Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION › Title 103 CMR 455.00 - Correctional Industries › Section 455.10 - Shop Rules and Operational Procedures (Industries)

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Each Superintendent, in cooperation with the Industries
				Supervisor, shall develop rules and operational procedures for each Industries
				Shop.
				103 CMR
				455.00 and operational procedures shall be reviewed by
				the Director of Industries to insure commonality between institutions of the
				same security level. Each inmate shall read the Shop Rules and Operational
				Procedures, then sign a form, indicating he or she has read and understood
				them.
These Shop Rules and Operational Procedures shall include, but
				not be limited to:
(1) Inmates should
			 not be out of work unless it is absolutely mandatory
(e.g.,
medical appointments). Institutions should strive to schedule all
			 other appointments around work schedules
(e.g.,
haircuts,
			 canteen, classification hearings,
etc.).
Call out time for
			 personal affairs
(e.g.,
visits) requires previous
			 authorization from the shop supervisors.
(2) No inmate employees may be idle in the
			 shop area. All inmates will be given ample work to remain productive for the
			 entire time they are in the shop area. Any activity not related to work (games,
			 exercising,
etc.)
shall not be allowed. Each inmate will be
			 required to work at a job and every effort will be made to assign jobs in
			 accordance with the inmate's ability to perform the job. If there is
			 insufficient work in the assigned work area, the inmate may be required to work
			 in another area. An inmate may be required to work in another shop on a
			 temporary basis.
(3) Working hours
			 are to be established by the Director of Industries and the Superintendent for
			 each industries location. Working hours will be no less than six hours per day
			 (approx. hours to be 8:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.) unless
			 otherwise determined by the Director of Industries and approved by the
			 Institution Superintendent at the industries location.
(4) Full time employees will work both
			 morning and afternoon. If an inmate is hired on a part time basis, he or she
			 will work either every morning or every afternoon during the work week unless
			 otherwise approved by the Director of Industries.
(5) Each inmate who is employed by Industries
			 will punch his or her own timecard at the beginning and end of each work
			 period. After punching in, he or she will give the timecard to the instructor
			 for whom he or she works. A Shop Manager or Instructor will supervise and
			 monitor inmate use of the time clock by reviewing each timecard. When no time
			 clock is available, such as outside the institution work crews in renovation
			 and construction, the inmate will be logged in and out on a log sheet by their
			 instructor.
(6) If an inmate is
			 laid off due to lack of available work in the shop and through no fault of his
			 or her own, he or she may be hired back at the same pay grade held at time of
			 layoff when an opening exists. If the pay grade previously held by the inmate
			 worker is not open, he or she will be given the next lowest pay grade available
			 and will have seniority for the next opening, provided he or she has maintained
			 the qualifications for the higher pay grade.
(7) Inmates may be removed from their work
			 assignment for security reasons. Nothing in
			 103 CMR
			 455.00 shall be construed as limiting the ability of
			 correction personnel to remove an inmate from his or her work
			 assignment.
(8) Any inmate worker
			 may be fired by his or her work supervisor or the Industries Supervisor for
			 work-related issues, which include, but are not limited to:
(a) Poor quality/low output of
			 work;
(b) Disruption of work
			 area;
(c) Poor
			 attendance;
(d) Laziness or any
			 activity during work which is not related to work
(e.g.,
games, exercise);
(e)
			 Leaving the work area or being out of place without authorization;
(f) Violation of institution/shop rules, shop
			 security or safety rules and/or operational procedures.
(See
103
			 CMR 455.11(4) ).