Chapter 6 – Adult Classification

62080.13 Psychiatric Recovered

• Category “U”

  • Inmates who have recovered from a major illness requiring inpatient or outpatient psychiatric services shall be designated Category “U”. A significant period (normally 180 days) of no serious psychiatric symptoms shall be considered evidence of recovery.

  • Category “U” shall include inmates no longer in need of psychotropic medication and those who are asymptomatic as a result of compliance with psychotropic medication. These inmates may be expected to function within a general population setting.

  • All inmates classified as Category “U” for a period of two years shall be reviewed for possible reclassification and deletion of the category designation.