Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

52080.2.1 Definitions

• Rules Violation Report (RVR) is a formal documentation of actions by incarcerated persons who violate law, regulations, or institutional policies. A RVR is a standard form either by computer generation or pre-printed on paper. Paper forms shall be used only if the current information technology is unavailable. RVRs shall be classified at one of three levels, Counseling Only, Administrative, or Serious as outlined in CCRCalifornia Code of Regulations, Title 15, sections 3312, 3313, 3314, and 3315.

• Reporting Employee is the departmental employee who documented the misconduct. In some cases, this will be the departmental employee who received the description of the misconduct verbally or in writing from another person and subsequently documents the misconduct.

• Prior Offenses are any previous guilty findings of a serious RVR for the violation of the same CCRCalifornia Code of Regulations, Title 15 section that the incarcerated person is currently being charged with, within the past five years, regardless of a break in custody. For the purposes of this definition, any subsections are inclusive. For example, if the instant offense is for violating CCRCalifornia Code of Regulations, Title 15 section 3016(b) and the incarcerated person had one previous guilty finding for violating CCRCalifornia Code of Regulations, Title 15, section 3016(d) within the past five years, then the instant offense would be the second offense for determining the mandated penalties.

• Adjudication refers to the completion of the disciplinary hearing process to include the CDOChief Disciplinary Officer review.