Perf-Based Stds, Adult Corr. Inst. 5th ed March 2020

Appendix A

Classification Guidelines

The following descriptions illustrate behavior characteristics typical of inmate custody levels.

Typical Behavior Patterns* for Various Levels of Custody for Inmates in a Correctional Facility

TYPICAL BEHAVIOR PATTERN

CUSTODY LEVELS

I (Minimum)

II (Medium)

III (Maximum)

Risk of Escape

No history of escape or escape attempts from secure or nonsecure settings (within past five years). Length of sen- tence is three years or less to projected release date.

No escape history (including flight from custody) during past seven years. No history of escape attempts from a secure setting (within past five years). Length of sentence is five years or less to projected release date. No history of institu- tion violence involving weapons or serious injury (within past five years). No history of assault on staff (within past five years). No pat- tern of serious institu- tional misconduct. No active participation in prison gangs.

Conduct that indicates high probability of escape attempts. Histo- ry of escape or escape attempts from secure setting during the past ten years. Length of sentence is ten years or more to projected release date.

Behavior

No history of violent behavior (within past five years). No pattern of threats or violence.

Recent history of violent crimes and/

or violent institutional conduct within past five years. Active member- ship in gangs/groups advocating violence. Serious assault on staff.

* These characteristics are used only as guidelines; decisions should also be based on evaluations by clas- sification committee (including mental health and security staff) to determine the proper custody level assignment. Inmates also may be assigned increased or decreased levels of custody based on behavior during incarceration or extenuating circumstances relating to the behavior pattern.

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