Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION › Title 103 CMR 410.00 - Sentence Computation › Section 410.05 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Additional Data
. Documents or orders
				that alter an inmate's original sentence structure including, but not limited
				to, additional or supplemental sentences, revised or corrected
mittimus
, jail credit orders or letters, and any documents
				received as a result of a return from parole, probation, or escape.
Admissions
. Inmates committed to the
				DOC as a result of a court order, the execution of a parole violation warrant,
				probation violation or as a return from escape.
Central Date Computation Unit (CDCU)
.
				The DOC unit responsible for executing all sentencing orders of the court,
				formulating the sentence structure, and computing release dates for all inmates
				in the DOC's jurisdiction throughout his or her incarceration.
Commissioner
. The chief executive
				officer of the DOC.
Commissioner's Designee
. An individual
				or entity assigned by the Commissioner to review and approve inmate
				releases.
Committing Institution
. The state or
				county institution to which the inmate was originally committed.
County Federal Interstate (CFI) Unit
.
				The Unit within the Classification Division responsible for issues related to
				inmates who are housed in a county, federal or other state jurisdiction; as
				well as county, federal or other state jurisdiction inmates housed within the
				Department.
Deduction from Sentence (DFS) Report
.
				The report generated from the Inmate Management System (IMS) for a specified
				time period that itemizes the recommendations for the granting of Earned Good
				Time and includes updated combined release dates.
Deputy Commissioner of Reentry
. The
				DOC's Deputy Commissioner whose duties include, but are not limited to, the
				management of the Classification Division, Inmate Education and Training
				Division, Reentry, Program Services Division and the Health Services
				Division.
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.
Inmate Sentence Listing (ISL)
. The
				form generated from the IMS providing inmate sentencing information and date
				computation.
Mittimus
. The
				sentencing document(s) issued by the court committing the inmate to
				incarceration that contains sentence information to include offense, term of
				imprisonment and any other orders made by the court.
New Commitments
. Newly sentenced and
				committed inmates.
Records Manager
. The person
				responsible for the daily operations of an institutional Records
				Department.
Release Coordinator
. The person
				responsible for the physical release of an inmate from the institution.
Request to Notify
. Written
				correspondence sent by the Central Date Computation Unit (CDCU) to another
				jurisdiction advising them that an inmate in their custody is also subject to a
				Massachusetts sentence(s) and further requesting that the other jurisdiction
				inform the CDCU when the subject inmate is within a specified time period of
				completing service of the other jurisdiction's sentence(s).
Superintendent
. The chief
				administrative officer of a correctional institution.