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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTfMfENT.OF HUMAN RESOURCES Division of Facility yen:ices JAMES B..HUNT JR. P.O.. BOX 12200 RALEIGH 27BOS L 0',WILKERSOH.JR. wvEnnnn oiaECroa SARAH T.MORROW,M.P..M.P.H. � '� SECRETARY October 21.., 1980 E919)733-4560 Mr. C. D. Knight, Sheriff Orange County Sheriff's Department 125 Court Street Hillsborough, N.C. 27278 Dear Sheriff Knight: On October 20, 1980, Mr. Robert E. Stokley, Confinement facilities Operations Specialist from the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, .inspected the Orange County jail. Enclosed is a copy of the inspection report for your atten- tion. Immediate action should be initiated as soon as possible to correct any deficiencies cited in the report. This comprehensive interim inspection of the Orange County jail was conducted to monitor the maintenance and continued habitability of this facility, in view of the many structural deficiencies which are at variance with the requirements of the minimum jail standards for North Carolina. Despite the continued occupancy to near capacity, this inspection of the facility revealed your obvious efforts made to maintain the confinement area in an acceptable, level of sanitation, safety and security. There are, however, areas indicated on the inspection report w,-aer.e maintenance is7 required on plumbing and lighting fixtures, and I will urge you to utilize fully your local sanitarian to reinforce your efforts to assure sanitation practices which do not jeopardize the health of inmates or staff. it is noted that your medical plan, developed and adopted last year by both your jail physician. and the director of the Orange County Health Department, provides procedures which will assure prompt delivery of medical attention to inmates, and I will suggest to you that elements of inmates' personal; hygiene can have medical implications which" should be treated as an acute or chronic need. Amon; those management practices which should be reviewed for absolute compliance with the minimum jail standards, and cost effectiveness in your management of the facility, is the area of food service. Occasional consultation from either one of your, own dietitians in the employ of Orange County, or available on request from this Department, can do much in assuring maximum efficiency in food purchases, menu planning and food preparation with resulting benefits from a professional approach to this essential inmate--support function evident both in aspects of maintenance of health and the basic comfort and satiety of the inmates•.