Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

52080.24 Release From Restricted Housing Unit

• Release from a RHU shall occur at the earliest possible time in keeping with the circumstances and reasons for the incarcerated person’s initial placement in a RHU. Nothing in this article shall prevent the official ordering an incarcerated person’s placement in a RHU, or a staff member of higher rank in the same chain of command, from withdrawing a RHU order before it is acted upon or prior to a hearing on the order after consulting with and obtaining the concurrence of the administrator of the general population unit to which the incarcerated person shall be returned or assigned. Release from restricted housing after classification committee confirmation shall be effected only upon the written order of an equal or higher authority.