Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 44 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › Article 5 - INMATE MANAGEMENT › Section 44-5-105 - The program plan and timetable

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Within one
			 month after each inmate's admission or re-admission evaluation, an initial
			 classification committee shall meet with the offender to develop a program
			 plan. The development of an inmate's program plan and timetable for projected
			 completion shall be based on an interview of the inmate by the initial
			 classification committee and on review of available information concerning the
			 inmate, including any specific recommendations made by state reception and
			 diagnostic center or Kansas correctional institution at Lansing regarding
			 needed features in the program plan for that particular inmate. The program
			 plan shall then be modified according to the availability of programs and
			 services at the institution or facility. The initial classification committee
			 shall also consider the inmate's personal preference for particular programs.
			 The committee shall consider opinions of the security officers as they relate
			 to the formulation of a plan.
(b)
			 The program plan shall include various tasks which the inmate agrees to perform
			 over an estimated period of time. The tasks shall be designed to assist the
			 inmate in making changes that will better allow the inmate to re-enter the
			 community and live without coming in conflict with the law. The tasks shall be
			 of several types and may include activities in education, vocational training,
			 psychological or psychiatric counseling or therapy, work, hobbies or leisure
			 time activities, and participation in social, special interest or special
			 counseling groups. The program plan shall include, as a basic and continuing
			 requirement, the assessment, development, and maintenance of the
			 characteristics of acceptable social behavior, obedience to the regulations of
			 the secretary and the orders of the principal administrator and all laws, and
			 the effort to solve problems identified by valid psychological testing so the
			 inmate may live in the community without coming in conflict with the law.
(c)
(1) Any inmate may elect not to participate
			 in a formal program plan. In such an event, that inmate shall not be prohibited
			 from participating in any programs as are available, but the inmate shall first
			 obtain the recommendation and approval of the unit team. The unit team may
			 recommend the inmate for parole eligibility based on the inmate's
			 rehabilitation progress accomplished by the inmate's own initiative. The inmate
			 shall not be penalized for refusal to participate in a formal program plan. The
			 inmate shall nevertheless be subject to all the regulations of the secretary
			 and the orders of the principal administrator, and shall be required to
			 participate in any work assignments which are made by the unit team.
(2) Any inmate may, at any time, request the
			 creation of a formal program plan. The unit team shall, within 60 days, confer
			 with the inmate and shall draft a program plan and timetable for the inmate.