Opinion ID: 404985
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: impermissible conduct and privileges.

Text: 355
356 (1) No inmate possesses any weapons; 357 (2) No inmate abuses other inmates whether physically or otherwise; 358 (3) No inmate administers any punishment or other form of discipline to other inmates; 359 (4) No inmate grants or denies another inmate access to any benefit or activity; 360 (5) No inmate controls the movement or activities of other inmates, except as provided herein; 361 (6) No inmate, except when on duty and as necessary to perform his legitimate job functions, has any greater access to areas of the unit than does any other inmate; 362 (7) No inmate escorts another inmate from one place to another, with or without a staff member, except as required by a bona fide emergency; 363 (8) All inmates are disciplined without regard to job assignment; 364 (9) All inmates are treated the same regarding the search of their living quarters except as required by Section XI E, infra, and no inmate is exempt from a search of his property or his living quarters; 365 (10) No inmate inventories another inmate's property or searches another inmate, his living area, or his property, and no inmate participates or accompanies a staff member in inventorying or searching another inmate or his property; 366 (11) No inmate has access to confiscated weapons, alcohol, drugs, or other forms of contraband, and all contraband is disposed of in accordance with TDC policies; 367 (12) No inmate keeps in his cell or living area any item prohibited in any other general population cell or living area on that unit; 368 (13) No inmate gives or is required to give his commissary withdrawal slip or scrip book to another inmate; 369 (14) No inmate enters or leaves a housing unit without direction from a staff member, who shall personally tally all such movements; 370 (15) No inmate possesses handcuffs, other forms of restraints, or keys thereto; 371 (16) No inmate mails or distributes another inmate's correspondence; 372 (17) No inmate receives money, commissary goods, or services in exchange for any service, apart from payments approved by formal TDC policy; 373 (18) No inmate has access to sensitive information, and all sensitive materials are kept inaccessible; 374 (19) Like other assigned inmates, support service inmates are assigned to work a specific shift in a particular, limited location; provided, however, that like other assigned inmates, support service inmates may occasionally be assigned to work different shifts in other particular, limited locations; 375 (20) Only an inmate formally assigned as an Orderly, Clerk, Turnkey, or Field Service Worker regularly performs the functions of that specific position; 376 (21) No inmate is assigned to or, other than in exceptional circumstances, performs more than one Support Service job; 377 (22) No inmate participates in the taking of any count; provided, however, that a Clerk may record the line turn-out for the field officer; 378 (23) No inmate enforces departmental or institutional rules or regulations; 379 (24) It is not a formal or informal part of any inmate's job to 380 (a) report to staff members any information about inmates or events, including but not limited to rule violations, work performance, fights, and other disturbances; 381 (b) break up a fight, come to the aid of staff members or inmates in the case of a confrontation, or maintain order or quiet in any area of a unit; 382 (c) report any inmate's activities relating to grievances, legal actions, or any attempt to contact public officials, lawyers, or courts; 383 (d) enforce or monitor work performance standards; 384 (e) accompany a staff member on his rounds or movements throughout the unit; 385 (f) determine or exercise influence over his or another inmate's living or work assignment; 386 (g) assign or delegate work to another inmate; 387 (h) relay notice of appointments, wake-ups, lay-ins, visits, or arrival of mail; provided, however, that no inmate receiving such notice(s) from any inmate shall be charged with a disciplinary offense or otherwise disadvantaged by failing to respond thereto; and provided further that a non-Support Service inmate may be assigned to give notice of early wake up to other inmates in his housing unit who work the same shift. 388 (i) relay requests and information to a staff member; provided, moreover, that no inmate shall be required to communicate with a staff member through other inmates; 389 (j) accompany staff members to the scene of a fight or disturbance; or 390 (k) take votes on television programs and operate television sets. Television programming shall be selected by a majority of the inmates present to observe. The channel shall be set according to the vote of the majority. Allegations that the vote of the majority was not followed may be brought to the attention of the officer in charge by any inmate, and the officer shall resolve the problem. 391 B. No Support Service Inmate, by virtue of his assignment to a Support Service job, shall be afforded privileges not afforded to general population inmates. Specifically, 392 (1) such inmates shall be treated like all other general population inmates with respect to whether and when their cell doors are opened and closed; 393 (2) such inmates shall not be permitted to wear special jackets, or special or extra clothing that general population prisoners are not provided with or permitted to wear, or be excused from or allowed any special treatment with regard to clothing or TDC dress requirements, except as necessary for the performance of legitimate job functions; 394 (3) such inmates shall not be permitted to have pets, possessions, hobbies, hobbycraft, or cell furnishings not available to all TDC prisoners; 395 (4) such inmates shall not be permitted to operate any store, gambling pool or racket, loan business, or other business that general population inmates are not permitted to operate; and 396 (5) such inmates shall not be provided with any special access to extra food or, except as required by the performance of their legitimate job functions, special meal times. 397