Perf-Based Stds, Transportation of Inmates, 1st Ed_Jan 2025

Glossary

Releasing Authority – decision-making body and/or individual who has the authority to grant, deny, and revoke release from a juvenile institution or program of supervision. In some jurisdictions, it is called the parole board or the parole commission. See Aftercare.

Renovation – significant structural or design change in the physical plant of a facility.

Residential Treatment Unit – a designated housing unit that provides a safe, protective and therapeu tic environment for ongoing behavioral health care to inmates who have long-term or chronic needs for treatment.

Responsible Clinician – see Clinician.

Responsible Health Care Practitioner – see health care practitioner/provider.

Responsible Physician – individual licensed to practice medicine and provide health services to the inmate population of the facility and/or the physician at an institution with final responsibility for decisions related to medical judgments. Restrictive Housing – a placement that requires an inmate to be confined to a cell at least 22 hours per day for the safe and secure operation of the facility. Revocation Hearing – hearing before the parole authority to determine whether revocation of parole should be made final. Rule book, Offender – a collection of the facility’s rules of conduct and sanctions for violations defined in writing. Safety Equipment – primarily fire-fighting equipment, such as chemical extinguishers, hoses, nozzles, water supplies, alarm systems, sprinkler systems, portable breathing devices, gas masks, fans, first aid kits, stretchers, and emergency alarms. Safety Vestibule – grille cage that divides the inmate areas from the remainder of the institution. It must have two doors or gates, only one of which opens at a time, to permit entry to or exit from inmate areas in a safe and controlled manner. Sallyport – enclosure situated in the perimeter wall or fence of a correctional facility containing gates or doors at both ends, only one of which opens at a time, ensuring there will be no breach in the perimeter security of the institution. The sallyport may handle either pedestrian or vehicular traffic. Safety Assessment - the process of evaluating a youth’s readiness to return to population.

School or Home for Boys and Girls – see Juvenile correctional facility.

Secure Institution – facility that is designed and operated to ensure that all entrances and exits are under the exclusive control of the facility’s staff preventing a juvenile or inmate/resident from leaving the facility unsupervised or without permission.

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