Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Operations Manual

Chapter 7 – Adult Case Records Information

Article 2 – Case Records Service Unit

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71020.4.5 Procedures for Issuing Departmental Numbers

  • All departmental identification numbers shall be issued by the IDInstitutions Division (see DAI) Unit.

    • All identification numbers shall be issued in numerical order.

    • Receiving facilities shall telephone the unit for assignment of a CDC identification number.

    • To facilitate processing the volume of persons received at reception centers, the IDInstitutions Division (see DAI)/Warrants Unit shall issue blocks of numbers.

    • In exceptional cases, inmates may be received at a facility other than a reception center. In those instances in which an inmate is received after normal working hours, the facility shall hold the person without a CDC number until the morning of the first workday. On the first workday, a CDC number shall be obtained.