Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

52080.20 Restricted Housing Unit

• Restricted Housing Units (RHUs) are designated for programming of incarcerated persons not suited for housing in the General Population (GP). There are specialized RHU programming units with established placement criteria that include the following: Enhanced Outpatient Program RHU, Correctional Clinical Case Management System RHU, and General Population RHU.

• When an incarcerated person’s presence in an institution’s GP, inclusive of the Restricted Custody General Population (RCGP) facility, presents an immediate threat to the safety of the incarcerated person or others, endangers institution security, or jeopardizes the integrity of an investigation of alleged serious misconduct, criminal activity, or the safety of any person, the incarcerated person shall be immediately removed from the GP and placed in restricted housing pursuant to 3335(c).

• Restricted housing may be accomplished by confinement in a designated RHU or, in an emergency, to any single-cell unit capable of providing secure housing.