Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

53130.9 Assignments

• Inmates shall be assigned to appropriate work/academic/vocational programs by classification committee action. Ethnic balances shall be considered when making assignments.

• Pending assignment to a permanent work/training program, or when a regular program is temporarily suspended, inmates may be assigned, with or without their consent, to any work/training program decided upon by a classification committee or staff member responsible for the assignment of inmates.

• Each prison shall establish Bridging Education Programs as work training incentive assignments to provide education programming. Inmates who are undergoing reception center processing, and are day-for-day credit eligible per PCPenal Code § 2933, will be assigned to the BEP upon their arrival at the reception centers. Inmates who are day-for-day credit eligible and housed in general population institutions will be eligible to be assigned to the BEP. Participation in the BEP will be evaluated on course curriculum, instructor evaluation, and completed assignments. Assignment to an approved BEP shall qualify as a full-time assignment in work group A-1.

• Inmates with the following case factors shall not be placed in Bridging Education Programs:

  • Inmates who do not meet the criteria to earn day-for-day credits per PCPenal Code § 2933, or are sentenced to an indeterminate term, who are undergoing reception center processing.

  • Inmates who do not meet the criteria to earn day-for-day credits per PCPenal Code § 2933, or are sentenced to an indeterminate term, who are housed at a general population institution.

  • Inmates who are housed in segregated housing (e.g., ASU, SHUSecurity Housing Unit, PSUPsychiatric Services Unit, etc.).

  • Inmates housed in facilities where the BEP is not available (e.g., CCFCommunity Correctional Facilities, DMHDepartment of Mental Health (see Department of State Hospitals DSH), etc.).

• The reception center Inmate Assignment Officer shall have the authority to initiate a classification action to assign inmates to reception center Bridging Education Programs and affect a work/training group change.

• General population inmates may be assigned to Bridging Education Programs following a classification committee review as detailed in CCRCalifornia Code of Regulations § 3376.

• A classification committee action shall not be required to remove inmates from Bridging Education Programs if no other changes in work/training group, custody designation or work waiting list is required.