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 › Subchapter 4 - General Institution Regulations › Article 10 - Classification › Section 3377 - Facility Security Levels

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Each camp, facility, or area of a facility complex shall be
						designated at a security level based on its physical security and housing
						capability. Reception centers are not facilities of assignment and are exempt from
						the security level designations except for the assignment of permanent work crew
						inmates. The security levels are:
(a) Level
					 I facilities and camps consist primarily of open dormitories with a low security
					 perimeter.
(b) Level II facilities
					 consist primarily of open dormitories with a secure perimeter, which may include
					 armed coverage.
(c) Level III facilities
					 primarily have a secure perimeter with armed coverage and housing units with cells
					 adjacent to exterior walls.
(d) Level IV
					 facilities have a secure perimeter with internal and external armed coverage and
					 housing units described in section
					 3377(c), or cell block
					 housing with cells non-adjacent to exterior walls. A Level IV 180-design facility
					 utilizes housing units comprised of two wings; each wing is partitioned into three
					 self-contained "pods", each "pod" has its own dayroom and control room. Each wing is
					 linked by a dining facility and ancillary functions. The design of the housing unit
					 allows a 180 degree view of all cells and dayrooms from the control room. A Level IV
					 270-design facility utilizes housing units comprised of three connected sections and
					 one dayroom. Portions of first and third sections extend back behind the blind side
					 of the control room. The design of the housing unit places cells within a 270 degree
					 circumference of a circle with the control room in the center of the
					 circle.
1. New section
						filed 8-7-87 as an emergency; operative 8-7-87 (Register 87, No. 34). A Certificate
						of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will
						be repealed on 12-7-87.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 8-7-87 order
						transmitted to OAL 12-4-87; disapproved by OAL (Register 88,No. 16).
3.
						New section filed 1-4-88 as an emergency; operative 1-4-88 (Register 88, No. 16). A
						Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency
						language will be repealed on 5-3-88.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to
						1-4-88 order transmitted to OAL 5-3-88; disapproved by OAL (Register 88, No.
						24).
5. New section filed 6-2-88 as an emergency; operative 6-2-88
						(Register 88, No. 24). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within
						120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 9-30-88.
6.
						Certificate of Compliance including amendment transmitted to OAL 9-26-88 and filed
						10-26-88 (Register 88, No. 50).
7. Change without regulatory effect
						amending section filed 10-22-90 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 91, No. 4).
8. Editorial correction of printing
						errors (Register 91, No. 11).
9. Editorial correction of printing error
						in subsection (b) (Register 92, No. 5).
10. Amendment of section heading,
						first paragraph and NOTE filed 8-27-2002 as an emergency; operative 8-27-2002
						(Register 2002, No. 35). Pursuant to Penal Code section
						5058.3 a Certificate
						of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-4-2003 or emergency language will be
						repealed by operation of law on the following day.
11. Certificate of
						Compliance as to 8-27-2002 order transmitted to OAL 1-21-2003 and filed 3-6-2003
						(Register 2003, No. 10).
12. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 9-15-2015
						as an emergency; operative 9-15-2015 (Register 2015, No. 38). This regulatory action
						was deemed an emergency pursuant to section
						5058.3 of the Penal
						Code and remains in effect for 160 days. A Certificate of Compliance must be
						transmitted to OAL by 2-22-2016 or emergency language will be repealed by operation
						of law on the following day.
13. Amendment of subsection (d) refiled
						2-18-2016 as an emergency; operative 2-18-2016 (Register 2016, No. 8). This
						regulatory action was deemed an emergency pursuant to section
						5058.3 of the Penal
						Code and remains in effect for 160 days. A Certificate of Compliance must be
						transmitted to OAL by 7-27-2016 or emergency language will be repealed by operation
						of law on the following day.
14. Certificate of Compliance as to
						2-18-2016 order transmitted to OAL 7-13-2016 and filed 8-11-2016 (Register 2016, No.
						33).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  5058 and
						  5058.3, Penal Code.
						  Reference: Sections
						  5054 and
						  5068, Penal
						  Code.
The amended version of this section by
						Register
						2024, No. 28, effective 7/1/2024 is not yet
						available.