Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-5-105

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 24, June 13, 2024

Section 44-5-105 - The program plan and timetable

(a) Within one month after each inmate's admission or re-admission evaluation, an initial classification committee shall meet with the offender to develop a program plan. The development of an inmate's program plan and timetable for projected completion shall be based on an interview of the inmate by the initial classification committee and on review of available information concerning the inmate, including any specific recommendations made by state reception and diagnostic center or Kansas correctional institution at Lansing regarding needed features in the program plan for that particular inmate. The program plan shall then be modified according to the availability of programs and services at the institution or facility. The initial classification committee shall also consider the inmate's personal preference for particular programs. The committee shall consider opinions of the security officers as they relate to the formulation of a plan.

(b) The program plan shall include various tasks which the inmate agrees to perform over an estimated period of time. The tasks shall be designed to assist the inmate in making changes that will better allow the inmate to re-enter the community and live without coming in conflict with the law. The tasks shall be of several types and may include activities in education, vocational training, psychological or psychiatric counseling or therapy, work, hobbies or leisure time activities, and participation in social, special interest or special counseling groups. The program plan shall include, as a basic and continuing requirement, the assessment, development, and maintenance of the characteristics of acceptable social behavior, obedience to the regulations of the secretary and the orders of the principal administrator and all laws, and the effort to solve problems identified by valid psychological testing so the inmate may live in the community without coming in conflict with the law.

(c)

(1) Any inmate may elect not to participate in a formal program plan. In such an event, that inmate shall not be prohibited from participating in any programs as are available, but the inmate shall first obtain the recommendation and approval of the unit team. The unit team may recommend the inmate for parole eligibility based on the inmate's rehabilitation progress accomplished by the inmate's own initiative. The inmate shall not be penalized for refusal to participate in a formal program plan. The inmate shall nevertheless be subject to all the regulations of the secretary and the orders of the principal administrator, and shall be required to participate in any work assignments which are made by the unit team.

(2) Any inmate may, at any time, request the creation of a formal program plan. The unit team shall, within 60 days, confer with the inmate and shall draft a program plan and timetable for the inmate.

(d) The unit team members shall be available to attend the Kansas adult authority initial hearing, at the order of the authority pursuant to K.A.R. 45-5-1, to confer with the Kansas adult authority and to assist the Kansas adult authority in establishing or identifying the parole eligibility date.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-5-105

Authorized by K.S.A. 1983 Supp. 75-5210; implementing K.S.A. 1983 Supp. 75-5210, 75-5220, 75-5229; effective May 1, 1980; amended May 1, 1984.