Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 29 - Prisons And Parole › Part 1 - Administration and Management › Subpart 1 - Administration › Chapter 6 - Citizenship Involvement and Volunteers › Subchapter 1 - Volunteer Programs Policy › Rule 29-1-1-6.1.3 - PRECEPTS

Current through June 25, 2024
1.
Administration of Correctional
					 Agencies
(Central Office):
Written policy provides for securing
					 citizen involvement in agency programs, including service as advisors,
					 interpreters, and similar direct service roles [2 -CO-1G-01].
2.
Administration of Correctional
					 Agencies
(Central Office):
Written policy, procedure, and
					 practice provide that a senior staff member is responsible for coordinating the
					 agency volunteer service program [2-CO-1G-02].
3.
Adult Correctional
					 Institutions:
Written policy and procedure specify who is
					 responsible for operating a citizen involvement and volunteer service program,
					 and their lines of authority, responsibility, and accountability
					 [4-4115].
4.
Adult
					 Probation and Parole Field Services:
Written policy, procedure,
					 and practice provide for securing volunteer citizen involvement in the
					 programs, including roles as advisers, interpreters between the program and the
					 public, in direct service roles, and in cooperation endeavors with offenders
					 under supervision [PP 3-3117].
A Volunteer Services Coordinator, appointed by the
						Director of Treatment and Programs, is responsible for coordinating a citizen
						involvement and volunteer services program for the benefit of offenders.
MDOC Treatment Programs, Departments, Community Work
						Centers, and Field Services as well as each Regional Jail and Private Prison,
						will appoint a staff member responsible for recruiting, screening and assisting
						volunteer applicants to their area.
Each volunteer chosen for service will be informed of
						their program supervisor in order to maintain contact, interpretation of MDOC
						programs rules, and reporting procedures. Employees of MDOC may offer volunteer
						service in corrections, but will not be approved or certified to serve as
						volunteers within the facility of their employment due to potential role
						conflicts.
5.
Administration of Correctional Agencies
(Central Office):
Written agency policy specifies the lines of authority, responsibility,
					 and accountability for citizen involvement and volunteer services
					 [2-CO-1G-03].
6.
Adult Community Residential Services:
The lines of
					 authority, responsibility, and accountability are specified for the facilitys
					 citizen involvement and volunteer services program
					 [4-ACRS-7D-04].
7.
Adult Probation and Parole Field Services:
Written
					 policy, procedure, and practice specify the lines of authority, responsibility,
					 and accountability for the programs citizen involvement and volunteer services
					 program [PP 3-3119].
The Commissioner will ensure that the Deputy Commissioner
						of Institutions and the Deputy Commissioner of Community Corrections or
						designees establish procedures to specify the lines of authority,
						responsibility and accountability for citizen involvement and volunteer
						services program.
8.
Administration of Correctional Agencies
(Central Office):
Written agency policy governs the recruitment, selection, orientation,
					 training, and supervision of volunteers [2-CO-1G-04].
The Commissioner or designee will establish an initial
						orientation session to include the security rules, regulations and an overview
						of the program.
9.
Adult Correctional Institutions:
The screening and
					 selection of volunteers allows for recruitment from all cultural and
					 socioeconomic parts of the community [4-4116].
10.
Adult Community Residential
					 Services:
The facility provides for recruiting citizen
					 involvement and volunteers. The screening and selection of volunteers allows
					 for recruitment from all cultural and socioeconomic parts of the community
					 [4-ACRS-7F-08].
11.
					 A
dult Probation and Parole Field Services:
Written
					 policy, procedure, and practice for volunteer citizen involvement includes a
					 system for selecting, training, deciding on the term of service, terminating
					 service, and defining tasks, responsibilities and authority of volunteers [PP
					 3-3118].
12.
Adult
					 Probation and Parole Field Services:
Written policy procedure,
					 and practice call for the recruitment of volunteers from all cultural and
					 socioeconomic segments of the community [PP 3-3120].
13.
Administration of Correctional
					 Agencies
(Central Office):
Written policy, procedure, and
					 practice require a criminal background check on all volunteers who have direct,
					 unsupervised contact with inmates/juveniles/residents [2-CO-1G-05].
The Commissioner or designee will ensure that criminal
						background checks are conducted on all volunteers who have direct, unsupervised
						contact with inmates.
14.
					 Requests to provide volunteer services will be submitted in the form of an
					 application to the Director of Treatment or department where the prospective
					 volunteers are requesting to provide services.
15.
Administration of Correctional
					 Agencies
(Central Office):
Written agency policy requires that
					 there is a system for official registration and identification of volunteers
					 [2-CO-1G-06].
16.
Adult Correctional Institutions:
There is an official
					 registration and identification system for volunteers
					 [4-4117].
17.
Administration of Correctional Agencies
(Central Office):
Written agency policy provides that each volunteer completes an
					 appropriate, documented orientation and/or training program prior to assignment
					 [2-CO-1G-07].
The Commissioner or designee will ensure that all
						volunteers have submitted an application with MDOC for insurance purposes. An
						identification card will be issued to each volunteer and an identification
						record will be kept at each facility.
18.
Adult Correctional
					 Institutions:
Written policy, procedure, and practice provide
					 that each volunteer completes an appropriate, documented orientation and/or
					 training program prior to assignment [4-4119].
19.
Adult Community Residential
					 Services:
Each volunteer completes an appropriate, documented
					 orientation and/or training program prior to assignment
					 [4-ACRS-7F-09].
20.
Adult Community Residential Services:
T
here is an
					 official registration and identification system for volunteers
					 [4-ACRS-7F-10].
21.
Adult Probation and Parole Field Services:
Written policy,
					 procedure, and practice provide that, prior to assignment, each volunteer
					 completes a documented orientation and/or training program [PP 3-3122].
The Deputy Commissioner of Institutions and the Deputy
						Commissioner of Community Corrections or designees will establish procedures to
						provide that each volunteer completes an appropriate, documented orientation
						and/or training program prior to assignment.
22.
Administration of Correctional
					 Agencies
(Central Office):
Written agency policy provides that
					 each volunteer agrees in writing to abide by all agency policies, particularly
					 those relating to confidentiality of information and security practices
					 [2-CO-1G-08].
The Commissioner or designee will ensure that each
						volunteer agrees in writing to abide by all agency policies and particularly
						those relating to confidentiality and security.
23.
Adult Correctional
					 Institutions:
Volunteers agree in writing to abide by all
					 facility policies, particularly those relating to the security and
					 confidentiality of information [4-4120].
24.
Adult Probation and Parole Field
					 Services:
Written policy, procedure, and practice specify that
					 volunteers agree in writing to abide by all agency policies, particularly those
					 relating to the security and confidentiality of information [PP 3-3123].
These agreements are placed in each volunteers file to be
						kept by assigned supervisory staff.
25.
Administration of Correctional
					 Agencies
(Central Office):
Written agency policy provides for
					 volunteers to contribute suggestions regarding the establishment of policy and
					 procedure related to the volunteer services program [2-CO-1G-09].
The Commissioner or designee will provide volunteers with
						the opportunity to contribute suggestions regarding the policy and procedure
						for the volunteer services program.
26.
Adult Correctional
					 Institutions:
There is provision for volunteers to contribute
					 suggestions regarding the establishment of policy and procedure for the
					 volunteer services program [4-4122].
27.
Adult Correctional
					 Institutions:
Written policy, procedure, and practice provide
					 that new or revised policies and procedures are disseminated to designated
					 staff and volunteers and, when appropriate, to inmates prior to implementation
					 [4-4014].
The state Volunteer Coordinator will ensure that forms
						are developed and distributed regarding release of liability in offering
						services within MDOC facilities. It will be the responsibility of each program
						supervisor using volunteer services to require a signed release prior to the
						volunteer being approved to offer services within the facility.
28.
Adult Probation and
					 Parole Field Services:
The field agency administration or the
					 parent agency provides protection against liability or tort claims in the form
					 of insurance, signed waivers, or other legal provisions valid in the
					 jurisdiction in which the volunteer program is located [PP
					 3-3124].
29.
Adult
					 Correctional Institutions:
Written policy specifies that
					 volunteers may perform professional services only when they are certified or
					 licensed to do so [4-4118].
30.
Adult Probation and Parole Field
					 Services:
Written policy, procedure, and practice specifies that
					 volunteers may perform professional services only when certified or licensed to
					 do so [PP 3-3121].
31.
Adult Community Residential Services:
Volunteers may
					 perform professional services only when they are certified or licensed to do so
					 [4-ACRS-7B-03].
The Deputy Commissioner of Institutions and the Deputy
						Commissioner of Community Corrections or designees will develop procedures to
						ensure that volunteers may perform professional services only when they are
						certified or licensed to do so.
32.
Adult Correctional
					 Institutions:
A current schedule of volunteer services is
					 available to all inmates and is posted in appropriate areas of the institution
					 [4-4121].
33.
Administration of Correctional Agencies
(Central Office):
Written policy, procedure, and practice provide that the agency reviews
					 and evaluates volunteer programs at least annually [2-CO-1G-10].
The Commissioner or designee will ensure that the
						volunteer programs are reviewed and evaluated at least annually.
34. The Deputy Commissioner of
					 Institutions and the Deputy Commissioner of Community Corrections or designees
					 will issue procedures whereby the program director may curtail, postpone, or
					 terminate the services of a volunteer or volunteer organization.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												47-5-10.