22 AAC 05.165. Recreation and exercise

(a) Each facility must develop and maintain programs of recreation and exercise compatible with security of the facility and the custody levels of prisoners.

(b) A prisoner must be offered outdoor recreation for a minimum of seven hours a week, weather permitting, unless security considerations require limitations.

(c) Indoor recreation and exercise may be substituted for outdoor activities if weather conditions make those activities inappropriate.

(d) A prisoner who is in administrative segregation for a period longer than three days has the right to recreation as set out in (b) of this section unless the prisoner is an escape, smuggling, or security risk, as determined by the superintendent. Such a prisoner may be restricted to indoor recreation in a gymnasium or exercise room. During the first three days in administrative segregation, a prisoner must be permitted at least one hour a day outside his or her cell for purposes of limited exercise.

(e) A prisoner in punitive segregation for a period longer than three days must be allowed the opportunity to exercise for at least one hour per day, and must be allowed access to large-muscle-group exercise equipment in an area sufficiently large enough to reasonably accommodate the equipment. During the first three days in punitive segregation a prisoner must be permitted at least one hour per day outside his or her cell for purposes of limited exercise.

History: Eff. 9/10/77, Register 63; am 1/9/87, Register 101

Authority: AS 33.30.011

AS 33.30.021

AS 44.28.030

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