Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 25, June 21, 2024
Section 90-3-2 - Definitions2.1. Classification. - A process for determining the appropriate security placement and special needs of the inmate population in order to provide a safe, secure and humane correctional system for the public, staff and inmates.2.2. Correctional Classification Profile (CCP). A scientific system for the classification of adult inmates developed in accordance with the American Correctional Association Standards. The CCP is a grid system which incorporates those factors known to be important in determining inmates' institutional assignments, identifying inmates' programmatic and service needs as well as public (security) and institutional (custody) risks. The CCP takes into consideration such things as the current offense, level of violence of the offense, institutional violence, escape history, mental and physical health and disciplinary rule violations. Inmates are classified on a scale of I to V. Level V is the most severe and restrictive and Level I is the least restrictive.2.3. Furlough - An authorized unescorted absence from actual confinement within a correctional center for a specific purpose, to a specific place, under specific conditions, and for a specific period of time.2.4. Unescorted absence - An approved absence from the correctional center during which the inmate is not accompanied by Correctional Officer.