Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a)
Except as provided in section
3375.2, each incarcerated person
shall be assigned to a facility with a security level which corresponds to the
following placement score ranges:
(1) An
incarcerated person with a placement score of 0 through 18 shall be placed in a
Level I facility.
(2) An
incarcerated person with a placement score of 19 through 35 shall be placed in
a Level II facility.
(3) An
incarcerated person with a placement score of 36 through 59 shall be placed in
a Level III facility.
(4) An
incarcerated person with a placement score of 60 and above shall be placed in a
Level IV facility.
(A) Level IV facilities,
as described in subsection
3377(d), include
180-design and 270-design housing. The department recognizes the security
differences between a 180-design and 270-design facility. A 180-design facility
provides more direct supervision and controlled movement.
(B) Determination of placement of an inmate
into a 180-design or a 270-design facility shall be made by the following:
1. A Correctional Counselor assigned to the
reception center during intake processing in accordance with section
3075.1.
2. The Departmental Review Board (DRB) for
incarcerated persons released from Restricted Housing Unit (RHU) after serving
an Administrative RHU Term, or upon referral in accordance with subsection
3376.1(d).
3. For all other determinations of placement
not specified in subsections
3375.1(a)(4)(B)1.
and 3375.1(a)(4)(B)2., a Classification Committee shall make the placement
determination in accordance with section
3376.
(C) When making a determination for Level IV
180-design or 270-design facility incarcerated person placement, Correctional
Counselors assigned to the reception center and any subsequent reviews
conducted by a Classification Committee, or by the DRB for incarcerated persons
who are released from RHU after serving an administrative RHU term, shall
evaluate factors pursuant to subsection
3375(b).
Additionally, the following factors shall be evaluated and considered:
1. Any Security Threat Group (STG)
behavior.
2. A guilty finding or
pending adjudication of a Rules Violation for act(s) of violence.
3. Departmental and institutional facility
program or security needs.
(D) Determinations for placement of
incarcerated persons into a 180-design or 270-design facility housing and the
rationale and justification for these decisions shall be clearly articulated
and documented pursuant to subsection
3375(g).
(b) An incarcerated
person approved for transfer to a subfacility of a complex may be received and
processed through a facility with a security level higher than that which is
consistent with the incarcerated person's placement score. Such cases shall be
transferred to the subfacility when bed space allows or, when appropriate,
recommended for an administrative determinant which prohibits movement to the
lower security level facility.
(1) The case
shall be presented to a classification staff representative (CSR) for
evaluation within 30 days of receipt at the facility unless the incarcerated
person is on an approved waiting list maintained by the complex for placement
of incarcerated persons at the approved subfacility.
(2) The transfer of an incarcerated person
for more than 30 days from one subfacility of a complex to another subfacility
which has a different security level, shall require a CSR endorsement. When the
subfacility's security level is consistent with the inmate's placement score,
the classification and parole representative (C&PR) or designated CC III
acting as the CSR may endorse a case to the current institution, when
appropriate for that subfacility.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
5058 and
5058.3, Penal
Code. Reference: Sections
3020,
5054 and
5068, Penal
Code; Wright v. Enomoto (1976) 462 F.Supp. 397; and Stoneham v. Rushen (1984)
156 Cal.App.3d 302.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
5058 and
5058.3, Penal
Code. Reference: Sections
3020,
5054 and
5068, Penal
Code; Wright v. Enomoto (1976) 462 F.Supp. 397; and Stoneham v. Rushen (1984)
156 Cal.App.3d 302.
