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Chapter 6 – Adult Classification

Article 2 – Case Considerations

Updated June 3, 2025

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61020.20 Instructions for Completing the CDC Form 841

  • The counselor shall prepare a CDC Form 841 upon the return to CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation custody from parole of a PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody or a PVWNTParole Violator Returned With New Term. Also prepare a CDC Form 816, Reception Center Readmission Summary, for the PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody or PVWNTParole Violator Returned With New Term with the following exceptions.

  • Prepare a CDC Form 841 and an ISRSInstitutional Staff Recommendation Summary for a PVWNTParole Violator Returned With New Term returning with a new Life term.

  • Prepare only a CDC Form 841 if parole is lawfully revoked by the BPHBoard of Parole Hearings (formerly Board of Prison Terms) because an inmate refused to sign conditions of parole. Preparation of a CDC Form 816 is not required if the inmate is not physically paroled to the community, the inmate’s status shows that he/she has been paroled, revoked, and returned the same day.

  • Once a PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody or PVWNTParole Violator Returned With New Term is scored on a CDC Form 841, each subsequent readmission period shall be captured on a separate CDC Form 841. The counselor prepares a CDC Form 841 each time a parole violator returns to the RCReception Centers. For example, if a PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody paroled from the RCReception Centers prior to the preparation of a CDC Form 841 for that revocation, prepare a CDC Form 841 to address that RTCReturn To Custody period as well as a separate CDC Form 841 to address the current RTCReturn To Custody.

  • A CDC Form 841 shall not be prepared for a parolee pending revocation proceedings. Do not prepare a CDC Form 841 if the parole violator is continued on parole (COPContinue On Parole).

  • A CDC Form 841 shall not be prepared for a parolee who is returned to custody as a “non-revoked” parolee, for example a SATCU placement.

  • A CDC Form 841 shall not be prepared for a parolee who is returned to custody for “psych attention” only. A parolee revoked by the BPHBoard of Parole Hearings (formerly Board of Prison Terms) for psych attention is in custody for psychiatric treatment, but continues his or her parole period uninterrupted.

  • A CDC Form 841 shall not be prepared if the inmate received an additional commitment while on parole (paper commitment), but is not returned to an RCReception Centers. OBISOffender Based Information System records this as a Legal Processing Unit action showing the parolee as returned to prison and paroled the same day.

  • On the CDC Form 841, box numbers appear to the right, but refer to the first box on the left of each field.

  • Detention Processing Unit

    • The purpose of the Detention Processing Unit (DPUDetention Processing Units) is to expedite the Reception Center processing of PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody cases. The RCReception Centers-CCIII or designated CCII screens PVRTCs primarily on information in the C-file and a CCICalifornia Correctional Institution’s interview of the PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody.

  • Detention Processing Unit Criteria

  • Inmates Eligible for DPUDetention Processing Units Processing

    • The DPUDetention Processing Units process allows the RCReception Centers-CCIII or designated CCII staff to approve initial placement of eligible PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody inmates who have either a Level I or Level II Placement Score and who are not further excluded as follows.

      • The PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody does not require Level III or Level IVIntravenous placement.

      • The PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody does not require special or designated housing.

      • The PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody has no complex housing considerations.

      • The PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody has no complex enemy concerns.

    • The PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody shall be processed via DPUDetention Processing Units and endorsed on the CDC Form 841 under the following conditions:

      • PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody Cases Eligible for Minimum Custody via DPUDetention Processing Units.

        • A PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody with a Level I Placement Score who meets MSF criteria shall be approved for DPUDetention Processing Units placement in a Level I MSF or a CCFCommunity Correctional Facilities. Do not DPUDetention Processing Units to a Secure Level I.

        • PVRTCs with Level I Placement Scores with an imminent release date of 30 days or less shall be approved for DPUDetention Processing Units placement in the Level I MSF adjacent to that RCReception Centers.

        • A PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody with a Level II Placement Score who meets MSF criteria shall be approved for DPUDetention Processing Units placement in a Level I MSF institution using the Administrative Determinant Code of Work (WOR) or for a DPUDetention Processing Units placement in a CCFCommunity Correctional Facilities. Do not DPUDetention Processing Units a PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody eligible for MSF placement to a Secure Level I or to a Level II institution.

    • Level I or Level II PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody Cases Not Eligible for Minimum Custody.

      • A DPUDetention Processing Units-eligible PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody with a Level I Placement Score who does not meet MSF criteria shall be approved for DPUDetention Processing Units placement in an MCCF or Level II institution using the appropriate Administrative Determinant Code as the Administrative or Irregular Placement Reason.

      • A DPUDetention Processing Units-eligible PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody with a Level II Placement Score who does not meet MSF criteria shall be approved for DPUDetention Processing Units placement in an MCCF or Level II institution.

  • Inmates not eligible for DPUDetention Processing Units Processing

    • A PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody requires regular reception center processing and CSRClassification Staff Representative endorsement if he or she has any of the following factors:

      • The PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody requires either a Level III or Level IVIntravenous placement.

      • The PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody requires designated housing; (i.e., DDP, DPPDisability Placement Plan, SNY), or is a participant in the Mental Health Services Delivery System.

      • The C&PRClassification & Parole Representative or RCReception Centers-CCIII determines that the PVRTCParole Violator Return To Custody inmate warrants referral to the CSRClassification Staff Representative.