U.S. Marshals Service Federal Performance Based Detention Standards, Version 12 — Vermin and Pest Control

Citation

U.S. Marshals Service, Prisoner Operations Division, Federal Performance Based Detention Standards Handbook, Version 12, “Effective: May 1, 2025” (footer “Rev 5/2025”). The PDF is linked from the Marshals Service’s Version 12 page (the source link above). The public www host refused automated downloads on September 24, 2026; the identical file path was read from the Service’s prod.usmarshals.gov host the same day.

What It Says (Verbatim)

Executive Summary (scope):

“The United States Marshals Service (USMS) Prisoner Operations Division maintains the Federal Performance Based Detention Standards (FPBDS), which are derived from the American Correctional Association (ACA) Standards and designed to establish the performance level required by the Government to meet detention contract requirements.”

A.2.2 Quality Control:

“A.2.2 At a minimum, the internal quality control plan addresses the following areas:”

The listed areas include “A.2.2.c Safety and Sanitation;” and “A.2.2.d Food Service;”.

D.1 Food Service:

“D.1.2 The Food Service Administrator or designee conducts daily inspections of all food service areas, including dining and food preparation areas and equipment.”

“D.1.3 The facility’s food service operation is reviewed by an independent, outside source to ensure the food service facilities and equipment meet established governmental health and safety codes. Corrective action is documented for all deficiencies.”

F.2 Sanitation and Environmental Control:

“F.2.1 The facility is kept clean and in good repair. A housekeeping and maintenance plan addresses all facility areas and provides for daily housekeeping and regular maintenance by assigning specific duties and responsibilities to staff and detainees.”

“F.2.2 The facility complies with all applicable laws and regulations of the governing jurisdiction, and there is documentation by an independent, outside source that any past deficiencies noted in annual inspections have been corrected. The following inspections are implemented:”

• “F.2.2.a Weekly Sanitation inspection of all facility areas by a qualified department staff member;”
• “F.2.2.b Comprehensive and thorough monthly inspection by a safety/sanitation specialist; and”
• “F.2.2.c An annual inspection by federal, state, and/or local sanitation and health officials.”

“F.2.3 Areas of non-compliance identified during sanitation inspections are reported and corrective action measures are implemented.”

“F.2.4 Vermin and pests are controlled through monthly inspections and treatment by a qualified pest control technician.”

The ACA standard the handbook reproduces in its appendix:

“5-ALDF-1A-03 (Mandatory) Vermin and pest are controlled. A control plan includes, at a minimum, monthly inspections by a qualified person.”

What It Means in Plain Language

For a facility holding Marshals Service prisoners under contract, the handbook sets four inspection layers and one pest standard:

1. Daily: Food Service Administrator or designee inspects all food service areas (D.1.2).
2. Weekly: sanitation inspection of all facility areas by a qualified department staff member (F.2.2.a).
3. Monthly: a comprehensive safety/sanitation inspection (F.2.2.b), and monthly pest inspections and treatment by a qualified pest control technician (F.2.4).
4. Annually: inspection by federal, state, or local sanitation and health officials (F.2.2.c), with independent, outside documentation that past deficiencies were corrected (F.2.2).

Findings from sanitation inspections are reported and corrected (F.2.3). The standard asks for a “qualified pest control technician”; it does not define the qualification. In Utah, the licensure a commercial provider needs is set by R68-7.

A citation to note. F.2.4 prints “5-ALDF-4D-04” as its ACA reference. In the handbook’s own appendix, 5-ALDF-4D-04 is a health services standard; the appendix’s vermin and pest standard is 5-ALDF-1A-03, quoted above.

Who It Applies To

The handbook states its purpose as establishing “the performance level required by the Government to meet detention contract requirements.” It governs facilities to the extent their Marshals Service detention agreement incorporates it. A Utah county jail that holds Marshals Service prisoners may answer to this handbook and to Utah’s own standards at the same time.

Documentation Evidence

• Monthly pest inspection and treatment records by the qualified pest control technician (F.2.4)
• Weekly and monthly sanitation inspection records (F.2.2.a–b)
• The annual health inspection, and independent documentation that past deficiencies were corrected (F.2.2)
• Daily food service inspection records (D.1.2) and the independent food service review with corrective actions (D.1.3)
• The internal quality control plan covering safety and sanitation and food service (A.2.2)

Confidence Notes

HIGH confidence. Every quotation was read from the Version 12 PDF on September 24, 2026, and checked against a full text extraction. The Marshals Service’s www host returned an access-denied page to automated requests; the PDF was read at the same path on the Service’s prod.usmarshals.gov host.