Chapter 6 – Adult Classification

61020.14 Updating for Regular Reclassification Review

• The first CDC Form 840 shall be completed 12 months after the date the inmate was received in the CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and annually thereafter. The annual review committee hearing may be conducted thirty days prior to the inmate’s Review Period Ending Date, during the month due, or thirty days after that date.

• No matter when the committee hearing is held, the inmate’s previously established review period dates shall remain the same.

• If the inmate’s annual review is conducted prior to the established Review Period Ending Date, it provides for the possibility that serious negative behavior or below-average performance could occur subsequent to the annual review committee hearing, but prior to the Review Period Ending Date. If that does occur, a reevaluation of the inmate’s score as documented on the CDC Form 840 shall be necessary, and may require a correction to that score sheet.

• When a CDC Form 840 is being prepared for a classification hearing for transfer consideration, the counselor shall determine the Favorable Behavior points to be awarded based on the number of six-month review periods to be considered. Unfavorable Behavior shall also be documented if not already recorded on a prior score sheet. These updates shall be done regardless of the inmate’s housing. For example, an inmate’s placement in a Security Housing Unit (SHUSecurity Housing Unit) shall not preclude adjustments to the inmate’s score for Favorable or Unfavorable Behavior and shall not preclude the inmate’s annual review committee hearing.

• The inmate shall be given a copy of the CDC Form 840 after the review is completed.

• The current Placement Score shall be recorded on the CDC Form 128-G documenting the committee’s action.

• Out of Level Placements

  • If the inmate’s current Placement Score is within a different security level than that of the facility where he or she is housed, the counselor shall check the last CSRClassification Staff Representative Action recorded on previous score sheets and/or CDC Form 128-G for any “Administrative or Irregular Placement” approval. If no approval is noted, the case shall be presented to the next CSRClassification Staff Representative for evaluation. An out-of-level placement involving an override down for an inmate with a Level II Placement Score who is otherwise eligible for MSF or Secure Level I placement at that institution shall not require review and endorsement by a CSRClassification Staff Representative. The institutional C&PRClassification & Parole Representative shall review and endorse the case. The C&PRClassification & Parole Representative is authorized to apply the administrative determinant or irregular placement code of WOR to justify an override of the inmate’s Level II Placement Score to house that inmate in the MSF or Secure Level I at that institution when the C&PRClassification & Parole Representative finds the inmate to be otherwise eligible at that institution for MSF placement or Secure Level I placement.

  • Where an approval is noted, and the inmate’s adjusted Placement Score moves him or her to another security level designation, the case shall be presented to the CSRClassification Staff Representative for transfer evaluation. A CSRClassification Staff Representative approval for “Administrative or Irregular Placement” is valid only as long as the inmate’s Placement Score remains within the same security level as when the approval was given. An inmate shall not remain at a facility with a security level that does not match his or her placement score level unless approved by a CSRClassification Staff Representative or other authorized endorsing authority.