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(a) A classification committee shall assign a custody level to a prisoner based on the degree of staff supervision necessary to monitor and control the prisoner's behavior, in accordance with procedures established by the commissioner.
(b) Levels of custody, and degree of staff supervision appropriate for each level, are as follows:
(1) Community Custody - assignment to community custody indicates that the prisoner must be considered for the least-restrictive housing, program, and supervision available in the department, which may include furlough, contract facility placement in the community, outings with or without escort, work details outside the facility with minimal supervision and, if necessary, hospitalization without a guard.
(2) Minimum Custody - assignment to minimum custody indicates that a prisoner must be considered for the least-restrictive housing, program, and supervision available within the facility's perimeter and activities outside the perimeter. These activities may include supervised contract facility placement, work details outside the facility with periodic staff supervision, trips outside the facility with a single staff escort, and if necessary, hospitalization under guard. A minimum custody prisoner is not eligible for furlough.
(3) Medium Custody - assignment to medium custody indicates that a prisoner must be considered for regular housing, program, and supervision within the facility's perimeter. A medium-custody prisoner is not eligible for furlough. Work assignments or activities outside the facility's perimeter must be approved by the deputy commissioner. The prisoner must be placed in hand restraints and escorted by at least one officer when moved outside the facility's perimeter, and, if necessary, must be hospitalized under guard.
(4) Close Custody - assignment to close custody indicates that a prisoner requires a substantial level of supervision due to being identified as assaultive, predatory, riotous, an escape risk, or seriously disruptive to the orderly administration of the facility. A prisoner is eligible for housing and program activities, within the secure perimeter of the facility, which facilitate close staff supervision. Close-custody prisoners are not eligible for furlough, and movement outside the facility's perimeter requires the superintendent's approval, the presence of at least two officers, one of which must be armed, and the prisoner in hand and leg restraints. If hospitalization is necessary, the prisoner must be under guard.
(5) Maximum Custody - assignment to maximum custody indicates that a prisoner requires the maximum level of supervision available within the facility due to being identified as an escape risk, the most assaultive, predatory, riotous, or seriously disruptive to the orderly administration of the facility. A maximum custody prisoner must be placed in secure housing, with very limited program activities, with maximum supervision within the secure perimeter of the facility. Maximum custody prisoners are not eligible for furlough, and movement within the facility requires two escorting officers using restraints as necessary and appropriate. Movement outside the facility's perimeter, other than for court appearances, requires the superintendent's written approval, the presence of at least two officers, one of which must be armed, and the prisoner in hand and leg restraints. If hospitalization is necessary, the prisoner must be under guard.
History: Eff. 11/3/84, Register 92; am 1/9/87, Register 101
Authority: AS 33.30.011
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