Chapter 6 – Adult Classification

61020.20.5 Computation Of Score

• Prior Preliminary Score (Boxes 75-77)

  • The Prior Preliminary Score will be found on the most recent classification score sheet:

    • If the CDC Form 839 is the most recent score sheet, enter the Preliminary Score value as recorded in Boxes 65-67.

    • If the CDC Form 840 is the most recent score sheet, enter the New Preliminary Score value as recorded in Boxes 82-84.

    • If the CDC Form 841 is the most recent score sheet, enter the New Preliminary Score value as recorded in Boxes 84-86.

    • When an inmate’s most recent classification score is recorded on a score sheet with a revision date prior to Rev. 07/02, enter that classification score as the Prior Preliminary Score.

• Net Change in Score (Boxes 78-80)

  • Combine the Total Favorable Points (C4) and the Total Unfavorable Points (D8). The Net Change in Score can be a plus (+) or a minus (-) value. The maximum number of points that can be entered for the Net Change in Score on the CDC Form 841 is 99. If the Net Change in Score exceeds 99, prepare one or more CDC Form 840(s) to record remaining disciplinaries. If preparing more than one CDC Form 840 on the same date, enter a different date for each CDC Form 840 because the Inmate Classification Score System Database organizes data by the “Date Completed.” Enter the appropriate positive or negative sign in the first box and the total value in the remaining boxes.

• Preliminary Score Subtotal (Item F3)

  • Enter the Preliminary Score subtotal on the line provided. The Preliminary Score subtotal is the prior Preliminary Score plus or minus the Net Change in Score.

  • This number can never be less than “0.”

• Change in Term Points (Boxes 81-83)

  • If the inmate has been designated as an RTCReturn To Custody, do not enter a value. This area is left blank for an inmate who has returned as a parole violator returned to custody for a parole violation only.

  • If a PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody later becomes a PVWNTParole Violator Returned With New Term, a correction to the CDC Form 841 is not necessary. Complete a new CDC Form 840 recording the change in term points, if any, as a result of this new term. Also, do not correct the CDC Form 839.

  • To determine the change in term points for a PVWNTParole Violator Returned With New Term:

    • Identify the original Term Point (T/P) from the CDC Form 839 and from subsequent score sheets with information entered in the Change in Term Points box.

    • Enter the prior Term Points value on the “- Old T/P” line on the score sheet.

    • Use the Term Point equation of base term plus enhancements multiplied by two (2) to calculate New Term Points. Enter that value on the “+ New T/P” line on the score sheet.

    • This term point value cannot exceed 50.

    • Determine the difference between the old term points and the new term points. Enter either a plus (+) or a minus (-) sign in Box 81 and the numeric difference in Boxes 81-83.

  • EXAMPLES:

    • An inmate is returned from parole as an RTCReturn To Custody. The inmate goes out to court before completing RCReception Centers processing and is sentenced to 3 years. His original CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation commitment had been 4 years. The adjustment to the Change in Term Points area of the CDC Form 841 is calculated as:

      • Old Term Points: – 8

      • New Term Points: (3 yrs X 2) + 6

      • Change in Term Points = – 2

    • An inmate is returned from parole as a PVWNTParole Violator Returned With New Term. She is given an 18-month sentence (1 year 6 months). Her original term was 8 years.

      • Old Term Points: – 16

      • New Term Points: (1 yrs X 2) + 2

      • Change in Term Point = – 14

• New Preliminary Score (Boxes 84-86) Add or subtract the Change in Term Points value from the Preliminary Score Subtotal and enter that value in Boxes 84-86. The maximum value for the New Preliminary Score is 999. The New Preliminary Score cannot be less than zero nor greater than 999.