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II. NUTRITIONAL HEALTH EVALUATION Adult Court and Temporary Holding Facilities _ ARTICLE/SECTION YES I NO I N/A COMMENTS Article 12. Food 1240 Frequency of Serving (Not applicable for CH.) X Food is served three times in any 24-hour period. At least one meal includes hot food. X If more than 14 hours passes between these X meals, supplemental food is served. Supplemental food is served in less than the 14- hour period for inmates on therapeutic diets X requiring more than three meals. A minimum of fifteen minutes is allowed for the actual consumption of each meal except for X those inmates on therapeutic diets where the responsible physician has prescribed additional time. Inmates who miss or may miss a regularly scheduled facility meal, are provided with a X sandwich or a substitute meal and beverage. Inmates on therapeutic diets who miss a regularly scheduled meal, are provided with X their prescribed meal. 1241 Minimum Diet (Not applicable for CH.) X Nutritional guidelines are available at the Temporary holding facilities are required to main jail. provide the full RDA; however, determining what constitutes a full RDA presents a problem. Most prisoners in these facilities are in custody for a few hours with time only for one or two meals. The problem is determining an acceptable nutritional value for any one meal. In this instance the intent of the regulation is best described as requiring the arresting agency to provide reasonably nutritious meals in their feeding program. The inspector must take the facility operation into account and use good judgment when analyzing the food service. Typically these facilities have frozen dinners in stock or obtain food from a local restaurant when needed. Both these options are reasonable. 1243 Food Manager(Not applicable for CH.) X Food is prepared at the main jail There is a written food service plan in temporary holding facilities that addresses issues applicable to the facility and is available for review in the facility. Summary of Nutritional Health evaluation: ADULT CH-TH; 10-08 PAGE 5 Court and Temp Holding BOC FORM 357(Rev. 10-08)