A Glossary of Prison Terms and Slang

Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest (Abel Screen): An assessment instrument that gives an objective measurement of deviant sexual interests.

Able-bodied offender: An individual in the custody of the DOC who is cleared medically and is physically able to participate in a work program unless otherwise specified by medical.

Absconder: A parolee who has changed his/her place of residence without prior notification and approval of his/her community parole officer, has failed to report as directed, and whose whereabouts are unknown.

Absent Without Leave (AWOL): A temporary movement status to which an offender may be assigned prior to discovery of the offender's presence or custody status.

Academic Education: Adult Basic Education (ABE Level 1, ABE Level 2), Pre-General Educational Development (Pre-GED), General Educational Development (GED), and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes provided to upgrade an offender's basic skills.

Academic|Career and Technical Education Curriculum Committee(s): A committee of teachers from an area of instruction formed by the associate director of Educational Services to meet at least once every three years to review, choose, and implement curriculum for DOC-wide use.

Academy Student Training Plan: The academy's student training plan is reviewed and approved by an advisory training committee composed of the academy's director and representatives from the agency's central office and operational units.

Academy Trainers:Specially qualified and credentialed DOC employees assigned full-time to the Training Academy who are primarily responsible for basic, advanced, and specialized training program areas delivered or sponsored by the Training Academy and other DOC training-related activities. The qualified individuals coordinating the staff development and student training programs have specialized training for those positions. Full-time training personnel possess at least a GED or high school diploma and have completed a 40-hours training-for-trainers course and must, at a minimum, have a combination of college education, training, or experience that total at least five years.

Accommodation: A reasonable arrangement of job duties or work area design to allow for a disability or adjustments which enable qualified applicants with disabilities to access the job application, testing process, and employment opportunities without creating undue hardship for the DOC or compromising the essential functions of the position.

Accreditation Audit: An examination of agency|facility records and operations to check their compliance with American Correctional Association standards. This audit is conducted by persons|committees assigned by the American Correctional Association. This audit results in a recommendation to the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections for the approval|disapproval of awarding accredited status or other actions as deemed appropriate.

Accreditation Coordinator:A person designated by the administrative head to coordinate all accreditation and re-accreditation activities within the agency/facility.

Accreditation Handbook: A handbook developed and maintained by the DOC accreditation administrator to provide specific guidelines for the accreditation process.

Accreditation Unit:Administers and directs the accreditation program for the State DOC. This includes development of goals and objectives to successfully accomplish the mission of the Department, provide liaison functions with departments and agencies within and outside the state and on a national basis, develop, and evaluate policy and procedure to ensure compliance to standards, codes and regulations, develop guidelines and provide interpretation/clarification to implement and direct the DOC-wide accreditation effort.

Accredited Institutions: An accredited rating of "Regional" or "National."

Achievement Pay: Any amount of pay that may be awarded to recognize a DOC employee's level of performance. Awards may be base and/or non-base building.

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS): Criteria for an AIDS diagnosis in adults and adolescents include CD4+ T-cell count at or below 200 cells per microliter in the presence of HIV infection. This disease has no independent symptoms. Diagnosis is based on the presence of "opportunistic infections" or unusual cancers and an absence of any other possible explanation for the underlying lack of immunity.

At of Sabotage: Damage intentionally created or attempted by an offender that results in a serious threat to the security, health, or safety of the public, DOC employees, contract workers, volunteers, or offenders.

Activation: The process of acquiring air time for a specific cellular telephone with assigned electronic serial number (ESN) and vendor provided cellular telephone number.

Activities of Daily Living (ADL): The acts of completing personal hygiene, toileting, showering, bathing, and transferring between wheelchair and bed or toilet.

ADA Inmate Coordinator (AIC): That person identified having responsibility for ensuring that disabled offenders are properly identified and accommodated.

Adjusted State and DOC Dates: Service dates that are adjusted due to breaks in service of more than 90 days or any period of unpaid leave amounting to 173 or more hours Dates are adjusted one month forward for every 173 hours used.

Administer: To deliver to the offender a dose of medication.

Administrative Head: The chief executive officer for a facility, center, division, office, or unit within the DOC organization

Administrative Lien and Attachment: Order issued by the State Child Support Enforcement Agency in order to withhold funds from the inmate bank account of a state prisoner for child support.

Administrative Positions: Positions located within the facility which are identified and selected by the appropriate administrative head.

Administrative Regulation: A document used to provide specific or general guidelines for DOC policies

Administrative Review: A review of the offender's history concerning sexually violent and/or abusive behavior which results in a determination regarding treatment recommendations and classification status.

Administrative Review Panel: A panel consisting of two correctional officers at the rank of CO III or above and one member from Mental Health.

Administrative Segregation: The most restrictive custody level imposed upon an offender. This custody level will be utilized only after a specific classification hearing has determined this custody level is required.

Administrative Supervisor: The DOC employee assigned to a position over one or more others whose responsibility is to do performance planning, reviewing, and evaluating; also known as the rater.

Administrative Warrant: A warrant signed by the executive director of the Department of Corrections and authorized by the state for the sole purpose of returning an offender to custody when there is probable cause to believe that the offender has escaped.

Admission Review Committee: A committee chaired by the health services administrator, or designee, and comprised of multi-disciplinary members to include, but not limited to: the warden, or designee and the case manager supervisor.

Adult Basic Education (ABE): A program that instructs reading, language and mathematics and is offered at two levels: ABE Level 1 (Introductory studies) and ABE Level 2 (Beginning studies).

Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and the Youthful Offender System Auditor: A person at the level of a community parole supervisor, or designee, who audits a community parole officer's case file.

Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and Youthful Offender System "Hold/Release" Form: The form that authorizes a local jail to hold or release an offender and provides specific offender information.

Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and Youthful Offender System DOC Employee Council: The council comprised of elected representatives from Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and Youthful Offender System.

Adult Substance Use Survey: A self-report assessment instrument designed to provide an 18 domain profile of characteristics related to offenders' substance abuse history.

Adulteration:A sample has been "adulterated" when it contains substances not present normally or at normal physiologic concentrations in urine such as nitrite, chromate, bleach, acids or bases, aromatic substances, and surfactants (soaps or detergents).

Advanced Medical Directive: A set of instructions written and agreed to by an offender concerning the use of life-sustaining medical procedures in the event of a critical medical situation.

Advanced Training: Training by specially skilled and certified instructors in topic areas requiring specific knowledge and skills and/or a higher level of knowledge and skills than provided in other training program areas.

Advisory Committee: A representative group composed of individuals whose experience and abilities represent a cross-section of a CTE area. Committee members assist CTE educators in establishing, operating, providing expertise pertaining to technological change, and evaluating programs which serve the offender population.

Agency: The unit of a governing authority that has direct responsibility for the operation of a corrections program, including the implementation of policy as set by the governing authority.

Agents of an Attorney: Persons approved to visit an offender for purposes of interviewing, retrieving/delivering legal papers on behalf of an attorney. Agents may include paralegals, attorney's investigators, and law students

Air Quality: A measure of air flow, either filtered mechanical air or outside air, or a mixture of outside and re-circulated air, provided in cells/rooms, officer stations, and dining areas.

Also Known As (AKA): An alias, or a true name which is not the offender's commitment name.

Alternate Wash: The use of a dye-free, perfume-free, detergent or a verified effective programmed wash formula to process laundry for offenders with a clinically documented allergic condition

Alternative Meal Service: A nutritionally adequate alternative meal program consisting of eight ounces of one percent milk in carton, a special meat/protein loaf entree, and water

Alternative Testing Method: A testing method determined by the facility drug screen coordinator, or designee, after the offender has been unable to provide a sample including, but not limited to additional time, or any other method of testing approved by the Inmate Drug Reduction Program (IDRP)

Ambulatory Restraint: The use of mechanical devices which limit movement of extremities without preventing the patient from moving about in an area. The mechanical devices may consist of metal or cloth restraints such as "grip" restraint system.

American Correctional Association (ACA): A national accrediting body for corrections, defining standards for prison operations and clinical care for offenders.

American Correctional Association (ACA) and Commission on Accreditation for Corrections (CAC): Nonprofit organizations that administer the only national accreditation program for all components of adult corrections.

Americans with Disabilities Act: 42 USC section 12101et seq. as signed into law on July 26, 1990. Also referred to as the "ADA."

Anecdotal Working Files:Records maintained by appointing authorities at the workplace and records kept by a facility as per agency policy.

Annual Case Review: A report that summarizes the progress and performance of the offender for the past year, which includes the offender=s performance in treatment, supervision, employment, and any technical or law violations.

Annual Health Care Assessment Fee: A fee for health care services paid by each offender currently residing within a correctional facility, once per fiscal year, regardless of the health care status of the offender.

Annualization: The process of determining a full year's on-going costs by taking previous partial-year funded amounts and calculating the costs for 12 months.

Anti-Tamper Mitt: Cloth device which encloses the offender's wrists and hands that are being held together with wrist restraints. The mitt is secured in place and prevents the offender from accessing the key opening during transport.

Appeal: A process whereby a DOC employee can have a final grievance decision reviewed by a higher authority.

Applicable Standards: When the agency/facility signs the contract with ACA to conduct an accreditation audit, the standards which are applicable at that time are the standards for which the agency/facility will be required to demonstrate compliance. If supplemental standards are published after the contract is signed, the agency/facility is not required to demonstrate compliance with any additions or revisions to those which were in existence when the contract was signed.

Applicant: Any individual who applies for full-time, part-time, temporary, contract, student intern, or voluntary employment with the DOC.

Application for Administrative Warrant: Formal request (prepared by a DOC official, the Parole Board, or designee), supported by documents, which asks the governor to demand the return of a fugitive from an asylum state.

Application for Compact Services and Agreement to Return: The document produced for the offender's agreement to comply with all rules, conditions, and regulations set by the state and the sending state and to waive extradition to the state from any state in the United States.

Application for Requisition: A packet of forms and certified copies of documents from the state of Colorado and the DOC offender working file which are from the governor of the state to the governor of the asylum state to remand the offender back to their jurisdiction

Application Sponsor: A DOC employee who is responsible for processes, procedures and business rules of an application. An application sponsor may be determined at anytime during the life of the application.

Appointed Community Parole Officer for Criminal Evidence: A community parole officer, appointed by the director of Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and Youthful Offender System, or designee, as the criminal evidence custodian.

Appointing Authority: The head of each principle office or division within the Department. The authority may be delegated in accordance with the State Personnel Board Rules.

Approved DOC Recipes: Includes the Armed Forces Recipe file and DOC recipes approved by the registered dietitian.

Approved Laboratory: DOC approved laboratory utilizing Immunoassay (IA) methodology, gas chromatography / mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and/or liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) methodology, or any laboratory approved by the Department of Corrections.

Approved Laboratory Label: Label affixed to each sample urine container sent to a DOC approved laboratory. The label is provided by the approved laboratory.

Approved Residence: A residence occupied by an adult member, oneself, or other sponsor approved by the director of the Division of Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and Youthful Offender System, or designee.

Approved Source of Supply: Publisher, retail/wholesale dealer of mail order products for books (used books will not be accepted from any approved source of supply), magazines, hobby craft, and medical items or as otherwise determined by the administrative head.

Approved Treatment and Evaluation Facility: A facility designated or approved by the executive director of the Department of Human Services for involuntary emergency psychiatric evaluation and treatment.

Approved Treatment Provider (ATP): An individual, group, or agency who, after applying to the review board, is determined qualified to provide mental health, substance abuse treatment, sex offender treatment, or assessment, to DOC offenders in the community.

Approved Treatment Provider Coordinator: A person who functions as the coordinator for the Approved Treatment Provider Program and supports the operation of the board and its members.

Armed Duty Post/Assignment: Any post or duty assignment which requires that a firearm be inspected and maintained in that area or vehicle.

Armorer: A DOC employee who is factory certified to provide service and repair of firearms.

Arrest:To seize and hold under authority of the law.

Arrest|Hold Authorization: The Department of Corrections electronic authorization to law enforcement agencies for the arrest|detention of a parolee.

Assault|Fights:Offender vs. offender assault, offender vs. DOC employee, contract worker, volunteer assault, and fights.

Assessment:An intensive diagnostic component which evaluates each offender sentenced for mental health, medical, educational, career and technical education, substance abuse, violence, impulse control, and interpersonal deficits and needs.

Assisting Agency: Any agency directly contributing logistical, tactical, or service resources to any other agency. Refers to outside agencies assisting the State DOC or to the State DOC when it assists outside agencies

Asylum State: The state which apprehends the fugitive.

At-Risk Adult: Any person who is 60 years of age or older, or any person who is 18 years of age or older, and is a person with a disability.

A-Risk Juvenile: Any person who is under the age of 18 years and is a person with a disability.

Attempt: An offender commits an attempt when, with intent to commit an offense, he engages in conduct which tends to effect the commission of such offense. It is an affirmative defense to the charge of attempt that the offender voluntarily abandoned his effort to commit the offense, prior to the discovery of his active participation in the offense(s), or before it is substantially completed.

Attended Death: A death occurring in a medical or hospice facility following the diagnosis of a terminal, or complicated, medical condition by a licensed physician. The patient has been under the direct care and observation of a health care provider.

Attorney: An attorney-at-law licensed to practice in any state or federal jurisdiction who has been retained by the offender or has been appointed to represent the offender, as evidenced by a court record, court order, or by the offender's written authorization.

Attorney|Client Relationship: The confidential relationship that exists between an attorney and an offender when the attorney has agreed to provide legal services to the offender.

Authority:A person or persons authorized by virtue of their assigned positions within the DOC to make certain judgments and decisions relating to records.

Authority Having Jurisdiction:The entity having authority and responsibility for establishing minimum building and fire code standards as designated by statute, executive order, policy, or guidelines including, but not limited to, procedures, and approved codes.

Authorized Emergency Vehicle: Properly equipped vehicles, owned and operated by or for a government agency, to protect and preserve life and property, for a planned or unplanned response, in accordance with state laws regulating emergency vehicles.

Automated Offender Data: Any offender information electronically stored in a computerized database which is originated, maintained, or kept by the DOC for use in the exercise of functions required or authorized by law or administrative rule or DOC policy. Automated offender data is considered criminal justice records.

Available Account Balance: The balance of funds available to the offender for expenditures that is not being held as reserved or encumbered monies.

Background Interviewer/Technician: An OIG DOC employee or contract worker who reviews applicant histories, conducts an initial preliminary background inquiry, and conducts background interviews under the supervision of the background unit investigator (manager).

Background Investigation: A thorough and systematic inquiry into the personal history of an individual to determine eligibility for employment with the Department of Corrections. Investigations may include but are not limited to, criminal history checks, employment checks, financial history checks, interviews, credential checks, education verifications, field investigations, polygraphs, and psychological or suitability testing.

Background Investigations Unit (BIU) Manager: An investigator who manages the BIU DOC employees and contract workers; oversees all background investigations conducted by interview technicians; and who certifies the eligible or ineligible status of the applicant based upon the background standards criteria. The BIU manager is the custodian of record for all background investigations records.

Baseline Test: A test requested by the facility under special conditions, including but not limited to: offender work crews, out to court, or when the offender is out of the perimeter of the facility, or a test requested by the community parole officer within three working days from release from a correctional facility to parole.

Basic Health: The physical condition of an individual that enables an individual to function at his/her appropriate maximum capacity.

Basic Hygiene Items: Comb, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste/tooth powder, toilet paper, feminine hygiene supplies, and if needed, denture cleaner and adhesives. Shaving equipment is usually made available upon request, which may include a razor and shaving soap/cream.

Basic Training Program: An orientation and training program designed to provide an overview of the DOC and a basic level of knowledge, skills, and performance based training abilities for newly hired DOC employees, contract workers, and volunteers. This program should contain a standardized, competency-based curriculum supported by appropriate materials and classroom resources.

Biological Specimen: Blood, buccal (oral) swabs, head hair, and pubic hair collected by designated, trained DOC employees or contract workers, or designees, for DNA analysis.

Black Box: Metal cover which is placed over the key opening on wrist restraints which prevents the offender from accessing the key opening during transport.

Bloodborne Pathogens: Pathogenic micro-organisms that are present in human blood, and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are not limited to Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

Bodily Injury: Physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical or mental condition.

Body Cavity Search: Consists of a visual, manual, or instrument inspection of an offender's body cavities.

Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications: A legitimate reason for an appointing authority to exclude persons on an otherwise unacceptable basis of consideration (e.g., only persons of the same sex are allowed to strip search another of the same sex).

Breach of Security: The unauthorized disclosure of information obtained during monitoring of offender telephone conversation; or the failure to report suspect or incriminating telephone conversations appropriately.

Buccal Swab: Collection of epithelial cells from the oral cavity (inside cheek and gums) by use of specific sterile cotton or sponge swab packaged for DNA specimen collection. Unlike blood samples, buccal swabs do not need to be collected by trained medical personnel.

Calling Tree: A telephone system that is utilized by the facility or community for notification of an escape.

Canine (K-9): A highly trained and certified dog that meets the Department of Corrections inspector general's requirements in one, or more, of the following areas: 1. Detection of narcotics and explosives; 2. Search of buildings and/or areas; 3. Handler and/or officer protection; 4. Man-tracking. And 5. Other duties, as deemed necessary or appropriate by the handler.

Canine (K-9) Search: A search utilizing canines provided by the K-9 Unit.

Canine Team or K-9 Team: A handler and dog, who work together for the purpose of man-tracking, or in search and discovery of narcotics or contraband within DOC facilities, centers, and upon request, provide assistance to outside law enforcement agencies.

Canine Trainer or K-9 Trainer: A person who is qualified, highly trained, and responsible for the initial and ongoing training, to ensure the assigned dog and handler achieve and maintain performance levels

Canteen: An enterprise program designed for offender purchases of approved food, staple items, personal care products, and other items that are not furnished by the facility.

Canteen Manager: A DOC employee assigned to manage the canteen sales, sales from vending machines within facility visiting rooms, customer service, distribution of canteen orders to each facility, resolves the problems identified by each facility canteen coordinator, and responsible for the management of the statewide canteen program.

Capture: A fugitive who is in the physical custody of an outside criminal justice agency or the DOC.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Directive: An offender's direction to withhold CPR in certain situations.

Case Management Audit: An evaluation of selected case files and chronological records to determine the community parole officer's compliance with state statutes, DOC administrative regulations, and division procedures in the supervision of community corrections offenders and parolees. Additionally, the evaluation is used to identify deficiencies in case file documentation and to determine if chronological records are being appropriately coded and entered.

Case Manager: An individual employed by, or under contract with the DOC, responsible for direct involvement with offenders and ensuring an ongoing process of case monitoring, case recording, counseling, and guidance. Direct involvement shall also include field community parole officers working in liaison with community corrections centers.

Case Material: Information regarding the offender, collected in the department and working files, in the form of official reports generated by the Department of Corrections, Parole, or other official jurisdictions which are allowed to be shared between jurisdictions without an authorization for release of information from the offender

Case Review: Retrospective examination and analysis of information contained in administrative cases. Information and statistics from these audits may be used by executive management to identify training needs or to otherwise inform management of trends positive or negative which have some impact on operations.

Cash-Funded Offender Work Assignments: Inmate work assignments funded from Correctional Industries or Canteen operations, rather than from a general fund allocation.

Cash Meal Ticket: An individual ticket redeemable for one meal.

Cell Extraction: Removal of a non-compliant, disruptive offender from a cell, or other secured area, utilizing the chemical agent, Oleoresin Capsicum (OC), in a pre-planned, organized, forced compliance process.

Cells: General housing spaces that have secure lockable doors mechanically controlled, controlled by a DOC employee, or accessed by offenders with keys. Cells may house one or two offenders.

Censored Mail: The removal of any part of incoming or outgoing mail.

Certified DOC Employee: A DOC employee who has satisfactorily completed a probationary period or trial service period.

Chain of Command: An orderly line of authority within the ranks of the organization, with lower levels subordinate to, and connected to, higher levels. DOC employees staffed into emergency service functions follow the designated chain of command, regardless of their non-emergency positions or everyday administrative chain of command.

Chain of Custody-Criminal Evidence: A document used to track the location of evidence from the time that it is discovered to the time that it is either released or retained by the court or disposed of in accordance with this administrative regulation.

Chain of Custody - DNA: A recording process which shows the person in possession of physical evidence at any given time, including dates and times of possession, as well as location of persons who have had control of evidence.

Chain of Custody-Urine: The process of collection, storage, testing, and transportation of a urine specimen in a manner that ensures that the specimen and results are correctly matched to the person who gave the specimen and that the specimen has not been altered or tampered with from the point of collection, through the reporting of the test results.

Chaplain: A faith group representative, approved by Faith and Citizen Programs, in consultation with the warden/designee, endorsed by an approved faith group organization, and upon completion of required training. Chaplains shall provide a minimum of 21 hours of service per week.

Checkpoint: An obstruction of traffic on a road or highway to inform the public of an emergency situation.

Chit: A metal tag used to exchange for a key ring at secondary issue points. This tag shall not have personal keys attached to it.

Class "A" Tool: Any tool that can be used as a weapon or in an escape, or can be used to fabricate weapons or facilitate an escape. The following are typical examples: 1. End nippers and large pliers; 2. Ice picks and knives; 3. Pipe and conduit benders; 4. Saw blades of all types; 5. Bolt and cable cutters; 6. Cutting torches and mixing chambers; 7. Cordless/corded drills, grinders, and grinding wheels; 8. Files and hones; 9. Gear pullers and come-a-longs; 10. Ladders (6 feet in length and longer); 11. Ram Set (nail gun); 12. Ropes (over 10 feet).

Class "B" Tool: Any tool not presenting a threat to the security of the facility that is not designated as a class "A" tool or a controlled item.

Classification: A process whereby an offender is reviewed to determine appropriate custody and facility assignment. The assignment may be made based upon an objective or discretionary determination.

Classification Officer: Any DOC employee, at or above the level of correctional officer, or any person under contract who is assigned responsibilities as a classification officer for classification within a facility or the Central Office.

Clinical Assistants: Offender porters who provide familial, non-medical duties commensurate with their level of training to other offenders.

Clinical Four-Point Restraint: The clinical use of mechanical restraint devices which restrain an offender's four extremities to a fixed object. Clinical four-point restraints are not used for mental health watches.

Clinical Medical Records: Records of medical treatment on an individual offender maintained for reference by medical that are non-releasable without the offender's consent or court order.

Clinical Polygraph (Polygraph): An instrument used for the purpose of detecting deception or verifying truth of statements of a person under criminal justice supervision and/or treatment for the commission of sex offenses.

Clinical Restraint, General: Physical restrictions on an offender's movements ordered by properly credentialed clinicians for clinical purposes. Clinical restraint includes ambulatory restraint, medical restraint, and four point restraint.

Co-defendant: Any individual that was involved in or charged with a crime committed by the offender he/she is requesting to visit.

Code of Conduct: A coherent and documented set of standards with enforceable sanctions and protection (e.g., corrective, disciplinary actions with due process).

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Therapy which addresses the offender's thoughts as a basis for changing feelings and behavior. New behavior patterns such as social and problem solving skills are also encouraged for the offender.

Cold Search Operations: A scaled down search operation determined by the search commander and the incident commander.

Collect Call: A call in which the called party pays all of the charges for the call.

Command: The act of directing and/or controlling resources and/or activities by virtue of explicit legal, agency, or delegated authority. Command may also refer to the incident commander.

Command Post (Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and Youthful Offender System): A private agency under contract to the Department of Corrections and designated by the director of Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and Youthful Offender System to receive, document, and transmit incident reports from community corrections programs, providers of electronic monitoring, and law enforcement for the purpose of providing notification to Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and Youthful Offender System.

Commercially Prepared: Food that has been processed, commercially prepared, packaged, and distributed by a food processing establishment that is compliant with all applicable laws. All packaging shall be commercially produced and factory security sealed.

Commercially Produced Factory Security Sealed: A seal placed on a container or packaged in a manner by the commercial food vendor whereby DOC employees can verify if it has been tampered with or opened.

Commitment Document(s): Judgement of conviction, sentence and order to sheriff (mittimus).

Commitment Name: The official name of the offender as determined and maintained by the DOC.

Common-Law Marriage: Mutual consent or agreement of the parties to be husband and wife, followed by mutual and open assumption of marital relationship. Conduct in the form of mutual public acknowledgment of marital relationship is evidence of mutual agreement and essential to establishment of common-law marriage. Cohabitation, necessary to establish a common-law marriage, must consist of living or dwelling together in the same habitation as husband and wife, and not merely a sojourning or a habit of visiting or remaining together for a time.

Community Corrections Center: Any private or public facility under contract to the Department of Public Safety or the Department of Corrections to provide residential treatment and transitional services for DOC offenders.

Community Parole Officer (CPO): A DOC employee assigned to Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and Youthful Offender System whose primary duties include investigation and supervision of offenders on parole and supervision of offenders assigned to community corrections programs, and Youthful Offender System. A CPO is a POST certified peace officer, in accordance with state statute, and has authority to investigate criminal and administrative violations and make arrests in the performance of official duties.

Community Parole Officer Scope of Authority: Community parole officers have the authority to enforce all the laws of the state of while acting within the scope of their authority and in the performance of their duties and any mutual aid agreements.

Community Re-Entry Assessment/Intake Packet: An application/intake packet completed by both the Community Re-Entry specialist and the offender that reviews demographics, criminal history/current conviction, contact information, family/marital status, identification needs, military history, education, employment, and medical/mental health needs to determine risk, needs, and barriers to re-entry.

Community Re-Entry Service Plan: A matrix of services provided to the offender based on needs and barriers to successful re-entry that documents the type of services provided, dates, and cost (if any).

Community Release Form: A formal document referring eligible offenders to Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and Youthful Offender System for investigation and approval of placement.

Compact Parolee: An adult placed under supervision of the Interstate Compact Agreement as the result of the commission of a criminal offense. The parolee is released to the community under the jurisdiction of paroling authorities, corrections, or other criminal justice agencies, under the provisions of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.

Compact State: Any state or US territory that is a member of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision which provides supervision and transfer of offenders subject to the terms of the compact.

Compensation: Payments to a crime victim for expenses actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the injury to the person or property of the victim, including medical expenses, loss of earning power, and any other pecuniary loss directly resulting from the injury to the person or property or the death of the victim, which a court of competent jurisdiction determines to be reasonable and proper.

Complicity: An offender may be charged, tried, and convicted of any offense based upon the conduct of another person if, with the intent that the offense be committed, he commands, induces, encourages, procures, or aids the other to commit it. It is an affirmative defense to the charge of complicity that the offender, prior to the commission of the offense, voluntarily withdrew from any active participation in the offense. In any prosecution where the liability of the accused offender is based upon the conduct of another offender, it is no defense that the other offender has been found not guilty, or has not been prosecuted, or has been convicted of a different offense.

Conditions of Parole: Stipulations of parole as imposed by the Board and contained in the Parole Board Action Sheet and the Parole Agreement/Parole Order.

Conduct Unbecoming: Includes any act or conduct either on or off duty that negatively impacts job performance, not specifically mentioned in administrative regulations. The act or conduct tends to bring the DOC into disrepute or reflects discredit upon the individual as a DOC employee, contract worker, or volunteer.

Confirmed Escape: An escape is confirmed when any count/standing head count/identification has been conducted and one or more offender(s) cannot be accounted for.

Conflict of Interest: Any situation wherein an individual DOC employee's outside personal or professional activities is incompatible or contrary to the proper discharge of the responsibilities of the office or position with the DOC.

Contact Visit: A visit between an offender and visitor that is conducted under supervision in an open area, enabling movement within the area and restricted physical contact.

Contraband: Any item that a DOC employee, contract worker, volunteer, visitor, or offender is not specifically authorized to have in his/her possession; any item that has been altered and/or is being used for other than its intended purpose (this often does not include reading materials); any item listed in the "Consent to Search Authorization"; any item listed in the Code of Penal Discipline; any item listed on the administrative head's "Declaration of Contraband"; and any item that may threaten the safety and security of a DOC facility, DOC employees, contract workers, volunteers, offenders, or visitors, or any item listed as contraband in an administrative regulation, implementation/adjustment or operational memorandum.

Controlled Substances: Prescription drugs which are prescribed by a licensed medical practitioner or prescribed legally, but can be used illegally.

Cooperating Agency: Any agency supplying assistance other than direct logistical, tactical, or service resources to the incident control effort.

Correctional Complex: More than one facility managed by the same appointing authority where services are shared or consolidated.

Corrective Action: An action intended to correct and improve a DOC employee's job performance or behavior in a formal, systematic manner. Such actions do not adversely affect the current base pay, status, or tenure of the DOC employee.

Court Ordered Testing: A drug test collected from offenders based upon court-mandated order.

Court Services: The unit of Offender Services responsible for scheduling court traffic and monitoring detainer activity.

Credit Balance: The current balance of an offender's DOC account greater than zero.

Crime: A violation of federal law, state law, or local ordinance.

Crime of Violence: a crime in which the defendant used, or possessed and threatened the use of, a deadly weapon during the commission or attempted commission of any crime committed against an elderly or handicapped person or a crime of murder, first or second degree kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery, first degree arson, first or second degree burglary, escape, criminal extortion, or during the immediate flight therefrom, or the defendant caused serious bodily injury or death to any person other than himself/herself or another participant, during the commission or attempted commission of any such felony or during the immediate flight therefrom. Crime of violence also means any unlawful sexual offense in which the defendant caused bodily injury to the victim or in which the defendant used threat, intimidation, or force against the victim. "Unlawful sexual offense" shall apply only to felony unlawful sexual offenses and shall have the same meaning; and "bodily injury" means a person who is disabled because of the loss of or permanent loss of the use of a hand or foot or because of blindness or permanent impairment of vision in both eyes to such a degree as to constitute virtual blindness.

Crime Related Physical Evidence: Dangerous contraband and dangerous drugs are considered crime related physical evidence.

Crime Scene: The immediate area where a crime has been discovered and an area surrounding that scene, of a reasonable dimension, to ensure that potential evidence is not disturbed, lost, or destroyed.

Criminal Conduct: Violation of a city, county, state, and/or federal law.

Criminal Evidence: Any physical item, contraband item, paper document, audio/visual recording or specimen serving as proof, or probative matter, to establish that a crime has been committed and that could aide in solving a crime.

Critical Incident: Traumatic incidents, such as riots, hostage situations, assaults, and deaths or trauma, which may cause psychological and/or physical responses.

Critical Staffing: Specific posts and positions designated by the appointing authority during an emergency that are required to perform essential and/or emergency services to ensure the safe and secure operations of a facility and/or division.

Current Balance: The actual balance in an offender's account maintained in the inmate banking system. The current balance can be a negative or a positive amount.

Custody Level: The degree of supervision required for each offender. Custody level utilizes the terms of minimum, minimum-restricted, medium, close, and administrative segregation.

Dangerous Contraband: A firearm, knife, bludgeon, or other weapon, device, instrument, material or substance, whether animate or inanimate, which is readily capable of causing or inducing fear of death or physical injury. This may include, but not be limited to, needles and Class "A" and "B" tools.

Dangerous Drugs and Paraphernalia: Alcohol; all controlled substances; marijuana and marijuana concentrates including all parts of the plant cannabis sativa L.; and any volatile substance inhaled for its mood-altering effect, including but not limited to, cleaning fluids, glue, lacquer, petroleum distillates and/or any drug controlled by regulations of federal or state law.

Date of Discovery: The date at which the initiating officer determined an offense has occurred and the identity of the offender to be charged. This is determined by the date that the initiating officer signs the "Notice of Charge."

DEA: Drug Enforcement Agency.

Deadly Physical Force: Force, the intended, natural, and probable consequence of which is to produce death, and which does, in fact, produce death.

Deadly Weapon: Any firearm, loaded or unloaded, bullets, knife, bludgeon, or other weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, which in the manner it is used or intended to be used is capable of producing death or serious bodily injury.

Debit Call: A call in which the offender pays all the charges for the call.

Deficit Balance: The current balance of an offender's DOC account less than zero.

Depository: An approved bank account established to collect or receive money of a trust, quasi-trust, or the operation of a business type enterprise.

Design Capacity: The number of housing spaces for which a facility is constructed or modified by remodeling, redesign or expansion. Management control, special use, segregation, lockdown, and reception beds are considered design capacity.

Designated Access Points: Entrance/exit points to a DOC property as established by the administrative head.

Designated Dining Hall Seating: A method establishing an open seating plan, by row, for the safe and orderly operations of dining halls.

Designated Providers: Approved medical providers, or specialists, who provide treatment for work related illnesses and injuries.

Detainer: A written request supported by documents to establish the legal interest of another jurisdiction for temporary and/or permanent custody of an offender.

Diet Request Form: A form that contains all of the available medical diets the provider may select when ordering a medical diet..

Dilution: A "dilute" sample is physiologically watered down with excessive drinking of fluid/water, or externally by adding water to the voided urine. A specimen is considered dilute when creatinine and specific gravity values are lower than expected for human urine. Urine specimens may be considered dilute when creatinine levels are less than 10 mg/dL, and the specific gravity is less than 1.0030.

Direct Offender Contact: Contact that includes supervision, direction, or control over offenders.

Direct Re-Entry Services: Services which are based on a re-entry DOC employee's assessment of an offender's needs, and include only a single or very short term duration of service.

Direct Supervision: DOC employee or contract worker presence in the immediate work area or job site, where offenders are using class "A" tools as part of an offender job or assignment.

Direct Threat: A significant risk of substantial harm to the health or safety of any person, including the applicant or DOC employee with a disability that cannot be eliminated or reduced by reasonable accommodation.

Disabled Offender: An offender who is considered disabled, pursuant to AR 750-04, Americans with Disabilities/Rehab Act Offenders with Disabilities and Request for Accommodations.

Disabled Persons: Any person with a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities, or who has a record of such impairment, or who is regarded as having such an impairment by those who have an effect on the individual's chance to secure, retain, or advance in employment, whether an actual impairment exists or not.

Discharge Review Board: Subject matter experts appointed, or designated, by the appropriate governing authority for the purpose of examining the facts related to a firearms discharge incident in question.

Discretionary Complaint: A violation or alleged violation of a condition of parole not requiring action either by statute or policy. This is a case management decision as to whether to file a parole complaint based on professional judgment considering the circumstances and gravity of the violation or alleged violation, the offender's criminal history, dangerousness, previous conduct, length of time on parole and likelihood of completing the parole term, suitable parole plan, and any other pertinent factors.

Dispense: To interpret, evaluate, and implement a prescription drug order or chart order, including the preparation of a drug or device for a patient or patient's agent in a suitable container, appropriately labeled, for subsequent administration to or use by a patient.

Disturbance: An act or noise which unduly and unnecessarily interferes with the visiting environment.

DOC Case Management Files: Those records maintained in a file, either hard copy or electronically stored on compact disk, which are a collection of legal documents, reports, submissions, diagnostic assessments, medical reports, psychological reports, statements, and support material used to make decisions about an offender in regard to job placement, security classification, treatment programs, community corrections referral, supervision, parole and general case management.

DOC Armorer: The DOC employee in charge of the central and all satellite armories.

DOC Form: An electronic or paper document which supports the implementation of DOC policy in conjunction with an administrative regulation or implementation/adjustment. This document may be used as an official record and shared with other agencies.

DOC Honor Guard: A group assigned to perform a ceremonial duty such as at a funeral, ground breaking, dedication, and community functions.

Dorms: General housing units that may or may not have secure doors mechanically controlled by a DOC employee. Dorms may house three or more offenders. Current dorms are assumed to be designed for the current occupancy and are not considered in double bunking numbers.

Double Bunking: The term refers to cells or rooms originally designed for one offender that have been modified by adding an additional bunk to the current cell or room space. The criteria used to define double bunking is that the original correctional cell or room use or design was for one offender and was modified for two offenders for the purpose of expanding bed space within the department.

Double Occupancy: Rooms or cells that were designed or converted to house two offenders at the time of construction. It also refers to modular rooms that were initially purchased or leased and intended to hold two offenders.

Drug and Alcohol Random Testing: Urine samples collected from offenders enrolled in drug and alcohol programs through a computerized selection process; each offender has an equal chance to be selected each time the computer selection is made.

Drug Test: An approved methodology of testing an individual for the presence of illicit drugs or alcohol. This includes, but is not limited to, urinalysis, ,breathalyzers drug patches, and oral swabs.

Dry Cell: A cell designated to securely house an offender, without plumbing fixtures or running water.

Dry Cell Watch: The process of continuous observation of an offender by Custody/Control in an effort to obtain and search an offender's bodily wastes to determine that an offender may have ingested/swallowed contraband or otherwise concealed contraband within his/her body.

Durable Medical Equipment: Medical equipment which may be re-used for therapy/treatment of multiple offenders (e.g., oxygen concentrators, TENS units, wheel chairs, etc.).

Duty Officer: DOC employees designated by the facility administrative head, based on their job classification, experience, and training. They are to be in the overtime exempt status and defined as essential personnel.

Elective Withdrawals: Transactions made from funds available in the offender's DOC account that are initiated by the offender (including but not limited to: canteen purchases, CIPS, postage, copy charges, hobby supplies, and outgoing money orders).

Electronic Fund Transfer: A method of transmitting payments electronically to offenders through approved providers (Usually Western Union). Funds transmitted by EFT are automatically credited to the offender's account on a daily basis.

Electronic Monitoring: An electronic system consisting of a transmitter and receiver which is designed to monitor the presence of the offender at his/her residence or other location.

Electronic Restraint Device (ERD): An electronic restraining device which may be used alone or in conjunction with mechanical restraints. This includes the REACT Belt, Bandit, and Ultron II.

Electronic Search: A procedure involving the use of a walk-through or hand-held metal detection device.

Electronic Surveillance: Utilization of electronic systems to closely observe and monitor an offender including, but not limited to, the following: 1. Electronic monitoring; 2. Electronic paging; 3. Global positioning.

Emancipation: Shall refer to a youthful offender who will live apart from his/her parents or family and will be programmed for independent living.

Emergency: A riot, organized group disturbance, DOC employee or offender work stoppage, fire causing serious damage or injury, natural disaster, hostage situation, [2-CO-3B-02] activation of facility emergency operations plan, and any other major incident of a similar nature which disrupts, or is likely to disrupt, normal operations of a facility or center.

Emergency Capacity: The number of beds that are beyond the designed capacity that are temporary in nature and are utilized due to emergency conditions either in the affected facility or any other DOC facility.

Emergency Count: A physical count taken at an unscheduled time based on a need determined by the shift commander. An emergency count will be a standing count.

Emergency Escorted Leave: Authorized/approved DOC employees escorting offenders from an assigned facility or center for the express purpose of allowing an offender to visit a critically or terminally ill immediate family member or to attend the viewing of an immediate family member.

Emergency Locks: Locks, controls, hatches, or gates along designated emergency routes that are operated by designated emergency keys.

Emergency Meal Service: Contingency meal plans for situations when normal kitchen operations cannot be followed.

Emergency Response Team (ERT): A designated, specially selected, and trained volunteer team at each facility, or division, utilized to contain and control the immediate crisis area, or to regain control of the area by force, if so directed.

Emergency Transport: Facility-provided transportation of an offender including armed or unarmed emergency medical transports.

Employed Offender: An offender who receives pay for work assignment, program participation, or unassigned status.

Escape: An act whereby an offender, without proper authority, leaves the confines of the facility or fails to return to official custody following temporary leave granted for a specific purpose and for a specified period of time.

Escape Paraphernalia: The following items are considered escape paraphernalia (but not limited to):
1. Lock, lock picks, trip wires, locking devices, chain, rope, ladder, tool(s) (Class "A" or "B"), or other items which could be used to effect an escape; and/or,
2. Mask, wig, disguise, or any other means of altering normal physical appearance which would make ready identification of an offender difficult; and/or,
3. Mannequin, dummy, replica of a human body, or any item or device which would cause any offender to be counted as being present at a designated time and place when, in fact, he/she would be absent, or in any way would aid or abet the escape or walkaway of an offender; and/or any,
4. Form of securities, bonds, coins, currency, legal tender, official papers or documents (other than papers or documents relative to judicial or administrative proceedings), unless expressly and specifically authorized by the warden/director, or designee, of the correctional facility concerned; and/or,
5. Item of an officer's uniform, civilian clothing, or other clothing, including badges, buttons, name tags, or items of personal identification, unless expressly and specifically authorized by the warden/director.