Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 004 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › Rule 004.00.08-001 - Regulation 888 - Boot Camp Program

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
888
		  Boot Camp Program
I.
AUTHORITY
:
The authority of the Board of Correction to promulgate this
			 Administrative Regulation is confirmed in Act 50 of 1968 as amended and Act 492
			 of 1989.
II.
PURPOSE
:
To establish policy concerning the operation of a boot camp
			 program.
III.
APPLICABILITY
:
To eligible inmates and department staff.
IV.
POLICY
:
It shall be the policy of the Department of Correction to allow
			 selected inmates of the same sex to voluntarily participate in a 105-day (15
			 weeks) program of intensive behavior modification in an arduous, physically
			 demanding, military-like environment, otherwise known as a "boot camp." The
			 Boot Camp Program is an intensified correctional program to deter repetition of
			 criminal behavior and illegal drug use reducing the need for long term
			 incarceration. Upon successful completion of the program, as described in the
			 Boot Camp Program Manual, the inmate will be administratively transferred to
			 supervision in the community.
V.
PROCEDURES
:
Only offenders who have not been previously incarcerated for a
			 felony in an adult facility and are serving sentences often years or less for
			 non-violent offenses, as described in the Boot Camp Program Manual will be
			 eligible for the program. The following procedures have been established for
			 the selection of inmates to be assigned to the program.
A.
Non-Eligibility
:
1. Inmates who represent an unacceptable
		  threat to the public will be ineligible for the program.
2. Inmates having an undisposed felony
		  detainer filed against them will be ineligible to participate in the
		  program.
3. Inmates who are
		  determined by the Medical or Mental Health personnel to be unfit for the
		  arduous physical and psychological demands of the program will not be
		  considered for the program.
4.
		  Inmates, determined by the Selection Committee, likely to be disruptive to the
		  necessary smooth functioning of the program will not be considered.
B.
Eligibility
:
1. The
		  inmate must be serving his first incarceration for a felony in an adult
		  correctional facility.
2. The
		  inmate must be serving a sentence of ten years or less.
3. The inmate must be eligible for minimum
		  security status. A risk assessment profile system will be utilized to assist in
		  this determination.
4. The inmate
		  must volunteer for the Boot Camp program and agree to abide by all rules and
		  regulations established by the Department.
5. The inmate must agree to an approved
		  in-state release plan upon release.
C.
Assessment and
		  Assignment
:
Inmates received by the Department who meet the eligibility
			 requirements and apply will be assessed by the staffing team at the Diagnostic
			 Unit to determine probable success in such a program. Applications which
			 receive favorable recommendations will be forwarded to the Classification
			 Administrator, or designee, for review and approval/disapproval.
D.
Program
		  Participation Agreement
:
Inmates who are approved for program participation will agree to
			 abide by all Department of Correction rules and will agree to participate in
			 self-improvement programs and work programs at the Boot Camp. Inmates who, once
			 assigned, violate rules and regulations, drop out and/or refuse to continue
			 with the program are subject to disciplinary action and reassignment to the
			 normal routine for general population confinement as recommended by Boot Camp
			 Committee.
E.
Reconsideration Ineligibility
:
Any inmate, during orientation, may choose to participate or not
			 to participate in the program. Those who choose not to participate or who once
			 assigned are found guilty of a disciplinary, or drop out of the program for
			 whatever reason become ineligible to be reconsidered for the Boot Camp
			 Program.
The following exceptions may apply:
Participants who become temporarily unable to continue in the
			 program because of illness or injury may be considered for reassignment to the
			 program.
Participants who demonstrate an appropriate attitude but lack the
			 aptitude to finish the program in the designated time frame may be recycled in
			 order to complete the program.
The Boot Camp Committee will evaluate each case and make its
			 recommendation to the Unit Classification Committee.
F.
Program Completion and
		  Release
:
Inmates who successfully complete the Boot Camp Program will sign
			 a condition of release contract and will be administratively transferred to
			 supervision in the community as determined by Field Services staff.
G.
Violation of
		  Release Contract
:
Violation of the release contract may be grounds for the inmate
			 to receive enhanced supervision, be placed in a half-way house/residential type
			 treatment program, or be reincarcerated following a violation hearing by a
			 Hearing Officer.
H.
Credit for Good Time
:
Inmates assigned to the Boot Camp program will earn good time in
			 accordance with established policy. Inmates completing the program will be
			 promoted to Class I-A upon release to community supervision.
I. The procedures for the program will be
		  outlined in a Boot Camp Program Manual, Administrative Directives and/or
		  Memoranda.
Supersedes: AR888
Dated: