California Code of Regulations
Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections
Division 3 - Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole
Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations of Adult Operations and Programs
Subchapter 4 - General Institution Regulations
Article 7 - Restricted Housing
Section 3345 - Restricted Housing Unit Programming Credit

Universal Citation: 15 CA Code of Regs 3345

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Restricted Housing Unit Programming Credit (RHUPC) may be awarded to reduce time spent in restricted housing through a voluntary rehabilitative programming reward system. The RHUPC applies to incarcerated persons with projected, imposed, or re-imposed active Determinate Restricted Housing Unit (RHU) terms.

(b) For every twenty (20) hours of completed voluntary rehabilitative programming, restricted housing incarcerated persons may receive five (5) days credit off their Restricted Housing Unit Maximum Release Date (RHU MRD), not to exceed 25 percent of the set term.

(1) RHUPC are awarded in increments of not less than five (5) days.

(2) No RHUPC program hours shall be counted towards credits in other programs that were established to advance an incarcerated person's court-sentenced release date (e.g., Rehabilitative Achievement Credit, Milestone Completion Credit), except in accordance with subsection 3043.3(f)(2).

(c) The award of RHUPC requires successful participation in, and completion of, voluntary rehabilitative programs, mental health group treatment, therapeutic programs, and social life skills programs. To be awarded credit, the incarcerated person shall participate in all required program activities for the duration of the program, including any subcomponents required in the curriculum for that program. Passing an exam alone shall not qualify for the award of RHUPC credit.

(d) Upon completion of any approved programming hours, staff shall have ten (10) business days to input the hours into the information technology system.

(e) RHUPC for completed hours in the information technology system shall be applied to the incarcerated person's RHU MRD at the next scheduled Institution Classification Committee, as detailed in subsections 3340(c) and 3341(b), (c), and (g).

(1) All hours awarded on a projected or imposed RHU term must be completed subsequent to placement in restricted housing for the behavior warranting that RHU MRD. Any RHUPC earned but not applied shall be forfeited upon expiration of the RHU MRD or suspension of the RHU term.

(2) If the incarcerated person has more than one established projected or imposed RHU term, the RHUPC shall be applied to the controlling projected or imposed RHU MRD.

(A) If the credit was applied on a projected, imposed, or re-imposed RHU MRD and the incarcerated person subsequently receives an additional Rules Violation Report (RVR) for a violation listed on the RHU term matrix, those credits will not be reapplied to the new projected, imposed, or re-imposed RHU MRD.

(B) If an RVR is dismissed or the administrative findings for the RVR are overturned, any credit applied to the RHU MRD for that RVR shall be applied to an existing RHU MRD if appropriate and eligible.

(3) Credit shall not be applied in an amount rendering the incarcerated person overdue for release from restricted housing.

Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Section 5054, Penal Code.

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