Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

52080.2 Purpose

• The incarcerated person disciplinary system incorporates statutory and constitutional mandates and provides essential due process guarantees to ensure fairness and equal application. Departmental staff who participate in and review the incarcerated persons’ discipline system shall ensure that incarcerated person discipline is applied and administered in accordance with procedures provided in this section and in California Code of Regulations (CCRCalifornia Code of Regulations) Title 15, sections 3310 through 3329.

• Generally, violations of regulations or laws by incarcerated persons are observed and documented by department staff. However, any person may initiate the disciplinary process by reporting a probable violation to a department employee.
  

• The department shall utilize current information technology as a primary means to document all incarcerated persons’ discipline. The current information technology shall also serve as the primary record-keeping system for incarcerated persons’ discipline.