Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

52080.15 Length of Confinement

• No incarcerated person shall be kept in isolation or in confinement to quarters (CTQConfinement To Quarters) status longer than ten days without the approval of the director. The CDOChief Disciplinary Officer may shorten the ordered time spent in this status if the incarcerated person is ready to conform to specified rules.

• Time spent in restricted housing pending a disciplinary hearing, or pending investigation that resulted in a disciplinary hearing, shall be credited toward any restricted housing sentence imposed, unless there is good cause not to do so. Reasons for not granting credit shall be explained in the disposition section of the RVR. Not allowing credit for time spent in restricted housing shall not extend the isolation or CTQConfinement To Quarters sentence beyond 10 days.

• No incarcerated person shall be placed in CTQConfinement To Quarters or otherwise deprived of exercise as a disciplinary measure longer than ten days, unless, in the opinion of the Warden the incarcerated person poses such an extreme management problem or threat to the safety of other incarcerated persons and staff that longer confinement is warranted. The written approval of the director is required in such cases.