Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Operations Manual

Chapter 6 – Adult Classification

Article 6 – Recall of Commitment

Departmental staff shall recommend to the Director and request that recall consideration be considered for those inmates who, in the interest of justice, could be properly managed outside the Department and where alternate placement had not been explored by the sentencing court. Examples include but are not limited to:
- Naive, youthful offenders who could be sentenced to the CYASee Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).
- Narcotic addicts who meet the criteria for commitment to the civil addict program.
- Inmates whose sentence would be better served in another jurisdiction.
Departmental staff’s recommendations shall focus on the proper placement rather than the severity or length of sentence.
When an institutional recommendation for recall is determined to be inappropriate after review at the Director’s level, the Deputy Director, Institutions Division shall notify the Warden of the referring institution of this decision.