Florida Administrative Code › 33 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › 33 - Departmental › Chapter 33-602 - SECURITY OPERATIONS › Section 33-602.222 - Disciplinary Confinement

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Definitions.
(a) Bureau of Braille and Talking Book
				Library - refers to the agency that provides books on tape, Braille books, and
				other auxiliary aids for individuals who are unable to read books in print due
				to a disability.
(b) Central Office
				ADA Coordinator - refers to the Department employee responsible for
				implementing the provisions of Title I and Title II of the Americans with
				Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act within the
				Department.
(c) Clinical Health
				Care Personnel - refers to a physician, clinical associate, nurse correctional
				medical technician certified, psychologist, psychology intern, psychology
				resident, or psychological specialist.
(d) Disciplinary Confinement - refers to a
				form of punishment in which inmates found guilty of committing violations of
				Department rules are confined for specified periods of time to individual cells
				based upon authorized penalties for prohibited conduct.
(e) Housing Supervisor - refers to the
				correctional officer sergeant, or above, who is in charge of the disciplinary
				confinement unit for a particular shift.
(f) Institutional Classification Team (ICT) -
				refers to the team consisting of the warden or assistant warden, classification
				supervisor, chief of security, and other members as necessary when appointed by
				the warden or designated by rule. The ICT is responsible for making work,
				program, housing, and inmate status decisions at an institution or facility and
				for making other classification recommendations to the State Classification
				Office. At private facilities, the Department's representative is to be
				considered a fourth member of the ICT when reviewing all job/program
				assignments, transfer, and custody recommendations/decisions. If a majority
				decision by the ICT is not possible, the decision of the Department's
				representative is final.
(g)
				Offender Based Information System (OBIS) - refers to an electronic data system
				used by the Department to record and retrieve offender information.
(h) Review - refers to the evaluation of
				pertinent information or documentation concerning an inmate's disciplinary
				confinement status to determine if changes or modifications in the confinement
				status are required or recommended.
(i) Security Pen - refers to a specially
				designed flexible ink pen that bends under pressure and has a tip that retracts
				under excessive pressure.
(j)
				Senior Correctional Officer - refers to a staff member with the rank of
				correctional officer lieutenant or above.
(k) Shift Supervisor - refers to the
				correctional officer in charge of security on any work shift.
(l) Special Risk Inmate - refers to any
				inmate who has demonstrated behavior that is or could be harmful to himself or
				herself.
(m) State Classification
				Office (SCO) - refers to the office or Department staff at the central office
				level that is responsible for the review of inmate classification decisions.
				Duties include approving, disapproving, or modifying ICT
				recommendations.
(n) Visit - unless
				the context dictates otherwise, refers to the official inspection and tour of a
				confinement unit by a staff member.