have control of all secured doors in the facility. All entrances into the jail facility have a sally port and have an interlocking door system. One door must be closed before another door can be opened. This is done to have secure movements in and out of the facility.

All officers are trained to be a part of a cell extraction team in case of disturbances. The Sergeant can assemble the team at any time during a disturbance on duty.

The Kandiyohi County Jail is protected by a perimeter fence with razor wire on top and is also monitored by our Central Control officer via pan, tilt and zoom cameras. All inmate phones can be recorded onto a computer hard drive and saved onto a disk if deemed necessary. All cameras in the facility are also recorded onto a digital camera system which is also saved and can be saved to tape for a permanent record if needed.

In 2005 we will be conducting our entire visitation via closed circuit camera and phone system called “Video Visitation”. There will be 7 public stations and 12 inmate stations located in the housing units. The video visitation will be able to be operated by 1 staff person with no inmate movement within the jail facility verses the old way of utilizing 2-3 officers and moving inmates from their housing units through the halls of the facility.

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