Section 504.40 Investigative Status and Temporary Confinement

Section 504

Section 504.40  Investigative

Status and Temporary Confinement

The shift supervisor shall

determine whether or not it is necessary to place the offender in investigative

status or in temporary confinement status pending a disciplinary hearing or a

determination whether to issue a disciplinary or investigative report in

accordance with Section 504.30.  If the offender has been diagnosed as

seriously mentally ill, the shift supervisor shall ensure a mental health

professional completes a documented review of the offender within 48 hours and

provides his or her recommendation for temporary confinement to the Chief

Administrative Officer.  The Chief Administrative Officer shall also have the

authority to release the offender from temporary confinement.  The decision to

place an offender in investigative status or temporary confinement may be

based, among other matters, on:

a)         The aggressiveness of the offender;

b)         The threat posed to the safety and security of the facility or

any person;

c)         The need to restrict the offender's access to general

population to protect the individual from injury or to conduct the

investigation;

d)         The seriousness of the offense; or

e)         Contraindication for placement determined by a mental health

professional.