Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

54100.29.4 Hearing

• The case records supervisor/manager shall conduct the hearing during the inmate’s non-assigned hours.

  • Other staff designated by the institution/parole administration may attend this hearing. Location of the hearing shall be at the discretion of local authorities.

  • It may be necessary to conduct the computation review hearing by telephone for those inmates housed in camp, other jurisdictions and parolees.

  • If so, the completed notice of time, date, and place of computation review hearing shall reflect that the inmate/parolee was advised of the time of the hearing by telephone or other means.

• If it is determined an error has been made, the case records manager/supervisor shall grant the appeal and correct the error.

  • At the conclusion of the hearing, two completed copies of the CDC Form 1033, Computation Review Hearing Decision, shall be made. A completed copy shall be given to the inmate.

  • At the conclusion of a computation review hearing conducted by phone, the inmate/parolee shall be advised of the decision and that a completed computation review hearing decision shall be mailed that day.

• If the appeal is a matter that the Department has no authority to change, the appeal shall be denied. The appellant will be referred to the appropriate agency or court with jurisdiction of the matter for disposition. If the appeal is a sentencing discrepancy of which the Department seeks clarification from the sentencing court, the appeal shall be partially granted to the extent that an inquiry is being pursued and the Department shall pursue clarification of the noted discrepancy from the appropriate court.