Idaho Admin. Code r. 06.01.01.010

Current through September 2, 2024
Section 06.01.01.010 - DEFINITIONS
01.Archival Research. Research requiring access to stored historical data, files, documentation, video or audio tapes, electronically sorted data, or written material.
02.Attorney of Record. An attorney appointed by a court or retained by an inmate in a legal action.
03.Board. The State Board of Correction.
04.Chief. The exempt employee in authority over a division of the Department. Chief is commonly referred to as the division chief.
05.Contact Visiting. Visiting where no physical partition, such as a window or wall, separates the visitor and the offender. Physical touch may be allowed.
06.Contraband. Anything, of any kind, that is prohibited by Board, Department, or facility rules, policies, directives, or standard operating procedures. Contraband also includes anything, of any kind, that a facility head has not approved:
a. For possession by an offender; or
b. To bring into a facility or onto Department property.
07.Contractor. A person who has entered into a contract with the Board or Department, or a contract with the State of Idaho administered by the Board or Department to provide any service.
08.Department. The State Department of Correction.
09.Department Property. Real property owned, leased, operated, or managed by the Board or Department.
10.Directive. A sequence of steps within a particular division to implement a procedure.
11.Director. The director of the Department of Correction.
12.Division. An operating unit of the Department. Department divisions are the divisions of Prisons, Probation and Parole, and Management Services.
13.Execution. The carrying out of a sentence of death.
14.Field Memoranda. Detailed guidelines to implement directives within a facility or a service unit of a division.
15.Health Authority. The Department employee who is primarily responsible for overseeing or managing the Department's medical and mental health services.
16.Immediate Family of the Offender.
a. The mother or father, including stepparent;
b. The brother or sister of the whole or half (1/2) blood or by adoption, or the stepbrother or stepsister;
c. The spouse, as proved by marriage license or other operation of law;
d. The natural child, adopted child or stepchild;
e. The grandparents of blood relation; or
f. The grandchildren of blood relation.
17.Inmate. An individual in the physical custody of the Board.
18.Minor. An individual less than eighteen (18) years old.
19.Offender. A person under the legal care, custody, supervision, or authority of the Board, including a person within or without the state of Idaho pursuant to agreement with another state or contractor.
20.Parolee. An offender who is released from a facility by the paroling authority under certain terms and conditions and is under the supervision of a probation and parole officer (PPO) for an established period.
21.Penological Interests. The security, programmatic, and rehabilitative interests of the Board and the Department.
22.Person. An individual, corporation, governmental entity or organization, however organized or constituted.
23.Photo Identification. A current, valid state or military issued identification card displaying a photograph or a passport.
24.Post Order. A detailed set of guidelines and procedures for each post or area of employee assignment which governs and explains the duties of the employee assigned to the post or area of responsibility.
25.Probationer. An offender supervised by a probation and parole officer (PPO) for an established period of time as established by the court.
26.Procedure. A sequence of steps or actions to be followed to implement and support a rule or policy.
27.Public. A person, of the general public, that does not include offenders, contractors, vendors, volunteers, interns, or the employees of the Board, Department, or the Commission of Pardons and Parole.
28.Special Investigations Unit (SIU). The designated unit under the Director's office with primary responsibility for conducting investigations of employee misconduct allegations and providing assessment and general investigative services for the Department.
29.Tobacco Products. Cigarettes, whether packaged or hand rolled, cigars, snuff, chew, or any other variation of a product containing tobacco.
30.Vendor. A person who supplies goods or services to the Board or any operation or facility under the authority of the Board.
31.Volunteer. An approved and trained person who volunteers or donates time or services to the Board or a Department operation or facility, not employed by the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC), who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and, of their own free will, provides good or services, for no monetary or material gain, to a facility and/or any of its sections.

Idaho Admin. Code r. 06.01.01.010

Effective July 1, 2021