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 › Article 1 - Behavior › Section 3000 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following are definitions of terms as used in these
					 regulations:
Accessory means a person who, after a felony has been committed,
					 harbors, conceals or aids a principal in such felony, with the intent that the
					 principal may avoid punishment, and has knowledge that said principal committed the
					 felony.
Administrative Officer of the Day (AOD) means an administrative
					 staff member possessing managerial or supervisory experience and authority to make
					 decisions in the absence of an Institution Head or Region Parole
					 Administrator.
Administrative Restricted Housing Unit (RHU) Term means a
					 determination of the need for retention of any inmate in the RHU by the Departmental
					 Review Board that:
1) upon completion of a
				  determinate RHU term when overwhelming evidence exists supporting an immediate
				  threat to institutional security and/or safety of others and a substantial
				  justification has been articulated of the need for RHU placement; or
2) the inmate has a substantial disciplinary
				  history consisting of no less than three RHU terms within the past five years
				  demonstrating an on-going threat to safety and security of the institution and/or
				  others and less restrictive housing is not appropriate; or
3) for the inmate who is currently serving an
				  administrative RHU term and continued retention is required because the inmate's
				  case factors are such that overwhelming evidence exists supporting an immediate
				  threat to the security of the institution or safety of others and substantial
				  justification has been articulated of the need for continued RHU placement; or the
				  inmate has a substantial disciplinary history consisting of no less than three RHU
				  terms within the past five years and substantial justification has been articulated
				  for the need for continued RHU placement due to the inmate's ongoing threat to the
				  safety and security of the institution and/or others, and the inmate cannot be
				  housed in a less restrictive environment.
Adverse Witness means a person who has given or will give
					 information against a prisoner or parolee. For the purpose of conducting parole
					 revocation hearings, adverse witness means a person whose expected testimony
					 supports the violation charged.
Affiliate means individual offenders validated as members or
					 associates, who are connected or interact with a certified or recognized Security
					 Threat Group.
Aggravated battery by means of gassing is defined as gassing
					 committed upon a non-inmate by a person confined in a state prison.
Air Scan Search means when a departmental canine is instructed
					 to "scan" or sniff the air in an attempt to detect the odor of drugs, tobacco, or
					 cell phones on a person or within specific articles of property. The canine handler
					 will allow the dog to move freely past individuals and objects. Should the canine
					 detect the odor of any drugs, tobacco, or cell phones the canine will display a
					 positive canine alert.
Alternative Custody Program (ACP) means a voluntary program that
					 allows eligible inmates committed to state prison to serve their sentence in the
					 community in lieu of confinement in state prison.
Alternative Custody Program Participant means any offender who
					 is approved for and placed in the Alternative Custody Program as defined in this
					 section.
Architectural and Engineering Services means those services
					 procured outside of the State's Civil Service procedures and which are rendered by
					 an architect or engineer, but may include ancillary services logically or
					 justifiably performed in connection therewith.
Arrest means the taking of a person into custody, in a case and
					 in a manner authorized by law.
Asylum State means the state other than California in which a
					 parolee-at-large is in custody.
Attempted Escape means an unsuccessful effort to breach a
					 secured perimeter or the use of force against a person to attempt access into an
					 unauthorized area. Some progress toward implementing an escape must be made to
					 implement a plan. This includes, but is not limited to the following overt acts:
					 acquiring unauthorized clothing or identification, preparing a hiding place in an
					 unauthorized area, lying in wait for a potential hostage, attempting access to a
					 perimeter that was unsupervised, unlawfully obtaining tools to aid in an escape,
					 manufacturing a likeness of a person in order to substitute for the inmate's
					 presence, or receiving assistance from other conspirators who acted upon an escape
					 plan, e.g. a plan to escape uncovered from verbal, telephone or mail
					 communication.
Automated Needs Assessment Tool means a systematic process which
					 consists of a series of questions and a review of the inmate's criminal data in
					 order to establish a baseline for the offender's criminogenic needs to assist in
					 determining appropriate placement in a Rehabilitative Program.
Board of Parole Hearings (BPH or board) means the State agency
					 responsible for conducting parole consideration hearings for inmates sentenced to
					 life terms with the possibility of parole and inmates sentenced to determinate terms
					 but who have been deemed eligible for parole consideration hearings pursuant to
					 statute or court order. The board also conducts parole reconsideration hearings for
					 inmates returned to CDCR custody pursuant to Penal Code (PC) sections
					 3000(b)(4) or 3000.1.
					 In addition, the board conducts hearings pursuant to PC section 3550, hearings for
					 Offenders with a Mental Health Disorder, and Sexually Violent Predator screenings,
					 among many other functions.
California Agency Parolee means a person released from
					 department facility to parole supervision in a California community who subsequently
					 is within the custody of any California agency, or subdivision thereof, except the
					 department.
California Agency Prisoner means a prisoner who has been
					 transferred from the custody of the department to the custody of any other
					 California agency or subdivision thereof.
California Concurrent Parolee means a person on parole for a
					 California sentence and a sentence of another jurisdiction who is being supervised
					 in a California community pursuant to the Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parole
					 Supervision (Penal Code sections 11175-11179).
California Interstate Cooperative Parolee means a person on
					 parole for a California sentence who is under parole supervision in a state other
					 than California pursuant to the Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parole Supervision
					 (Penal Code sections 11175-11179) and the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender
					 Supervision (PC sections 11180-11181).
California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS)
					 means a statewide telecommunications system for the use of law enforcement agencies
					 maintained by the California Department of Justice.
California Parole Apprehension Team (CPAT) means a Division of
					 Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) team that is responsible for the apprehension of
					 parolees who have absconded parole supervision or pose a threat to public
					 safety.
California Parole Supervision Reintegration Model (CPSRM) means
					 a supervision model that employs evidence-based practices that enhance public safety
					 through long-term positive behavioral change.
CalParole means a centralized statewide parolee information data
					 system that was deactivated December 7, 2015 and replaced by the Strategic Offender
					 Management System.
Canine means a dog that is trained specifically to assist CDCR
					 personnel. Departmental canines are primarily responsible for searching for illegal
					 drugs, tobacco, and cell phones. The department's most commonly used breeds are
					 Labrador Retrievers, German Shepherds, and Belgian Malinois; however, Beagles and
					 German Shorthaired Pointers may also be used. Any intentional injury of a
					 departmental canine will be prosecuted as described in Penal Code section
					 600.
Canine Handler means a departmental Peace Officer trained in the
					 handling, care, instruction, and use of a departmental canine, including recognition
					 of the canine's alert to the odor of items the canine is trained to detect.
Canteen Open Line means affording inmates access to canteen
					 services outside of their scheduled draw each month.
Case Conference means a documented communication between the
					 parole agent and the parole unit supervisor concerning a parolee (i.e., placing a
					 parole hold).
Case Conference Review means a documented review of the progress
					 made in the Case Plan and the effectiveness of the current plan to determine
					 necessary modifications. It will also include a review to determine if the parole
					 supervision/case management expectations have been met.
Case records file means the file which contains the information
					 concerning an inmate which is compiled by the department pursuant to Penal Code
					 Section
					 2081.5 and includes
					 such components as the central file, education file, visiting file and parole field
					 file.
Central File (C-File) means a master file maintained by the
					 department containing records regarding each person committed to its
					 jurisdiction.
Central Office Calendar means the calendar which is composed of
					 administrative hearing officers as designated by the deputy director, parole
					 hearings division. They are authorized to make decisions regarding matters reported
					 to the parole hearings division, including the decision to order a hearing
					 scheduled.
Central Office Hearing Coordinator means the parole hearings
					 division employee at headquarters who is responsible for hearing schedules, attorney
					 appointments, and other hearing-related services.
Certification means documentary evidence that a business concern
					 has been certified as a Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise pursuant to Military
					 and Veterans Code section
					 999
					 from an agency that has been authorized by law to issue such certification.
Chaplain is a staff member, including a Native American
					 Spiritual Leader, who provides religious care and counseling to inmates, affords
					 inmates reasonable opportunities to practice the religious beliefs of their choice,
					 and organizes, coordinates, and manages various religious group activities.
Child means a person under the age of 18 years.
Chronological History means a CDC Form 112 (Rev. 9/83),
					 Chronological History, prepared for each inmate, upon which significant dates and
					 commitment information affecting the inmate are logged.
Classification and Parole Representative (C&PR) means the
					 department employee designated at each institution to be that institution's liaison
					 with releasing boards and parole staff.
Classification Staff Representative (CSR) means a departmental
					 employee designated to represent the Director in the classification process during
					 the review, approval, or deferral of actions by institution classification
					 committees, including but not limited to inmate transfers, inmate special housing
					 program placements/retention, and custody designations. Any Correctional Counselor
					 (CC) III may be designated to perform the duties of a CSR.
Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (CBI) are evidence based
					 interventions which help inmates understand the thoughts and feelings that influence
					 behaviors. CBI are generally short-term and focused on helping inmates deal with a
					 specific problem. During the course of treatment, inmates learn how to identify and
					 change thought patterns which have a negative influence on behavior.
Collateral Contact means any communication between a Division of
					 Adult Parole Operations staff and another person concerning a parolee.
Community Participant Mother Program (CPMP) means an approved
					 program for pregnant individuals or mothers with up to two children six years of age
					 or younger, located in a structure in an area zoned for residential habitation, that
					 is located and identified by a street number and street name, and provides
					 participants the opportunity to be housed with their children in a safe and
					 wholesome environment away from the prison setting.
The Computer Voice Stress Analyzer is a computer-based
					 instrument with a microphone that detects changes in the examinee's voice that are
					 indicative of stress. The presence of stress-induced vocal changes when correlated
					 directly to specific questions suggests the examinee is being deceptive.
Computer Voice Stress Analyzer Examination means the procedures
					 by which a Computer Voice Stress Analyzer Examiner interviews an examinee in an
					 effort to establish truth or deception.
Computer Voice Stress Analyzer Examiner means a department staff
					 person who has successfully completed the Certified Examiner's Course or
					 Recertification Course provided by the National Institute for Truth Verification
					 ("NITV") Federal Services or the National Association of Computer Voice Stress
					 Analysts, and who is certified by NITV Federal Services or the National Association
					 of Computer Voice Stress Analysts to administer the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer
					 Examination, to analyze and interpret the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer data, and
					 to render an opinion as to the veracity of statements made by an examinee.
Concurrent Parolee means a person on parole for a California
					 sentence and a sentence of another jurisdiction who is being supervised in a state
					 other than California pursuant to the Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parole
					 Supervision (Penal Code sections 11175-11179).
Conditions of Parole mean the specific conditions under which a
					 prisoner is released to parole supervision.
Confidential Inmate Safety Closure Report is a documented,
					 confidential, and comprehensive evaluation, conducted by correctional staff to
					 gather facts and evidence to assess an inmate's possible Safety Concerns before a
					 committee action. Confidential documents are defined in section
					 3321.
Confinement to Quarters (CTQ) means an authorized disciplinary
					 hearing action whereby an inmate is restricted to their assigned quarters for a
					 period not to exceed five days for administrative rule violations and ten days for
					 serious rule violations.
Confirmed Security Threat Group (STG) Behavior means behavior
					 with a nexus to an STG which is discovered and confirmed to have occurred.
					 Confirmation can be obtained through either a guilty finding in a STG related Rules
					 Violations Report and/or any document that clearly describes the STG behavior
					 incorporated within the validation package which is affirmed by an STG Unit
					 Classification Committee.
Contraband means anything which is not permitted, in excess of
					 the maximum quantity permitted, or received or obtained from an unauthorized
					 source.
Controlled Substance means any substance, drug, narcotic,
					 opiate, hallucinogen, depressant, or stimulant as defined by California Health and
					 Safety Code section
					 11007.
					 Also included are prescribed medications containing any of the substances identified
					 in the H&SC section above.
Cooperative Parolee means a person under supervision according
					 to the provisions of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.
Correctional Intelligence Task Force (CITF) means an
					 intelligence unit that aids in the apprehension of parolees-at-large through
					 increased investigation.
Course of Conduct means two or more acts over a period of time,
					 however short, evidencing a continuity of purpose.
Court Order means a custody determination decree, judgment, or
					 order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, whether permanent or temporary,
					 initial or modified, that affects the custody or visitation of a child, when issued
					 in the context of a custody proceeding. An order, once made, shall continue in
					 effect until it expires, is modified, is rescinded, or terminates by operation of
					 law.
Criminal Identification and Investigation (CI&I) Report
					 means the report defined by Penal Code section
					 11105, commonly
					 referred to as "Rap Sheet".
Criminogenic Need means an attribute of the inmate that is
					 directly linked to criminal behavior.
Cumulative Case Summary means the cumulative summary of specific
					 portions of the record maintained by the department regarding each prisoner from
					 reception to discharge.
Custody of the department means the inmate is in the physical
					 custody of the department. The inmate would be considered out of the custody of the
					 department when; out-to-court and housed in a County or Federal facility, escaped
					 and not returned to departmental custody, in a non-departmental mental health
					 facility, and in a medical facility under non-departmental supervision.
Dangerous contraband means materials or substances that could be
					 used to facilitate a crime or could be used to aid an escape or that have been
					 altered from their original manufactured state or purpose and which could be
					 fashioned into a weapon. Examples would include, but not be limited to, metal,
					 plastic, wood, or wire. Also included are: sharpened objects such as scissors or
					 other tools not authorized to be in the inmate's possession, as well as poison,
					 caustic substances, flame producing devices (i.e. matches or lighters) or cellular
					 telephones or wireless communication devices capable of making or receiving wireless
					 communications.
Deadly weapon means any weapon identified in Penal Code section
					 4502. Any item or
					 substance not readily identified as a weapon becomes a deadly weapon when used in a
					 manner that could reasonably result in serious bodily injury or death.
Debrief Processing Unit (DPU) is the centralized location/living
					 unit where inmates who have chosen to disassociate from their Security Threat Group,
					 will be housed to complete Phase One of the Debrief Process.
Debriefing is the formal process by which a Security Threat
					 Group (STG) coordinator/investigator determines whether an offender has abandoned
					 STG affiliation and dropped out of a STG. A subject shall only be debriefed upon
					 their request, although staff may ask if he or she wants to debrief.
Department means the California Department of Corrections and
					 Rehabilitation.
Deputy Regional Parole Administrator means the department's
					 administrator within a Division of Adult Parole Operations region.
Detainer means a written document received from an official
					 representing a district attorney office, court, or correctional or law enforcement
					 agent which indicates that an inmate is wanted by that office and the basis for the
					 detainer.
Determinate Sentencing Law (DSL) Prisoner means a person
					 sentenced to prison under Penal Code section
					 1170 for a crime
					 committed on or after July 1, 1977.
Direct and Constant Supervision means an inmate shall be
					 monitored and observed by CDCR staff, either custody staff or work supervisor as
					 indicated in these regulations, sufficiently to account for the specific whereabouts
					 of the inmate at all times.
Direct Link means any connection between a subject and any
					 person who has been validated as an STG affiliate. This connection does not need to
					 be independently indicative of STG association beyond the requirements for
					 validation source items listed in Title 15, Section
					 3378.
Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) means a business
					 concern as defined in Military and Veterans Code section
					 999.
Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise focus paper means a
					 publication that meets all of the following criteria:
(1) has an orientation relating to the disabled
				  veteran business enterprise;
(2) is
				  known and utilized by members of the disabled veteran business enterprise community;
(3) primarily offers articles,
				  editorials (if any), and advertisements of business opportunities aimed at disabled
				  veteran business enterprises; and
(4) is
				  readily available within the geographical area for which the advertisement is placed
				  and for which the services are to be performed.
Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise focus paper and trade paper
					 means a publication that meets all of the criteria of a disabled veteran business
					 enterprise focus paper and all of the criteria of a trade paper.
Disciplinary Detention means a temporary housing status which
					 confines inmates so assigned to designated rooms or cells for prescribed periods of
					 time as punishment for serious rule violations.
Disciplinary Free means without any finding of guilt of a
					 disciplinary infraction filed on a Rules Violation Report, classified as either
					 administrative or serious.
Disciplinary Free Period means the period that commences
					 immediately following the date and time an inmate is identified (date of discovery
					 of information leading to the charge) as committing a rules violation classified as
					 serious.
Disruptive Behavior means behavior which might disrupt orderly
					 operations within the institutions, which could lead to violence or disorder, or
					 otherwise endangers facility, outside community or another person as defined in
					 sections 3004(b),
					 3005(a) and
					 3023(a).
Disruptive Group 1 -- means any gang, other than a prison
					 gang.
Distribution means:
(a)
				  to unlawfully sell, furnish, administer, or give away any controlled
				  substance;
(b) to offer, to attempt to
				  solicit someone to, or to conspire to perform any act listed in (a);
(c) to transport or deliver any controlled
				  substance into any CDCR institution or facility in order to perform any act listed
				  in (a);
(d) to possess any controlled
				  substance with the intent to perform any act listed in (a).
District Administrator means the department's administrator of a
					 Division of Adult Parole Operations unit, district, or geographical area.
Dropout means a validated affiliate who has cooperated in and
					 successfully completed Phase One and Two of the debriefing process.
Drug paraphernalia means any device, contrivance, instrument, or
					 paraphernalia intended to be used for unlawfully injecting or consuming into the
					 human body a controlled substance as identified in Health and Safety Code section
					 11007.
Drugs means substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
					 mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease, and as defined in Health and Safety
					 Code section
					 11014.
Effective communication means providing the inmates, to the
					 extent possible or as required by federal law, the communication assistance
					 necessary to allow them to understand and participate in programs, services and
					 activities. For inmates with disabilities, staff may provide assistive devices or
					 other methods of accommodation. For inmates with other communications needs
					 (including Limited English Proficiency (LEP)), staff are responsible for providing
					 other forms of assistance. For due process events, staff are subject to additional
					 requirements: If the inmate is LEP, has a verified disability or has a reading level
					 score of 4.0 or lower, the employee is also required to accurately identify the
					 communication need, to document the provision of any assistance provided that is
					 consistent with the inmate's communication need, and to document the method staff
					 used to determine the inmate understood. In instances where a staff member cannot
					 achieve effective communication, despite the provision of relevant accommodations or
					 assistance, staff shall document their efforts and their inability to achieve
					 effective communication and shall notify the facility's ADA/LEP Coordinator.
Electronic Communication means any transfer of signs, signals,
					 writings, images, sound, data or intelligence of any nature, transmitted in whole or
					 in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectric or photo-optical
					 system.
Electronic Control Device (ECD) is a device that uses a
					 non-lethal electrical current to disrupt voluntary control of muscles and is used to
					 gain compliance with a combative or non-compliant subject.
Electronic Records Management Systems (ERMS) is a document
					 management system operating alongside the Strategic Offender Management System
					 (SOMS) that provides a digitally scanned and uploaded central records
					 repository.
Enhanced Alternative Custody Program (EACP) means a voluntary
					 program that allows eligible inmates to serve their sentence in the community in
					 lieu of confinement in a state prison, consisting of restriction to a Female
					 Community Reentry Program (FCRP), Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP), or
					 Community Participant Mother Program (CPMP), during the hours designated by the
					 department.
Escape History refers to any reliable information or inmate
					 self-admission in the central file to an escape, attempted escape, walkaway, or plan
					 to escape. The available information describing the circumstances of the escape or
					 attempted escape shall be evaluated in determining the level of risk to correctional
					 safety and security posed by the inmate.
Examinee means a person who voluntarily takes a polygraph
					 examination, or an inmate or parolee who voluntarily takes a Computer Voice Stress
					 Analyzer Examination.
Exceptional Circumstances means circumstances beyond the control
					 of the department or the inmate that prevent the inmate or requested witnesses from
					 participating in the disciplinary hearing within established time limitations.
					 Examples of this as applied to an inmate would include a serious temporary mental or
					 physical impairment verified in writing by a licensed clinical social worker,
					 licensed psychologist, psychiatrist, or physician. Some examples of exceptional
					 circumstances preventing staff witnesses, to include the reporting employee, from
					 attending the disciplinary hearing would be extended sick leave, bereavement leave,
					 personal emergency, or extended military duty. Exceptional circumstances, as
					 described above, would allow for suspension of time limitations pending resolution
					 of the instances.
Ex-Offender means a person previously convicted of a felony in
					 California or any other state, or convicted of an offense in another state which
					 would have been a felony if committed in California.
Exonerated Person means a person who has a conviction reversed
					 by the court due to innocence or insufficient evidence, or a person given a pardon
					 by the Governor on the basis of being innocent and as defined in Penal Code (PC)
					 section 3007.05(j).
Face-to-Face Contact means an in-person contact with a parolee,
					 or an Alternative Custody Program Participant, by a CDCR parole agent.
Facility means any institution; community-access facility or
					 community correctional facility; or any camp or other subfacility of an institution
					 under the jurisdiction of the department.
Facility Security Perimeter is any combination of living unit,
					 work area and recreation area perimeters that is set aside to routinely restrict
					 inmate movement based on custody level. This perimeter will contract and expand
					 depending upon the weather, lighting conditions and hours of operation.
Federal Consecutive Prisoner means a California prisoner who is
					 also under sentence of the United States and is confined in a federal correctional
					 facility, and whose California term shall commence upon completion of the United
					 States' sentence.
Felony means a crime which is punishable with death or by
					 imprisonment in the State prison, or notwithstanding any other provision of law, by
					 imprisonment in a county jail under the provisions of subdivision (h) of PC section
					 1170. Every other crime or public offense is a misdemeanor except those offenses
					 that are classified as infractions.
Female Community Reentry Program (FCRP) means an approved
					 program for female participants located in a structure in an area zoned for
					 residential habitation, that is located and identified by a street number and street
					 name, and provides substance abuse or other treatment, reentry and employment
					 planning and services.
Field Contact means face-to-face contact by Division of Adult
					 Parole Operations staff with a parolee away from the parole office or office parking
					 area.
Firm means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation,
					 association, joint venture or other legal entity permitted by law to practice the
					 professions of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, environmental
					 services, land surveying or construction project management.
Force, as applied to escape or attempted escape refers to
					 physical contact or threat of physical harm against a person to enable or attempt
					 the escape.
Frequent and Direct Supervision means that staff supervision of
					 an inmate shall be sufficient to ensure that the inmate is present within the area
					 permitted.
Friendly Witness means any witness who is not an adverse
					 witness.
Gang means any ongoing formal or informal organization,
					 association or group of three or more persons which has a common name or identifying
					 sign or symbol whose members and/or associates, individually or collectively, engage
					 or have engaged, on behalf of that organization, association or group, in two or
					 more acts which include, planning, organizing threatening, financing, soliciting, or
					 committing unlawful acts, or acts of misconduct outside of the California Department
					 of Corrections and Rehabilitation jurisdiction.
Gassing means intentionally placing or throwing, or causing to
					 be placed or thrown, upon the person of another, any human excrement or bodily
					 fluids or bodily substances, or any mixture containing human excrement or bodily
					 fluids or bodily substances, which results in actual contact with the person's skin
					 or membranes.
Gender Dysphoria means distress caused by a conflict between a
					 person's gender identity and the sex the person had or was identified as having at
					 birth.
Gender Identity means a person's sense of identification as
					 male, female, neither, or both.
General Chrono means a CDC Form 128-B (Rev. 4-74) which is used
					 to document information about inmates and inmate behavior. Such information may
					 include, but is not limited to, documentation of enemies, records of disciplinary or
					 classification matters, pay reductions or inability to satisfactorily perform a job,
					 refusal to comply with grooming standards, removal from a program, records of parole
					 or social service matters.
General Conditions of Parole mean general rules regarding
					 behavior required or prohibited during parole for all parolees.
Goal means a numerically expressed disabled veteran business
					 enterprise objective as set out in Public Contract Code section
					 10115(c),
					 that awarding departments and contractors are required to make efforts to
					 achieve.
Good Cause means a finding based upon a preponderance of the
					 evidence that there is a factual basis and good reason for the decision made.
Great bodily injury (GBI) means any bodily injury that creates a
					 substantial risk of death.
Harassment means a willful course of conduct directed at a
					 specific person, group, or entity which seriously alarms, annoys, or terrorizes that
					 person, group, or entity and which serves no legitimate purpose.
Health Care Services has the same meaning as defined in section
					 3999.98.
Hearing Committee means a panel of three certified Senior
					 Hearing Officers comprised of: one Correctional Lieutenant or Correctional Counselor
					 II, one Facility/Correctional Captain or Correctional Counselor III, and one staff
					 member at the level of Associate Warden or above, or any combination thereof.
High Control means the highest risk category of a person
					 released to parole. High Control is also the term used for all non-Global
					 Positioning System parolee-at-large cases assigned to the CPAT and CITF.
Hold means to retain an inmate or parolee, who is under the
					 Secretary's jurisdiction, in custody at an institution or a local detention facility
					 in response to the legal request of a law enforcement or correctional agency
					 representative.
Immediate Family Members means legal spouse; registered domestic
					 partner, natural parents; adoptive parents, if the adoption occurred and a family
					 relationship existed prior to the inmate's incarceration; step-parents or foster
					 parents; grandparents; natural, step, or foster brothers or sisters; the inmate's
					 natural and adoptive children; grandchildren; and legal stepchildren of the inmate.
					 Aunts, uncles and cousins are not immediate family members unless a verified foster
					 relationship exists.
Incarcerating Jurisdiction means the jurisdiction where an
					 Interstate or Western Interstate Corrections Compact, federal contract, federal
					 concurrent, or concurrent prisoner is incarcerated.
Indecent Exposure means every person who willfully and lewdly,
					 either: exposes his or her person, or the private parts thereof, in any public
					 place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or
					 annoyed thereby; or, procures, counsels, or assists any person so to expose him or
					 her self or take part in any model artist exhibition, or to make any other
					 exhibition of him or her self to public view, or the view of any number of persons,
					 such as is offensive to decency, or is adapted to excite to vicious or lewd thoughts
					 or acts.
Indeterminate Sentence Law (ISL) means a person sentenced to
					 prison for a crime committed on or before June 30, 1977, who would have been
					 sentenced under Penal Code section
					 1170 if he/she had
					 committed the crime on or after July 1, 1977.
Indigent Inmate means an inmate who has maintained an inmate
					 trust account with twenty-five dollars ($25) or less for 30 consecutive days.
Inmate means a person under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
					 and not paroled. Inmate and prisoner are synonymous terms.
Inmate Match means a one-on-one match of a citizen volunteer and
					 an inmate who receives few or no visits to establish a relationship which encourages
					 positive inmate behavior and programming.
Institution means a large facility or complex of subfacilities
					 with a secure (fenced or walled) perimeter headed by a warden.
Institution Head means a warden, regional parole administrator,
					 or designated manager of a facility housing inmates.
Intake Control Unit (ICU) means a unit that schedules and
					 coordinates weekly movement of CDCR new commitment inmates from the counties to the
					 CDCR Reception Centers. The ICU is also a liaison between the counties and CDCR in
					 the event that CDCR is unable to accept delivery of its new commitment inmates and
					 payments are due to the counties.
Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment (ISUDT) is a
					 comprehensive set of services involving substance use disorder screening,
					 assessment, and medication assisted treatment; Cognitive Behavioral Interventions
					 (CBI); community transitions; and supportive housing.
Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS)
					 means the commission that is responsible for overseeing California's participation
					 in the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. The rules promulgated by
					 the ICAOS have the force and effect of statutory law and are binding in all member
					 states pursuant to PC section 11180.
Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision means the
					 formal agreement between member states that seeks to promote public safety by
					 systematically controlling the interstate movement of certain adult offenders.
					 California's participation is authorized by PC section 11180.
Interstate Compact Unit means the DAPO unit which coordinates
					 the functions of the ICAOS.
Interstate Cooperative Parolee means a person convicted and
					 sentenced to prison in a state other than California but under parole supervision in
					 California according to provisions of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender
					 Supervision.
Intoxicant not identified as a controlled substance means
					 toluene or any bi-product i.e. paint thinners, paint, fingernail polish, lacquers,
					 gasoline, kerosene, adhesives or other substance that markedly diminishes physical
					 and/or mental control.
Joint Venture Employer (JVE) means any public entity, nonprofit
					 or for profit entity, organization, or business which contracts with the director
					 for the purpose of employing inmate labor.
Joint Venture Program (JVP) means a contract entered into
					 between the director and any public entity, nonprofit or for profit entity,
					 organization, or business for the purpose of employing inmate labor.
Kiosk means a small stand-alone device providing information and
					 services on a computer screen.
Laboratory means any toxicological or forensic laboratory which
					 has been recognized by the State, other certifying agency, or which is accepted by
					 any local, county, or State prosecuting authority to provide evidence as to the
					 presence of controlled substances in human body fluids or confirm that a substance
					 is or contains any controlled substance.
Legal process means a writ, summons, warrant or mandate issued
					 by a court.
Legal Status Sheet (LSS) means a CDC Form 188, Legal Status
					 Summary, containing the commitment and release status of an inmate.
Lethal electrified fence is a high voltage fence installed for
					 the lethal infliction of injury to escaping inmates.
Life Prisoner means a prisoner whose sentence includes a term of
					 life.
Localized Safety Concerns are Safety Concerns restricted to a
					 specific or limited departmental facility or institution, thereby allowing for
					 alternate housing placement.
Lockdown means the restriction of all inmates to their
					 cells/dormitory beds encompassing no less than a Facility. True lockdowns are rare
					 occasions, generally following very serious threats to institutional security and
					 the safety of staff and inmates. The movement of any inmate to an assignment or
					 resumption of any program would change the lockdown status of the program, returning
					 the institution/facility to a diminished level of modified program or to normal
					 program.
Lockout means any refusal by an employer to permit any group of
					 five or more employees to work as a result of a dispute with such employees
					 affecting wages, hours or other terms or conditions of employment of such
					 employees.
Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP) means an approved program
					 for male participants located in a structure in an area zoned for residential
					 habitation, that is located and identified by a street number and street name, and
					 provides substance abuse or other treatment, reentry and employment planning and
					 services.
Manuscript means any written, typed or printed articles of
					 fiction and nonfiction; poems; essays; gags; plays; skits; paintings; sketches;
					 drawings; or musical compositions created by an inmate.
Material Evidence means evidence which has a substantial bearing
					 on matters in dispute and legitimate and effective influence on the decision of a
					 case.
Medical Parolee means a person released from confinement
					 pursuant to Penal Code section
					 3550.
Medically Necessary means health care services that are
					 determined by the attending or primary medical, mental health, or dental care
					 provider(s) to be needed to protect life, prevent significant illness or disability,
					 or alleviate severe pain, and are supported by health outcome data or clinical
					 evidence as being an effective health care service for the purpose intended or in
					 the absence of available health outcome data is judged to be necessary and is
					 supported by diagnostic information of specialty consultation.
Minimum Eligible Parole Date (MEPD) means the earliest date on
					 which an Indeterminate Sentence Law or life prisoner may legally be released on
					 parole.
Modified Program means the suspension or restriction of less
					 than all inmate program activities and/or movement. A Modified Program may either
					 occur independently in response to an incident or unusual occurrence or may occur as
					 a facility transitions from a lockdown to regular programming. Imposed restrictions
					 may fluctuate as circumstances dictate with the goal of resuming regular programming
					 as soon as it is practical. Modified programming will last no longer than necessary
					 to restore institutional safety and security or to investigate the triggering event,
					 and shall not target a specific racial or ethnic group. For those inmates whose
					 movement has been restricted, movement may be authorized on a case-by-case basis for
					 essential or emergency services such as medical, dental, mental health or law
					 library visits. The routine and/or temporary restrictions on inmate movement or yard
					 activities, which do not last longer than 24 hours, are not considered a program
					 modification.
Multijurisdiction Parolee means any concurrent, California
					 concurrent, California agency, or cooperative parolee.
Multijurisdiction Prisoner means any federal contract, federal
					 concurrent, federal consecutive, concurrent, consecutive, California agency,
					 Interstate or Western Interstate Corrections Compact prisoner.
Native American Sweat Lodge Grounds are an outside area at an
					 institution designated to be used for approved Native American religious group
					 activities.
Non-Designated Programming Facility is an integrated housing
					 facility or institution established for inmates demonstrating a willingness to
					 participate in rehabilitative programs and conform to departmental policies.
Non-Revocable Parole (NRP) is a form of unsupervised community
					 release pursuant to the provisions of Penal Code section
					 3000.03, wherein the
					 parolee is not subject to placement of a parole hold, revocation proceedings, or
					 remedial sanctions.
Non-secure Facility means any of the following Departmental
					 facilities: Minimum Support Facilities, Camps and Community Correctional Centers
					 (i.e. Community Correctional Reentry Centers, Restitution Centers, Community
					 Correctional Facilities, Drug Treatment Furlough, halfway back facilities, Community
					 Reentry Programs, etc.); and comparable facilities in another law enforcement
					 jurisdiction (i.e. county road camps, county detoxification center, etc.)
Notice Agent/Court Agent is the Division of Adult Parole
					 Operations' primary revocation and Americans with Disabilities Act representative to
					 the local court, sheriff's department, district attorneys, public defenders, and
					 Department staff.
Offender means any inmate, ward, parolee, or other person
					 currently under the jurisdiction of the CDCR.
Our Hold Only (OHO) means a parolee is in custody under a Penal
					 Code section
					 3056 parole hold and
					 has no other charges or detainers pending.
Out-to-Court means an inmate is temporarily removed from a
					 facility to be brought before a court to be tried for an offense, to be examined by
					 a grand jury or magistrate, or for any other court proceedings.
Outdoor Religious Grounds are an outside area at an institution
					 designated to be used for any approved religious/spiritual group activities. Outdoor
					 Religious Grounds does not include Native American Sweat Lodge Grounds, as defined
					 in this section.
Parole Administrator means the Department's administrator of a
					 Division of Adult Parole Operations headquarters unit, district, program or
					 geographic location.
Parole Agent means an employee and his/her supervisors in the
					 department who are assigned to supervise those persons released from incarceration
					 to the supervision of the Division of Adult Parole Operations.
Parolee Field File means a file maintained by a parole unit
					 office containing information about a parolee and his or her current parole.
Parole Hold means authorization by a departmental employee to
					 hold a parolee in custody pursuant to section
					 3056 of the Penal
					 Code.
Parole Violation means conduct by a parolee which violates the
					 conditions of parole or otherwise provides good cause for the modification or
					 revocation of parole.
Parole Violation Disposition Tracking System (PVDTS) means an
					 electronic database utilized by Division of Adult Parole Operations field staff to
					 track all remedial sanctions, warrant requests, and petitions to the local court for
					 revocation of parole.
Parole Violation Extension means an extension of
					 return-to-custody time for a parolee in revoked status.
Parole Violator means a parolee who is found to have violated
					 parole and who may be returned to custody pursuant to Penal Code section
					 3057.
Parolee means an offender placed on supervised or non-revocable
					 parole by the department.
Parolee-at-Large means an absconder from parole supervision, who
					 is declared a fugitive by the parole authority suspending parole.
Polygraph Examination means the procedure by which a polygraph
					 examiner renders an opinion as to the veracity of statements made by an
					 examinee.
Polygraph Examiner means a person who purports to be able to
					 determine the truthfulness of statements through the use of a polygraph
					 instrument.
Positional asphyxia means situating a person in a manner that
					 compresses their airway and reduces the ability to sustain adequate breathing. This
					 includes, without limitation, the use of any physical restraint that causes a
					 person's respiratory airway to be compressed or impairs the person's breathing or
					 respiratory capacity, including any action in which pressure or body weight is
					 unreasonably applied against a restrained person's neck, torso, or back, or
					 positioning a restrained person without reasonable monitoring for signs of
					 asphyxia.
Positive Canine Alert means a change in behavior that
					 departmental canines are trained to perform when they detect the odor of marijuana,
					 heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, tobacco, and cell phones. This change in behavior
					 alerts the handler the canine has detected the odor of drugs, tobacco, or cell
					 phones. Passive canines are trained to perform signals including but not limited to
					 sitting and/or staring at the detected contraband. Active canines are trained to
					 perform signals including but not limited to scratching and/or staring at the
					 detected contraband.
Possession is defined as either actual possession or
					 constructive possession of an object. Actual possession exists when a person has
					 physical custody or control of an object. Constructive Possession exists where a
					 person has knowledge of an object and control of the object or the right to control
					 the object, even if the person has no physical contact with it.
Postrelease Community Supervision is a form of supervision
					 provided after a period of incarceration wherein the inmate is released to the
					 jurisdiction of a county agency pursuant to the Postrelease Community Supervision
					 Act of 2011.
Preprison Credit means credit for time in custody as certified
					 by the court and provided for in Penal Code section
					 2900.5.
Principal means any person involved in the commission of a
					 crime, felony or misdemeanor, whether they directly commit the act constituting the
					 offense, or aid and abet in its commission, or not being present, have advised and
					 encouraged its commission, or who, by threats, menaces, command or coercion, compel
					 another to commit any crime.
Prison Gang means any gang which originated and has its roots
					 within the department or any other prison system.
Prisoner means a person in custody of the Secretary and not
					 paroled. Prisoner and inmate are synonymous terms.
Probation Officer's Report means a written report prepared by
					 the probation officer in the county where the offense was committed, containing the
					 circumstances surrounding the crime, prior history, and record of the person.
Program failure means any inmate who generates a significant
					 disciplinary history within the last 180 days from the current date. A guilty
					 finding for two serious Rules Violation Reports or one serious and two
					 administrative Rules Violation Reports within that 180 day time period is reasonable
					 evidence of a significant disciplinary history and may be considered a program
					 failure.
Project, as used in sections
					 3465 through
					 3468, means a proposal of something to
					 be done for which a contract has not yet been awarded.
Public Interest Case describes an inmate/parolee whose
					 crime/criminal history, public recognition, family ties, career or behavior in
					 custody has resulted in extensive media coverage beyond the closest large city and
					 its surrounding areas.
Public official means any person identified in Penal Code
					 Section
					 76. CDCR staff are
					 considered the staff of an exempt appointee of the Governor. Received Date means the
					 date an inmate is initially received into a facility of the department.
Receiving State means the state which supervises a cooperative
					 parolee under the terms of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender
					 Supervision.
Regional Parole Administrator means the department's
					 administrator of a Division of Adult Parole Operations region.
Rehabilitative Programs are programs managed by the Division of
					 Rehabilitative Programs (DRP), to equip inmates with career opportunities, and to
					 assist them in dealing effectively with the challenges of life, in preparation for
					 successful reintegration into the community.
Released on Parole means released from custody to a term of
					 parole supervision and includes: initial releases from custody; parolees released
					 after having served a period of parole revocation; parole violators with a new term;
					 parolees released from any other jurisdiction, for example, federal custody; and
					 offenders ordered directly to parole by a sentencing court, also referred to as
					 "court walkovers."
Relevant Evidence means evidence which tends to prove or
					 disprove an issue or fact in dispute.
Religious Item means any bag, cross, medallion, totem, pipe, or
					 other item in which the possessor places religious or spiritual significance.
Religious Personal Ethical Diet (RPED) means a diet consisting
					 of one of the following types of meals: vegetarian, plant-based, religious meat
					 alternate (halal), or religious kosher.
Religious Review Committee (RRC) means a committee formed and
					 maintained at each institution that reviews and reaches a decision regarding
					 requests for reasonable accommodation and/or access to religious services.
Remedial sanction means any instruction, referral, penalty, or
					 restriction, other than the filing of a petition for revocation, imposed upon a
					 person under Division of Adult Parole Operations supervision, as a result of finding
					 that the person has violated a condition of supervision.
Residence means one or more addresses at which a person
					 regularly resides, regardless of the number of days or nights spent there, such as a
					 shelter or structure that can be located by a street address, including, but not
					 limited to, houses, apartment buildings, motels, hotels, homeless shelters, and
					 recreational and other vehicles.
Residential Facility means a property that is operated for the
					 purpose of providing lodging and services for two or more persons. Residential
					 facilities include sober living facilities and transitional housing facilities that
					 provide services such as money management, substance abuse prevention, relationship
					 and self-esteem workshops, skills for employment stability, job training, and
					 referrals to local community, social, and health services.
Responsible Bidder means a bidder that is compliant with the
					 DVBE program requirements in Military and Veterans Code section
					 999
					 and responsive to all requirements for a DVBE, including a commercially useful
					 function being performed by the DVBE.
Restricted Custody General Population (RCGP) living units will
					 provide a general population housing alternative to offenders who have a substantial
					 threat to their personal safety should they be released to the general
					 population.
Restricted Housing Units (RHU) are specialized programming units
					 with established placement criteria designated for inmates not suited for housing in
					 the General Population (GP). RHU include Enhanced Outpatient Program RHU,
					 Correctional Clinical Case Management System RHU, and General Population RHU.
					 Restricted housing may be accomplished by confinement in a designated RHU or, in an
					 emergency, to any single cell unit capable of providing secure housing.
Restricted Housing Unit Maximum Release Date (RHU MRD) means the
					 date on which a Determinate RHU term, consisting of a combination of months followed
					 by days, expires.
Restricted or controlled inmate movement means that the affected
					 inmates are not permitted normal release schedules and that all or specified
					 movement may require a greater degree of supervision than normal. Such restriction
					 may include, but is not limited to controlled feeding, a section at a time, rather
					 than the entire unit or sub-facility being released. Such restrictions do not
					 constitute a State of Emergency as determined in Section
					 3383.
Room and Board means all that the department provides for the
					 inmate's care, housing and retention.
Safety Concerns are any documented and verified factor(s) or
					 situation(s) that will cause a substantial risk of serious harm to any inmate,
					 staff, or other individual.
Screening means evaluation by staff to ascertain that specified
					 requirements or criteria are met.
Secretary means the secretary of the Department of Corrections
					 and Rehabilitation, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer.
Secure Facility means a departmental institution or correctional
					 facility with a secure perimeter as defined in section
					 3000 that is designed to confine
					 inmates on facility property and prevent escapes. Examples of Departmental Secure
					 Facilities include Secure Level I facilities as defined in section
					 3000 and facilities designated with
					 security levels of II, III, or IV pursuant to subsections
					 3377(b), (c) and
					 (d).
Secure Level I facility is a Level I facility with a secure
					 perimeter as defined in section
					 3000 that includes razor wire to
					 prevent the escape of inmates.
Secure Perimeter means the largest Security Perimeter that
					 physically retains inmates in custody on facility property.
Security Concern means the inmate does not otherwise meet the
					 Close Custody case factor criteria established in section
					 3377.2(b); however,
					 based upon an Institution Classification Committee (ICC) review of all available
					 case factors and disciplinary history, the inmate demonstrates an ongoing heightened
					 security risk that potentially threatens institution safety and security and thereby
					 warrants the direct and constant supervision provided by a Close Custody
					 designation.
Security Module means any department-approved security desk or
					 security table used to facilitate educational, recreational and/or therapeutic
					 activities for maximum custody inmates and are designed for use with State-issued
					 restraint gear.
Security Perimeter means any unbroken physical barrier or
					 combination of physical barriers that restricts inmate movement to a contained area
					 without being processed through a door, gate, or sallyport.
Security Threat Group (STG) means any ongoing formal or informal
					 organization, association, or group of three or more persons which has a common name
					 or identifying sign or symbol whose members and/or associates, individually or
					 collectively, engage or have engaged, on behalf of that organization, association or
					 group, in two or more acts which include, planning, organizing, threatening,
					 financing, soliciting or committing unlawful acts, or acts of misconduct.
Security Threat Group I (STG-I) is a term used to identify and
					 prioritize the level of threat the group presents that affects the safety and
					 security of the institution and public safety. STG-I designation will be reserved
					 for STGs that pose the greatest of these threats. STG-I designation will include,
					 but may not be limited to, traditional prison gangs or similar disruptive groups or
					 gangs that the department has certified to have a history and propensity for
					 violence and/or influence over subservient STGs.
Security Threat Group II (STG-II) is a term used to identify and
					 prioritize the level of threat the group presents that affects the safety and the
					 security of the institution and public safety. The STG-II designation may include,
					 but is not limited to, traditional disruptive groups/street gangs.
Security Threat Group Administrative Directive is an
					 administrative order, approved by the Secretary (or designee) of the CDCR,
					 certifying a group's threat to the safety of staff, offenders, and the security of
					 the institution based on a documented history of and future propensity for
					 violence.
Security Threat Group (STG) Associate means any offender or any
					 person who, based on documented evidence, is involved periodically or regularly with
					 the members of a STG. STG Associates will be identified through the validation
					 process.
Security Threat Group (STG) Behavior is any documented behavior
					 that promotes, furthers, or assists a STG. This includes, but is not limited to
					 conduct of any person that leads to and includes the commission of an unlawful act
					 and/or violation of policy demonstrating a nexus to a STG.
Security Threat Group (STG) Member means any offender or any
					 person who, based on documented evidence, has been accepted into membership by a
					 STG. STG Members will be identified through the validation process.
Security Threat Group (STG) Suspect means any offender or any
					 person who, based on documented evidence, is involved periodically or regularly with
					 the members or associates of a STG. The STG suspect is tracked by STG investigative
					 staff pending validation. Suspects have attained more than one but less than ten
					 points of validation as described in Section
					 3378.2(b).
Security Threat Group (STG) Unit Classification Committee is a
					 unit classification committee responsible for making the determination of an
					 inmate's validation status, reviewing Dropout status affiliate's new disciplinary
					 behavior to determine nexus to STG, and reviewing information/intelligence regarding
					 inmate-involved incidents occurring outside CDCR jurisdiction to ensure disciplinary
					 processes and/or formal documentation were applied.
Senate Bill (SB) 618 Participant means an adult inmate who is
					 deemed eligible and agrees to participate in a SB 618 Program, as defined in section
					 3000, which includes that prior to
					 reception by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the inmate
					 will be assessed and classified at the county in which he or she is adjudged to have
					 committed his or her crime.
Senate Bill (SB) 618 Program means a program developed for
					 nonviolent felony offenders pursuant to SB 618 (2005/2006 session), which added
					 Penal Code section
					 1203.8, which
					 provides in part that programs shall be available for inmates, including Career
					 Technical Education programs and educational programs that are designed to prepare
					 nonviolent felony offenders for successful reintegration back into the
					 community.
Sending State means the state that requests the transfer of a
					 cooperative parolee, or that transfers supervision of a cooperative parolee, under
					 the terms of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.
Sensitive Needs Yard is a designation for inmates with
					 documented and verified Systemic Safety Concerns with a portion of the inmate
					 general population.
Sentence Data Sheet means an option under the Prison function
					 tab within the Strategic Offender Management System that contains commitment and
					 release status of an inmate.
Serious bodily injury (SBI) means a serious impairment of
					 physical condition, including, but not limited to the following: loss of
					 consciousness; concussion; bone fracture; protracted loss or impairment of function
					 of any bodily member or organ; a wound requiring extensive suturing; and serious
					 disfigurement.
Serious Offense, for the purpose of conducting parole revocation
					 hearings, refers to any felony listed in section
					 1192.7(c)
					 of the Penal Code.
Sexual Activity means any behavior of a sexual nature between an
					 inmate and a visitor including, but not limited to:
(1) Sexual intercourse, oral copulation, or
				  masturbation.
(2) The rubbing or
				  touching of breast(s), buttock(s) or sexual organ(s) for the purpose of arousing,
				  appealing to, or gratifying lust, passions, or sexual desires.
(3) Exposure of breast(s), buttocks or sexual
				  organ(s) for the purpose of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying lust, passions, or
				  sexual desires.
Sexual Disorderly Conduct means every person who touches,
					 without exposing, his or her genitals, buttocks or breasts in a manner that
					 demonstrates it is for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification, annoyance, or
					 offense, and that any reasonable person would consider this conduct
					 offensive.
Single Family Dwelling means a real property improvement, such
					 as a house, apartment, or mobile home that is used or is intended for use as a
					 dwelling for one family.
Small Business Firm means a business in which the principal
					 office is located in California and the officers of such business are domiciled in
					 California which is independently owned and operated and which is not dominant in
					 its field of operation. The maximum dollar volume that a small business may generate
					 shall vary from industry to industry to the extent necessary to reflect differing
					 characteristics of such industries.
Special Assignment means a departmentally-approved special
					 program, temporary or short-term assignment for departmental convenience, or medical
					 or psychiatric treatment category with exceptional credit-earning provisions.
Special Conditions of Parole means conditions of parole placed
					 by the Board of Parole Hearings or Division of Adult Parole Operations and
					 restricted to the individual.
Stacking means issuing multiple RVRs to an inmate for an event
					 that warrants a single RVR, i.e., when there is a nexus between multiple rules
					 violations that occur as a part of a single event.
Statewide Religious Review Committee (SRRC) is a committee
					 established to ensure that a framework for religious program policy exists, and that
					 program continuity from institution to institution is maintained. The SRRC also
					 provides an avenue for addressing statewide inmate religious issues and offers
					 recommendations to the Director of the Division of Adult Institutions (DAI) for
					 consideration of policy development and/or enactment. The SRRC is comprised of the
					 following: Associate Director, DAI (General Population--Males); one Warden from each
					 mission within DAI; Headquarters Community Resources Manager (HCRM), Religious
					 Programs; one CRM from each mission within DAI; a Captain; a designee from the
					 Office of Legal Affairs; the departmental Food Administrator, and other stakeholders
					 as required.
Strategic Offender Management System (SOMS) is an electronic
					 automated offender management system that consolidates existing databases and
					 records to a fully automated system and replaces certain manual paper processes.
					 SOMS is a cumulative data collection process that will autopopulate specific
					 information on all documentation, such as an inmate's name and number, current date,
					 county of last residence, institution/facility housing, etc.
Street gang refers to a gang as defined herein except that it is
					 not a prison gang.
Strike means any concerted act of more than 50 percent of the
					 bargaining unit employees in a lawful refusal of such employees under applicable
					 State or federal law to perform work or services for an employer, other than work
					 stoppages based on conflicting union jurisdictions or work stoppages unauthorized by
					 the proper union governing body.
Subcontractor means any person or entity that enters into a
					 subcontract with a prime contractor for work, materials, supplies and/or
					 labor.
Systemic Safety Concerns are inmate Safety Concerns, not
					 restricted to a specific or limited departmental facility or institution, thereby
					 impacting statewide housing with a portion of the inmate general population.
Technical violation means conduct that may not violate a state
					 or federal statute, but is a violation of a condition of parole supervision.
Terminal illness means an incurable disease process with
					 progression unresponsive to medical intervention where a medical doctor estimates
					 that death will occur within a six-month period.
Time Computation means the department's uniform method for
					 calculating an inmate's term and minimum and maximum release dates as governed by
					 law.
Time Served means that time an inmate is imprisoned with the
					 department between their received date and a given date.
Totally disabled means a diagnosis provided by a physician
					 and/or psychiatrist indicating that an inmate is incapable of performing an
					 assignment.
Trade Paper means a publication that meets all of the following
					 criteria:
(1) has a business orientation
				  relating to the trade or industry for which the advertisement is being
				  placed;
(2) is known and utilized by
				  members of that trade or industry;
(3)
				  primarily offers articles, editorials (if any), and advertisements of business
				  opportunities aimed at that trade or industry; and
(4) is readily available within the geographical
				  area for which the advertisement is placed and for which the services are to be
				  performed.
Transgender means a person whose gender identity is different
					 from the person's assigned sex at birth.
Transient Sex Offender means a parolee who has a statutory
					 requirement to register as a sex offender and who has no residence.
Transitional Housing Unit is a general population program
					 designated for the observation phase of the Debrief process. This program may house
					 those inmates that are in the second phase of the debrief process.
Transitions Programs are employment training classes to assist
					 inmates with job readiness and job seeking skills to overcome barriers to obtaining
					 employment upon release from an institution.
Under the influence of alcohol, any drug, controlled substance,
					 toluene or any combination thereof means being in a condition that he/she is unable
					 to exercise care for his/her safety or the safety of others pursuant to Penal Code
					 647(f) and confirmed by a positive test from a departmentally approved testing
					 method, to include field sobriety testing.
Unit Supervisor means a supervisor of case-carrying parole
					 agents in the Division of Adult Parole Operations.
Urinalysis Testing (previously referred to as Anti-Narcotic
					 Testing) is a process to detect the presence of prohibited substances used by
					 parolees.
Validation means the formal and objective process for
					 identifying and documenting STG affiliates.
Vertical Advocate--An Employment Advocacy and Prosecution Team
					 attorney assigned to one or more specific Hiring Authority locations to consult with
					 investigators and Hiring Authorities concerning investigative findings, disciplinary
					 decisions, and to prosecute designated cases.
Vexatious Litigant means a person who does any of the following:
(1) in the immediately preceding
				  seven-year period has commenced, prosecuted, or maintained in propria persona at
				  least five litigations other than in a small claims court that have been (a) finally
				  determined adversely to the person or; (b) unjustifiably permitted to remain pending
				  at least two years without having been brought to trial or hearing;
(2) after a litigation has been finally determined
				  against the person, repeatedly relitigates or attempts to relitigate in propria
				  persona either;
(a) the validity of the
				  determination against the same defendant or defendants as to whom the litigation was
				  finally determined or;
(b) the cause of
				  action, claim, controversy, or any of the issues of fact or law, determined or
				  concluded by the final determination against the same defendant or defendants as to
				  whom the litigation was finally determined;
(3) in any litigation while acting in propria
				  persona, repeatedly files unmeritorious motions, pleadings, or other papers,
				  conducts unnecessary discovery, or engages in other tactics that are frivolous or
				  solely intended to cause unnecessary delay;
(4) has previously been declared to be a vexatious
				  litigant by any state or federal court of record in any actions or proceeding based
				  upon the same or substantially similar facts, transaction, or occurrence. Pursuant
				  to
In re Bittaker,
Writs of Habeas Corpus are not included under
				  vexatious litigation.