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Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

Article 48 – Transitional Housing Unit

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54058.3 Criteria for Entry into the THU

  • The THU is primarily designed for inmates who have served lengthy SHUSecurity Housing Unit terms due to validated gang affiliation and activity, although it shall also be made available to inmates currently housed on a GP who are involved in gang activity but desire to participate in the debriefing process. The Correctional Counselor shall screen inmate candidates and present them to the Institutional Classification Committee (ICCInstitution Classification Committee) for approval. The minimum eligible criteria shall consist of:

    • The debriefing interview as set forth in California Code of Regulations, Section 3378.1(b) must be satisfactorily completed at the institutional level through the Institution Gang Investigator, and the debriefing package submitted to the Office of Correctional Safety.

    • The inmate must be willing to commit to personal change and provide staff with sufficient evidence of their sincerity to the extent that staff feel confident of that commitment.

  • The debriefing process is designed to review and monitor the sincerity of each individual and ensure that the inmate participating in the process is not a threat to staff or other inmates, and has sincerely renounced all prison gang activities.

  • The first portion of the debriefing process is designed to obtain sufficient verifiable information from the inmate about their gang related activity, which is detrimental to the gang such that the gang will no longer accept the subject as either a member or associate. Also, a successful debriefing provides staff with information about the gang’s structure, activities, and affiliates.

  • The second portion of the debriefing process will involve participation in the THU program. The THU program allows for a period of staff observation, and a time for the inmate to adjust back into an integrated group yard setting and double celled housing. This observation/adjustment period helps to ensure that an inmate will be able to program with inmates of all races and ethnic groups, as well as other disassociated prison gang members/associates.