20.7.810 REQUIREMENTS AFFECTING USE OF FACILITY

(1) The department and the contractor shall adhere to the following provisions that pertain to the use of the facility:

(a) program participants may not enter or occupy for any purpose buildings three and four;

(b) program participants may enter and occupy only buildings one and two;

(c) building two may only be used for programming and recreation. Participants may not enter building two between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.;

(d) program participants' sleeping quarters in building one must be restricted to rooms whose windows face the interior courtyard or other fenced areas;

(e) program participants must be restricted from all outside areas except for the courtyard. The contractor shall provide direct supervision whenever participants are in the courtyard; and

(f) participant, staff and visitor access to the facility must be limited to the outside corridor located near the current dining area in building one.

(2) The department shall complete or require the contractor to complete the following:

(a) enclose the corridor connecting buildings one and two;

(b) improve or install exit alarms on all doors and windows that do not face a fenced area and enhance security on all doors and windows that do not face the courtyard;

(d) fence the corridor near the current dining area and adjacent area to control movement and reduce visual contact with the public.

(3) Upon request, and in exchange for the benefit of the additional security created by a law enforcement presence, the department shall provide one office in the facility for the Dawson county sheriff's department and one office in the facility for the Glendive police department. Law enforcement personnel staffing these offices shall act independently of the department and have no supervisory duties with respect to program participants.

(4) Eastmont facility map:

History: 53-1-203, MCA; IMP, 53-1-210 and 61-8-731, MCA; NEW, 2004 MAR p. 3019, Eff. 12/17/04.