MAYS LANDING — The Atlantic County jail earned a 100% compliance score after a state inspection earlier this year.
The state Department of Corrections inspected the jail, which holds both men and women, over five days in late February, according to a news release. This is the fourth year in a row the annual inspection has found total compliance at the Atlantic Avenue facility.
MAYS LANDING — The Atlantic County jail earned a 100 percent compliance score after a state inspection last month.
“The hard work and dedication by the staff of your facility was evident to the members of the inspection team and certainly deserves special recognition,” DOC Assistant Commissioner Darcella Patterson said in a letter to Warden David Kelsey, according to the release.
The DOC reviews numerous standards during the annual review, including personnel, training and staff development, emergency procedures, records, sanitation, food service, inmate services, health services, disciplinary procedures, security and control visitation, admissions and access to courts, the release said.
A number of inmates are set to be released this week from South Jersey jails after an order was signed by a state judge aimed at mitigating the risk of COVID-19 spreading through the facilities statewide.
The jail, along with Centers for Family Guidance, its medical vendor, also earned reaccreditation from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, which conducts a two-day on-site inspection every three years based on recommended requirements for the proper management of a correctional health services delivery system.
“We commend the facility staff for their professional conduct, assistance and candor during the course of our review,” the commission’s report noted.
This accreditation required 100% compliance with 39 essential standards and 85% compliance with 20 additional standards,. The facility was rated 100% in both areas.
Each time she was booked into the Cumberland County jail, Leanne Taylor was strip searched and issued two orange, ill-fitting jumpsuits, a hand towel, blanket and sheet, and a pair of flip-flops.
