Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

51121.4.3 Recruitment and Hiring Process

• CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) will have the ability and discretion to recruit inmates for work/training statewide to ensure participation and success of its various programs. CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) Administrator/Lead Manager will coordinate efforts with Correctional Counselor III staff and/or Institution Classification Services Staff to accomplish this process.

• CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) will make job applications (CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) Inmate Worker Application Form IEP-F002) available to the inmate population through the following institutional services:

  • Institution Library

  • Inmate Orientation

  • Correctional Counselor’s Office

  • CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) Administration Offices

  • CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) Enterprises

  • Housing Units

• Inmates interested in obtaining a position with CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) will submit completed applications for initial screening to their Correctional Counselor staff. Correctional Counselors will conduct a review of the inmates Central File (C-File) to ensure the inmate meets intake eligibility requirement as specified above. Counselors will schedule inmate to appear at an Initial/Unit Classification Committee for program review and placement into CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA)’s ICP. The Institution’s Inmate Assignment Lieutenant will be responsible for maintaining the ICP and will provide a copy to the CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) Administrator.

• CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) enterprise staff will interview inmates from the ICP and will conduct final selection of inmates to be assigned to a CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) assignment. Inmates selected should maintain parity with the institution’s yard ethnic breakdown.

• ICP will be prioritized as follows:

  • High School Diploma or GEDGeneral Education Development

  • Enrolled in GEDGeneral Education Development program

  • No Diploma/GEDGeneral Education Development and not enrolled in education program A list of successful inmate applicants shall be made available to the CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) Administrator by the institutions inmate assignment office.

• CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) enterprise staff will submit the final list of successful inmate applicants for immediate assignment to CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA), to the institution Inmate Assignment Lieutenant via memorandum.

• The CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) Administrator/Lead Manager shall contact the institution’s Investigative Service Unit (ISUInstitution Services Unit) and request a urinalysis test be conducted on newly hired CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) inmates within thirty (30) days. If a CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) inmate tests positive and is found guilty of Rules Violation Report (CDC-115) for Use/Possession of a Controlled Substance, the inmate will be immediately removed from their CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) assignment.

• Inmates removed through this process must have a minimum of six (6) months of disciplinary/drug-free conduct with a minimum of 90 days on an institutional assignment with satisfactory work reports (CDC-101s) before being reconsidered for a CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) assignment.

• All inmates assigned to CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) shall remain subject to random drug testing for as long as they are assigned by CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA). If a CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) inmate is suspected of being under the influence of a controlled substance, the Superintendent I/II will contact the Administrator/Lead Manager to arrange a urinalysis test by the Investigative Services Unit.

• All inmates assigned to CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) will be required to complete and submit an Inmate Worker Application Form (IEP-F002) which shall be completed by the inmate worker prior to the start of employment along with an Inmate Intake Form (IEP-F003). Inmates refusing to comply with this requirement will be denied employment with CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) and will be removed from CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA).