Florida Administrative Code › 33 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › 33 - Departmental › Chapter 33-602 - SECURITY OPERATIONS › Section 33-602.220 - Administrative Confinement

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Definitions.
(a) Administrative Confinement - refers to
				the temporary separation of an inmate from inmates in general population in
				order to provide for security and safety until such time as a more permanent
				inmate management decision process can be concluded, such as a referral to
				disciplinary confinement, close management, protective management, or a
				transfer.
(b) 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.
(c) 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.
(d) Clinical Health Care Personnel - refers
				to a physician, clinical associate, nurse, Correctional Medical Technician
				Certified, psychologist, psychology intern, psychology resident, or
				psychological specialist.
(e)
				Housing Supervisor - refers to the correctional officer sergeant, or above, who
				is in charge of the administrative 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 assignment, 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) Institutional Classification Team Docket
				- refers to the official record of an Institutional Classification Team
				hearing.
(h) Lewd or Lascivious
				Exhibition - an inmate commits a lewd or lascivious exhibition when the inmate
				does any of the following in the presence of a person who is not in the custody
				of the Department:
1. Intentionally
				masturbates;
2. Intentionally
				exposes the genitals without authorization; or
3. Intentionally commits any other sexual act
				that does not involve actual physical or sexual contact with the victim,
				including sadomasochistic abuse, sexual bestiality, or the simulation of any
				act involving sexual activity.
(i) Major Rule Violation - refers to any
				assault, battery, or attempted assault or battery; any lewd or lascivious
				exhibition; any spoken or written threat towards any person; inciting or
				attempting to incite, or participating in any riot, strike, mutinous act, or
				disturbance; fighting; possession of weapons, ammunition, explosives, cell
				phones, unauthorized drugs, escape paraphernalia, or any other item that
				presents a threat to the safe and secure operation of the institution; and any
				escape or escape attempt.
(j)
				Offender Based Information System (OBIS) - refers to an electronic data system
				used by the Department to record and retrieve offender information.
(k) Review - refers to the evaluation of
				pertinent information or documentation concerning an inmate's administrative
				confinement status to determine if changes or modifications in the confinement
				status are required or recommended.
(l) 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.
(m) Security Pen - refers to a specially
				designed flexible ink pen that bends under pressure and has a tip that retracts
				under excessive pressure.
(n)
				Senior Correctional Officer - refers to a staff member with the rank of
				correctional officer lieutenant or above.
(o) Special Risk Inmate - refers to any
				inmate who has demonstrated behavior that is or could be harmful to himself or
				herself.
(p) Visit - unless the
				context dictates otherwise, refers to the official inspection and tour of a
				confinement unit by a staff member.