Opinion ID: 404985
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 10

Heading: criteria for selection of support service inmates.

Text: 410 A. All assignments to Support Service jobs shall be approved by the State Classification Committee, and the appropriateness of any such assignment shall be documented in the inmate's central file. Copies of any such file and of the inmate's unit file shall be made available upon request to the Special Master and to counsel for plaintiffs and the United States. Inmates shall be selected for Support Service jobs only after a determination, based on their institutional file and behavior, that they are likely to perform their assigned tasks conscientiously and reliably, that they are not likely to abuse or attempt to abuse other inmates, and that they are not likely to exercise or attempt to exercise authority over other inmates. 411 B. No inmate shall be assigned to a Support Service job if he has been convicted in a court of law or in a prison disciplinary hearing within the immediately previous twelve (12) months of engaging in any of the following conduct while incarcerated in TDC: 412 (1) Extortion, gaming, acts of assault, theft of personal property, or possession of a weapon; 413 (2) Use, possession, or buying or selling of narcotics, marijuana, alcohol, other intoxicants, or other drugs; 414 (3) Escape, attempt to escape, helping another inmate escape or attempt to escape; or 415 (4) Aggressive sexual behavior. 416 C. The provisions of this Section IX shall apply only until the full compliance of this Stipulation. Thereafter, defendants shall not use any special selection procedure for assignment to Support Service jobs except as provided in this Stipulation. 417