Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 72 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES › Chapter 1 - RESTRICTIVE HOUSING › Section 72-1-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
002.01.
ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT
				(AMHU).
A unit that provides controlled and highly structured
				housing for individuals in need of clinical mental health treatment
				intervention due to active suicidal ideation, acute or debilitating mental
				illness, developmental or intellectual disabilities, and/or traumatic brain
				injuries that interfere with their safety or ability to function effectively in
				other housing settings.
002.02
BEHAVIOR/PROGRAMMING PLAN.
A document with a standard
				format used to identify desired behavior changes and programming opportunities
				offered to facilitate those behavioral changes.
002.03
CENTRAL OFFICE
				MULTIDISCIPLINARY REVIEW TEAM (MDRT).
This team is led by the
				Deputy Director - Prisons (Chair), with input from the following
				representatives: a behavioral health clinician, a leader from the
				intelligence/investigations unit and a representative from
				classification/programs. Other members may be added at the discretion of the
				Chair or the Director.
002.04
CHRONIC CARE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT (CCMHU).
A unit that
				provides a controlled and structured alternative to restrictive housing for
				individuals in need of residential mental health treatment due to chronic and
				unstable mental illness or developmental disabilities or traumatic brain
				injuries that interfere with their safety or ability to function effectively in
				other housing settings.
002.05
IMMEDIATE SEGREGATION.
A short-term restrictive
				housing assignment of not more than 30 days in response to behavior that
				creates a risk to the inmate, others, or the security of the institution.
				Immediate Segregation is used to maintain safety and security while
				investigation s are completed, risk and needs assessments are conducted, and
				appropriate housing is identified. Exceptions to this time frame require
				approval of the Director or designee.
002.06
INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT
				PLAN.
A document used by mental health professionals to establish
				a patient's mental health treatment plan.
002.07
LONGER-TERM RESTRICTIVE
				HOUSING.
A classification-based restrictive housing assignment of
				over 30 days. Longer- term restrictive housing (LTRH) is used as a behavior
				management intervention for inmates whose behavior continues to pose a risk to
				the safety of themselves or others and includes inmate participation in the
				development of a plan for transition back to general population or mission
				specific housing.
002.08
MISSION SPECIFIC HOUSING.
Housing focused on
				individual needs and demographics to provide effective living conditions and
				programming for specific populations. Mission specific housing includes
				residential treatment and responses to cognitive disabilities as well as
				prosocial options for inmates with common interests and challenges, to reduce
				behaviors that otherwise might lead to restrictive housing and provide risk-
				and needs-responsive options to facilitate transitions from restrictive housing
				to the general population.
002.09
PROTECTIVE CUSTODY (PC).
The status of an inmate who
				is housed in a safe location to reduce the risk of harm by others while having
				privileges similar to general population housing. It is used to meet the needs
				of inmates who cannot be safely housed in other general population units, with
				the goal of helping reduce the Department's use of restrictive
				housing.
002.10
PROTECTIVE MANAGEMENT UNIT (PM).
Units used to house
				inmates who cannot be safely housed in other general population units. Whenever
				possible, protective management units are operated similarly to general
				population units in out-of-cell time, access to programming, access to work and
				recreation, etc.
002.12
RESTRICTIVE HOUSING.
Conditions of confinement as
				defined by Neb. Rev. Stat. 83-170.
002.13
SERIOUS MENTAL
				ILLNESS.
A mental health condition as defined by Neb. Rev. Stat.
				44-792.
002.14
SOLITARY
				CONFINEMENT.
A status of confinement of an inmate as defined by
				Neb. Rev. Stat. 83-170(14). The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services
				does not utilize solitary confinement.
002.15
VUNERABLE
				POPULATION.
A population of inmates as defined by Neb. Rev. Stat.
				83-173.03(04).