Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION › Title 103 CMR 179.00 - RESTRICTIVE HOUSING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE › Section 179.12 - Reporting Responsibilities of the Commissioner and the Sheriffs

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 127, § 39D (a), the Commissioner
				shall publish monthly and provide directly to the Committee the number of
				inmates held in restrictive housing within each state and county correctional
				facility; the reports shall include the number of inmates for each unit in
				which inmates are held in restrictive housing. The Commissioner shall determine
				the format of said report and the manner of compiling and reporting said
				information.
Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 127, § 39D (b), the Commissioner
				shall publish a report quarterly and provide directly to the Committee, as to
				inmates in restrictive housing, within each state correctional facility, and
				annually, as to inmates in restrictive housing within each county correctional
				facility:
(a) the number of inmates as
			 to whom a finding of serious mental illness has been made and the number of
			 such inmates held for more than 30 days;
(b) the number of inmates who have committed
			 suicide or committed non-lethal acts of self-harm;
(c) the number of inmates according to the
			 reason for their restrictive housing;
(d) as to inmates in disciplinary restrictive
			 housing, a listing of inmates with names redacted, including an anonymized
			 identification number that shall be consistent across reports, age, race,
			 gender and ethnicity, whether the inmate has an open mental health case, the
			 date the inmate commenced serving a disciplinary restrictive housing sanction,
			 the length of the inmate's disciplinary restrictive housing sanction, and a
			 summary of the reason for the inmate's disciplinary restrictive housing
			 sanction;
(e) the number of
			 placement reviews conducted pursuant to M.G.L. c. 127, § 39B(a), clause
			 (iv) and (v) and the number of inmates released from restrictive housing as a
			 result of such placement reviews;
(f) the length of original assignment to and
			 total time served in disciplinary restrictive housing for each inmate released
			 from disciplinary restrictive housing as a result of a placement
			 review;
(g) the count of inmates
			 released to the community directly or within 30 days of release from
			 restrictive housing;
(h) the known
			 disabilities of every inmate who was placed in restrictive housing during the
			 previous three months;
(i) the
			 number of mental health professionals who work directly with inmates in
			 restrictive housing;
(j) the number
			 of transfers to outside hospitals directly from restrictive housing;
			 and
(k) such additional information
			 as the Commissioner may determine.
The reports shall include the number of inmates for each unit
				in which inmates are held in restrictive housing. The information shall be
				published in a commonly available electronic, machine readable format. Pursuant
				to M.G.L. c. 127, § 39D(c), the administrators of county correctional
				facilities shall timely furnish to the Commissioner all information that the
				Commissioner deems necessary to support reporting pursuant to M.G.L. c. 127,
				§ 39D in a form and format agreed upon by the Commissioner and county
				administrators.