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Weber County Corrections reports near‑perfect accreditation, moves to secure PRIA compliance
Summary
Chief Terrence Lively told commissioners the jail met 100% of 46 mandatory ACA standards and earned a 96.2% rating on 104 non‑mandatory standards; a PRIA review of staff and 30 inmates found no negative comments and consent item 9 completes the county's administrative steps toward PRIA compliance.
Chief Terrence Lively told the Weber County Commission on March 17 that the county jail has largely cleared its American Correctional Association reaccreditation review and is advancing toward compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PRIA).
"Out of 46 mandatory standards that apply to us, we gained 100% compliance on those," Lively said, later adding that the facility scored 96.2% on 104 non‑mandatory standards. He said four standards were not met and are tied to the physical size and age of the 25‑to‑26‑year‑old facility, improvements that he said would require major capital investment beyond current budgets.
Lively described the concurrent PRIA review as including interviews with 12 staff members, specialty staff and 30 randomly selected inmates. He said the PRIA auditor reported no negative comments from the inmates and complimented staff professionalism: "Not only did we pass all the standards... but we're actually doing it right," he said.
Commissioners were briefed that consent item 9 in the meeting packet is the final administrative step to obtain PRIA compliance from the ACA. Lively also said the department would attend an in‑person ACA session in Pittsburgh in August to complete the reaccreditation process.
The presentation highlighted the department's staffing improvements (Lively noted vacancies have fallen from about 42 to four) and credited training and professional standards work with the results. Commissioners thanked Lively and his team and recorded the accreditation and PRIA compliance steps for the public record.
Next procedural steps: consent item 9 will be finalized to secure the PRIA compliance certification, and the department will participate in the August in‑person ACA review.
