Section 72-1-002 - DEFINITIONS002.01.ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT (AMHU). A unit that provides controlled and highly structured housing for individuals in need of clinical mental health treatment intervention due to active suicidal ideation, acute or debilitating mental illness, developmental or intellectual disabilities, and/or traumatic brain injuries that interfere with their safety or ability to function effectively in other housing settings. 002.02BEHAVIOR/PROGRAMMING PLAN. A document with a standard format used to identify desired behavior changes and programming opportunities offered to facilitate those behavioral changes.002.03CENTRAL OFFICE MULTIDISCIPLINARY REVIEW TEAM (MDRT). This team is led by the Deputy Director - Prisons (Chair), with input from the following representatives: a behavioral health clinician, a leader from the intelligence/investigations unit and a representative from classification/programs. Other members may be added at the discretion of the Chair or the Director.002.04CHRONIC CARE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT (CCMHU). A unit that provides a controlled and structured alternative to restrictive housing for individuals in need of residential mental health treatment due to chronic and unstable mental illness or developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries that interfere with their safety or ability to function effectively in other housing settings.002.05IMMEDIATE SEGREGATION. A short-term restrictive housing assignment of not more than 30 days in response to behavior that creates a risk to the inmate, others, or the security of the institution. Immediate Segregation is used to maintain safety and security while investigation s are completed, risk and needs assessments are conducted, and appropriate housing is identified. Exceptions to this time frame require approval of the Director or designee.002.06INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT PLAN. A document used by mental health professionals to establish a patient's mental health treatment plan.002.07LONGER-TERM RESTRICTIVE HOUSING. A classification-based restrictive housing assignment of over 30 days. Longer- term restrictive housing (LTRH) is used as a behavior management intervention for inmates whose behavior continues to pose a risk to the safety of themselves or others and includes inmate participation in the development of a plan for transition back to general population or mission specific housing.002.08MISSION SPECIFIC HOUSING. Housing focused on individual needs and demographics to provide effective living conditions and programming for specific populations. Mission specific housing includes residential treatment and responses to cognitive disabilities as well as prosocial options for inmates with common interests and challenges, to reduce behaviors that otherwise might lead to restrictive housing and provide risk- and needs-responsive options to facilitate transitions from restrictive housing to the general population.002.09PROTECTIVE CUSTODY (PC). The status of an inmate who is housed in a safe location to reduce the risk of harm by others while having privileges similar to general population housing. It is used to meet the needs of inmates who cannot be safely housed in other general population units, with the goal of helping reduce the Department's use of restrictive housing.002.10PROTECTIVE MANAGEMENT UNIT (PM). Units used to house inmates who cannot be safely housed in other general population units. Whenever possible, protective management units are operated similarly to general population units in out-of-cell time, access to programming, access to work and recreation, etc.002.12RESTRICTIVE HOUSING. Conditions of confinement as defined by Neb. Rev. Stat. 83-170.002.13SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. A mental health condition as defined by Neb. Rev. Stat. 44-792.002.14SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. A status of confinement of an inmate as defined by Neb. Rev. Stat. 83-170(14). The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services does not utilize solitary confinement.002.15VUNERABLE POPULATION. A population of inmates as defined by Neb. Rev. Stat. 83-173.03(04).72 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 1, § 002
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