Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
Subtitle 12 - PATUXENT INSTITUTION
Chapter 12.12.27 - Patuxent Institution Youth Program
Section 12.12.27.02 - Definitions

(1) "Board of Review" means the Patuxent Institution Board of Review created by Correctional Servicces Article, §4-205, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Correction or a designee.

(3) "Director" means the Director of Patuxent Institution or a designee.

(4) "Division" means the Division of Correction, which may include the Patuxent Institution Diagnostic Center Building or, during an emergency, other housing units designated by the Secretary.

(5) "Evaluation team" has the meaning stated in Correctional Services Article, § 4-101(f), Annotated Code of Maryland.

(6) "Individual" means a juvenile offender or a youthful offender adjudicated as an adult.

(7) "Inmate progress review" means the system by which Patuxent youth are assigned to Institution jobs, receive Institution job security classification, and are assigned to levels in the graded tier system, based on an evaluation of the security risk posed by the Patuxent youth and on the Patuxent youth's progress in Institution programs.

(8) "Institution" means Patuxent Institution.

(9) "Parole" means a conditional release from the Institution after a portion of the sentence has been served in confinement, with the balance of the sentence to be served under supervision in the community.

(10) "Patuxent youth" means an individual who has met the criteria for admission to the Patuxent Institution Youth Program specified in Regulation .06 of this chapter.

(11) "Program" means the Patuxent Institution Youth Program.

(12) "Progress review committee" means a team of staff members, consisting of treatment staff from the inmate's treatment unit, a custody supervisor, and a member of the Education Department, who are responsible for assigning Patuxent youth to Institution jobs, job security classifications, and levels in the graded tier system.

(13) "Remediation" means treatment for specific areas of mental and social deficiencies which are highly related to criminal behavior.

(14) "Remediation plan" means a detailed treatment plan developed for an inmate by a treatment unit.

(15) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

(16) "Treatment unit" means a team of treatment personnel, which includes a psychiatrist, psychologists, and social workers, to which each inmate is assigned.