Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION › Title 103 CMR 420.00 - Classification › Section 420.05 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Assistant Deputy Commissioner of
				Reentry
. A senior level manager who reports to the Deputy
				Commissioner of Reentry, and is responsible for ensuring policy compliance and
				standardization of procedures in such areas as classification, date
				computation, victim services, inmate records, inmate programs and reentry, and
				inmate training and education.
Business Day
. Any day except Saturday,
				Sunday, or a Massachusetts legal holiday.
CJIS/LEAPS
. Nation-wide computer
				details of any outstanding warrant entered by the agency holding the
				warrant.
Classification Board
. A committee of
				three DOC employees which makes recommendations concerning an inmate's custody
				level and program participation.
Commissioner
. The chief executive
				officer of the DOC.
Commissioner's Designee
. A DOC manager
				who is authorized by the Commissioner to review classification board
				recommendations and to render final decisions for the Commissioner as the
				Commissioner's designee.
Correctional Program Officer (CPO)
.
				The staff person at an institution who, when assigned classification duties,
				collects information obtained through inmate interviews and available casework
				records, and who prepares a summary of this information for classification. A
				CPO is also responsible for monitoring an inmate's participation and compliance
				with a personalized program plan or program recommendations and facilitates
				reentry preparation.
Custody Level
. The level of risk posed
				by an inmate to the safety and security of the institution and the public as
				determined by the Objective Classification Score and any applicable
				restriction(s) or override(s).
Departmental Disciplinary Unit (DDU)
.
				A restricted area or areas designated by the Commissioner to which an inmate
				has been sentenced by a special hearing officer.
Departmental Review Board
. A
				classification board appointed by the Commissioner or designee to review an
				inmate's case history and program needs and to make recommendations to the
				Commissioner or designee regarding the inmate's classification in unusual or
				complex situations.
Deputy Commissioner of Clinical Services and
				Reentry
. A Department Deputy Commissioner whose duties include,
				but are not limited to, the management of the Classification Division, Inmate
				Education and Training Division, Reentry and Program Services Division, and the
				Health Services Division.
Emergency
. A threat to the safety,
				security or orderly administration of an institution or to the safety or
				security of staff, inmates, or other persons.
Higher Security Transfer
. The transfer
				of an inmate to an institution that is more secure than the institution from
				which the inmate is being transferred. A transfer to an out of state or federal
				facility shall be considered a higher security transfer.
Inmate Management System (IMS)
. The
				DOC's automated information system that provides processing, storage and
				retrieval of inmate-related information needed by DOC personnel and other
				authorized users within the criminal justice system.
Institution
. Any facility within which
				a Massachusetts state-sentenced inmate may be incarcerated, including, but not
				limited to, a state or county correctional facility, a federal or other state's
				correctional facility, the Bridgewater State Hospital, and the Massachusetts
				Treatment Center.
Institutional Director of
				Classification
. The staff person at an institution who has been
				designated to oversee the classification process and implementation of
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Internal Classification Status Review
.
				A periodic review conducted by a CPO and subject to review by the Institutional
				Director of Classification.
Needs Assessment
. The identification,
				evaluation, and estimation of criminogenic needs of an inmate and the
				identification of appropriate programming and placement to address those
				criminogencic needs areas.
Objective Point Base Classification
				Operational Manual
.
A training manual with operational
				definitions and instructions. The Operational Manual is used to assist staff in
				applying the classification criteria and appropriately scoring the variables
				and any applicable overrides and/or restrictions.
Objective Point Base Classification
				System
. The standardized evaluation and custody assignment of an
				inmate based on objectively defined criteria. The criteria are weighed, scored,
				and organized into a valid and reliable classification instrument accompanied
				by an operational manual for applying the instrument to inmates in a systematic
				manner.
Official Version (OV)
. A statement of
				the facts upon which the inmate's sentence was based.
Override
. A departure from a scored
				custody level, based on the professional judgment of trained staff. Overrides
				are contained in the Male and Female Objective Point Base Classification
				Manuals.
Personalized Program Plan
. A plan that
				charts the course of action for the inmate, the CPO, and the service providers
				on addressing the criminogenic needs of the inmate, progress made, and
				compliance issues. The plan begins at intake and is continuously updated based
				on the inmate's risk, needs assessment, if applicable, and record review
				including but not limited to any secondary assessment.
Receiving Institution
. The institution
				to which an inmate will be transferred upon approval by the Commissioner or
				designee.
Reception Center
. The institution to
				which the inmate is initially committed.
Reclassification
. Any and all
				classification processes that occur after initial classification.
Restriction
. A departure from a scored
				custody level, based on DOC's practices of restricting or limiting the custody
				level of certain inmates. Staff do not have the authority to disregard
				restrictions. Restrictions are contained in the Male and Female Objective Point
				Base Classification Manuals.
Risk Assessment
. The identification,
				evaluation, and estimation of the levels of criminogenic risk factors which are
				characteristic of an inmate or his or her situation which then assist in
				predicting future criminal behavior.
Security Level
. The degree of security
				afforded by the architectural and staffing attributes of the institution and
				housing units within that institution.
Sending Institution
. The institution
				from which an inmate will be transferred upon approval by the Commissioner or
				designee.
Secure Treatment Unit
. A maximum
				security residential treatment program designed to provide an alternative to
				Segregation for inmates diagnosed with SMI who cannot be housed in general
				population due to safety and/or security concerns. The Department currently
				operates two STUs: the Secure Treatment Program (STP) and the Behavioral
				Management Unit (BMU). The Department also operates RTUs which are not deemed
				STUs because the Department operates them as general population units.
Superintendent
. The chief
				administrative officer of an institution or a county correctional
				institution.
Telephone Interpreter Service
. A
				service contracted by the DOC to provide over-the-phone interpretation services
				to non-English speaking inmates.
Transfer
. The act of moving an inmate
				from one institution or security level to another institution or security level
				upon approval by the Commissioner or designee. An inmate's movement to an out
				of state or federal facility shall be considered a transfer for purposes of
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