Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION › Title 103 CMR 403.00 - INMATE PROPERTY › Section 403.05 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Contraband
. Any item(s) not approved
				for inmate retention at an institution.
Ditty Bag
. For the purposes of
				103 CMR
				403.00, a bag which contains Department of Correction
				approved items and sent along in the same vehicle as the inmate when he or she
				is being transported.
Inmate Management System (IMS)
. The
				Department of Correction's automated information system that provides
				processing, storage and retrieval of inmate-related information needed by
				Department personnel and other authorized users within the criminal justice
				system.
Inmate Property Permission Slip
. The
				form used by inmates to request permission to obtain items of property not sold
				by the institution's canteen vendor but authorized for inmate retention at the
				inmate's respective institution and security level.
Inventory
. The record maintained by
				the Department in IMS of any and all property belonging to each inmate.
Living Quarters
. The room, cell,
				dormitory or other area of any institution where an inmate is housed.
Property
. Items which include the
				following:
(a) any and all items documented as belonging to, owned by, or
				otherwise approved for inmate retention in his or her living quarters;
(b) items not authorized for inmate retention but temporarily
				stored by the institution as contraband;
(c) items approved for and held in long term storage;
(d) legal property in storage which may be exchanged
				periodically;
(e) items temporarily in the possession of a third party
				outside the institution/Department for repair; and/or
(f) items held as evidence by the Department or other law
				enforcement agency.
Property Committee
. A group of
				Department employees, designated by the Commissioner, who review
				recommendations for inmate property in accordance with
				103 CMR
				403.00 for approval by the Commissioner.
Property Officer
. The staff person
				responsible for the inventory, recording, storage, control, inspection,
				purchase and/or sale of inmate property at his or her respective
				institution
Property Storage Area
. A designated
				area of an institution where inmate property is stored.
Publication
. Any book, booklet,
				pamphlet, magazine, periodical, newsletter, newspaper, or similar document,
				including stationery and greetings cards, including a copy or printout of same,
				published by any individual organization, company, or corporation, which is
				distributed or made available through any means or media for a commercial
				purpose.
Publication
includes any portion extracted,
				photocopied, or clipped from such items, provided, however, that an inmate may
				receive a maximum of five pages per day, except Sundays and postal holidays, of
				a portion extracted, photocopied, or clipped from such items as an attachment
				to personal correspondence as long as the material is not otherwise prohibited
				by
				103 CMR
				481.00:
Inmate Mail
.
Security Levels
. A degree of security
				afforded by the architectural and staffing attributes of the correctional
				institution and housing units within that correctional institution. Security
				levels are related to custody levels, and the traditional security levels are
				maximum, medium, minimum, and pre-release/contracted residential placement, as
				defined in 103 DOC 101:
Correctional Institution/Security
				Levels
, available at each inmate library and at
				http://www.mass.gov/eopss/law-enforce-and-cj/prisons/doc-policies/policy-list.
State Issued Property
. Property
				permitted pursuant to 103 DOC 750,
Hygiene Standards
and 103
				DOC 755,
Clothing, Linen and Laundry
, both available at each
				inmate library and at
				http://www.mass.gov/eopss/law-enforce-and-cj/prisons/doc-policies/policy-list,
				which property is provided to the inmate by the institution.
Transient Inmate
. Any inmate whose
				security classification has yet to be determined or who has not been assigned
				to a permanent housing location.