Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

54055.5.1 Integrated Housing Codes

• RE Racially Eligible: an inmate can live with members of any race.

• RP Restricted Partially: an inmate is unable to live with members of a particular race(s).

• ROReporting Officer Restricted to Own: an inmate can live only with member of his own race/ethnicity.

• RT Temporarily Restricted by Custody: this is used whenever custody has concerns about the inmate’s ability to be appropriately housed, pending further review.

• RR Restricted by Refusal: an inmate is otherwise eligible for integrated housing but refuses to participate. This inmate shall be restricted by management to ensure safety and security, but the basis of the restriction is the inmate’s refusal.

• Racially Eligible

  • Inmates that are racially eligible to house with any race will be coded as RE in the Strategic Offender Management System (SOMSStrategic Offender Management) Integrated Housing Review. It is the expectation of the CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that all inmates will be coded RE, unless specific case factors dictate otherwise. Those inmates that have been victims or perpetrators of racially motivated crimes shall be evaluated on their case factors in totality before being determined racially eligible or ineligible for an integrated housing assignment.

• Restricted Partially

  • Inmates considered ineligible to house with inmates of a particular race shall be coded RP for Restricted Partially. For example, a Black inmate may be determined to be ineligible to house with Hispanic inmates, but eligible to house with White or Other inmates. This inmate would be coded RP. His ineligibility to house with another race/ethnicity shall be based on individual case factors. The individual case factors shall be considered by custody and classification staff in assigning this code. Assignment of this code will require staff to identify the races/ethnic groups with whom the inmate is determined ineligible to house.

• Restricted to Own (Race)

  • Inmates who are determined eligible to be housed with only their own race or ethnic group based on individual case factors will be coded ROReporting Officer for Restricted to Own. During the intake process or classification process, when available information and case factors indicate the inmate cannot successfully house with inmates of other races, the IHC of ROReporting Officer will be applied. Inmates who are deemed restricted to their own race will not necessarily be precluded from integration in other aspects of institutional operations such as an integrated cellblock, dormitory setting, or program assignments.

• Temporarily Restricted by Custody

  • Inmates with insufficient information or documentation for the Receiving and Release supervisor to make an objective determination shall be coded RT for Temporarily Restricted by Custody. This code may be used when conflicting information arrives with the inmate or when questionable statements or behavior by the inmate are observed that are not consistent with the inmate’s claim of eligibility. This code may also be used during the inmate’s incarceration when his observed behavior is not consistent with his assigned eligibility code and it is therefore appropriate to have the assigned code reviewed by classification committee. The IHC of RT is temporary and shall be changed when additional information and documentation are obtained and evaluated.

• Restricted by Refusal

  • Inmates who are determined eligible to house with inmates of other races, but who simply refuse to be housed with a race other than their own, will be coded RR for Restricted by Refusal. This code will be used when an otherwise eligible inmate refuses to accept a housing assignment consistent with his IHC, and his case factors and all available information and documentation do not preclude such placement. Refusal to accept an integrated housing assignment, when all available documentation and information does not preclude such, shall result in disciplinary action. Additionally, the inmate will be deemed a threat to the safety and security of the institution, and will be considered for alternative and more restrictive housing such as an Administrative Segregation Unit (ASU), or a Security Housing Unit (SHUSecurity Housing Unit).