Florida Administrative Code › 33 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › 33 - Departmental › Chapter 33-601 - CLASSIFICATION AND CENTRAL RECORDS › Section 33-601.260 - Administrative Management Units

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Definitions.
(a) Administrative Management
				Unit (AMU) - where used herein, refers to a general population housing status
				where an inmate is placed in a highly structured environment to promote the
				safety and security of inmates, staff, and the public, or the security and good
				order of an institution. Placement in an AMU is the consequence of an inmate's
				inability to live within an institutionalized setting without abusing the
				rights and privileges of others by committing, or instigating others to commit,
				violent, disruptive, predatory, or riotous actions, or an inmate's behavior
				that poses a threat to the security of an institution. The Secretary will
				designate the institutions where AMU inmates will be housed based on the needs
				of the Department.
(b) Institution
				- where used herein, refers to all state correctional institutions as defined
				in Section  944.02, F.S., and all private
				correctional facilities as defined in Section
				 944.710, F.S.
(c) Institutional Classification Team (ICT) -
				where used herein, refers to a team consisting of the warden or assistant
				warden, classification supervisor, chief of security, and other members as
				necessary when appointed by the warden or as designated by rule. The ICT is
				responsible for making work, program, housing, and inmate status decisions at
				an institution, and for making other classification recommendations to the
				State Classification Office.
(d)
				Institutional Classification Team Docket - where used herein, refers to the
				official record of an ICT hearing.
(e) Negative Transfer - where used herein,
				refers to an inmate transfer that is the result of the inmate's negative
				behavior that has been documented and verified.
(f) Offender Based Information System (OBIS)
				- where used herein, refers to the Department's computer-based offender
				database system that is utilized to organize and store security,
				classification, program, and other inmate and offender information.
(g) Review - where used herein, refers to the
				evaluation of all available relevant information concerning an inmate's
				behavior to determine if he or she should be placed in an AMU, or whether any
				changes to the inmate's placement status are required or recommended.
(h) Security Threat Group (STG) - where used
				herein, refers to a formal or informal ongoing inmate or offender group, gang,
				organization, or association consisting of three or more members who have:
1. A common name or common identifying signs,
				colors, or symbols;
2. Members or
				associates who individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a
				pattern of gang activity, criminal activity, or Department rule violations;
				or
3. The potential to act in
				concert to pose a threat or potential threat to the public, staff, visitors,
				other inmates or offenders, or the secure and orderly operations of an
				institution, probation office, other Department property, or Department
				activity or function.
(i)
				State Classification Office (SCO) - the office or office staff at the central
				office level that is responsible for the review of inmate classification
				decisions, including the placement of an inmate into or the removal of an
				inmate from an AMU.