Code of Massachusetts Regulations
103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Title 103 CMR 410.00 - Sentence Computation
Section 410.05 - Definitions

Additional Data. Documents or orders that alter an inmate's original sentence structure including, but not limited to, additional or supplemental sentences, revised or corrected mittimus, jail credit orders or letters, and any documents received as a result of a return from parole, probation, or escape.

Admissions. Inmates committed to the DOC as a result of a court order, the execution of a parole violation warrant, probation violation or as a return from escape.

Central Date Computation Unit (CDCU). The DOC unit responsible for executing all sentencing orders of the court, formulating the sentence structure, and computing release dates for all inmates in the DOC's jurisdiction throughout his or her incarceration.

Commissioner. The chief executive officer of the DOC.

Commissioner's Designee. An individual or entity assigned by the Commissioner to review and approve inmate releases.

Committing Institution. The state or county institution to which the inmate was originally committed.

County Federal Interstate (CFI) Unit. The Unit within the Classification Division responsible for issues related to inmates who are housed in a county, federal or other state jurisdiction; as well as county, federal or other state jurisdiction inmates housed within the Department.

Deduction from Sentence (DFS) Report. The report generated from the Inmate Management System (IMS) for a specified time period that itemizes the recommendations for the granting of Earned Good Time and includes updated combined release dates.

Deputy Commissioner of Reentry. The DOC's Deputy Commissioner whose duties include, but are not limited to, the management of the Classification Division, Inmate Education and Training Division, Reentry, Program Services Division and the Health Services Division.

Inmate Management System (IMS). The DOC's automated information system that provides processing, storage and retrieval of inmate related information needed by DOC personnel and other authorized users within the criminal justice system.

Inmate Sentence Listing (ISL). The form generated from the IMS providing inmate sentencing information and date computation.

Mittimus. The sentencing document(s) issued by the court committing the inmate to incarceration that contains sentence information to include offense, term of imprisonment and any other orders made by the court.

New Commitments. Newly sentenced and committed inmates.

Records Manager. The person responsible for the daily operations of an institutional Records Department.

Release Coordinator. The person responsible for the physical release of an inmate from the institution.

Request to Notify. Written correspondence sent by the Central Date Computation Unit (CDCU) to another jurisdiction advising them that an inmate in their custody is also subject to a Massachusetts sentence(s) and further requesting that the other jurisdiction inform the CDCU when the subject inmate is within a specified time period of completing service of the other jurisdiction's sentence(s).

Superintendent. The chief administrative officer of a correctional institution.