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Department 103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Title 103 CMR 421.00 - Departmental Segregation Units
Section 421.09 - Placement or Retention of an Inmate in a DSU

103 CMR, § 421.09

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Section 421.09 - Placement or Retention of an Inmate in a DSU

An inmate may be placed or retained in a DSU only after a finding by the Commissioner based on substantial evidence that, if confined in the general population of any state correctional facility:

(1) The inmate poses a substantial threat to the safety of others; or
(2) The inmate poses a substantial threat of damaging or destroying property; or
(3) The inmate poses a substantial threat to the operation of a state correctional facility.

An inmate may be placed or retained in a segregation unit only for administrative, and not for disciplinary, reasons.

103 CMR, § 421.09