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Glossary

Incident Report – a written document reporting a special event such as de-escalation, use of chem ical agents, discharge of firearms, and so forth. The term is often used interchangeably with the term “disciplinary report.” Independent Audit – an audit that is completed independent of influence by the agency or organization being audited. Independent Operator – a person or persons who contract with a correctional agency or other governmen tal agency to operate and manage a correctional program or facility.

Independent Outside Source – see Authority having jurisdiction.

Independent Source – a person, organization or group that acts independently from the correctional unit being evaluated. An independent source may not be a staff member who reports to the chief executive officer of the unit being audited.

Indigent – an individual with no funds or source of income.

Individualized Treatment Plan – see Treatment Plan.

Industries – an activity existing in a correctional system that uses inmate labor to produce goods and/or services for sale. These goods and/or services are sold at prices calculated to recover all or a substantial portion of costs associated with their production and may include a margin of profit. Sale of the products and/or services is not limited to the institution where the industries activity is located. Infection Control Program – a program designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infec tions and communicable disease. Infirmary – a specific area within an institution, separate from other housing areas, where offenders are admitted for skilled nursing care under the supervision and direction of a health care practitioner/provider. Information System/Management Information System – the concepts, personnel, and supporting tech nology for the collection, organization, and delivery of information for administrative use. There are two such types of information: (1) standard information, consisting of the data required for operations control such as the daily count, payroll data in a personnel office, probation/parole success rates, referral sources, and caseload levels; (2) demand information, consisting of information that can be generated when a report is required, such as information on the number of residents in educational and training programs, duration of residence, or the number of residents eligible for discharge during a 12-month period by offense, sentence, and month of release. Information Technology Asset – any company-owned information, computing devices, computing soft ware, data networks, data, and other resources necessary to support the agency’s information technology system which is used in the course of business activities.

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