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Idaho <br />Department of <br />Correction <br /> <br />Standard <br />Operating <br />Procedure <br />Title: <br />Religious Activities <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page: <br />1 of 23 <br /> <br />Control Number: <br />403.02.01.001 <br />Version: <br />8.0 <br />Adopted: <br />5-1-1996 <br /> <br />Chad Page, chief of the division of prisons, approved this document on <br />01/30/2019. <br />Open to the public: Yes <br />SCOPE <br />This standard operating procedure applies to all Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) <br />correctional facilities, including community reentry centers (CRCs), inmates, staff members , <br />volunteer and religious activity coordinators (VRCs), and faith-based volunteers. <br />Revision History <br />Revision Date (01/30/2019) version 8.0: Added section allowing Level 2 volunteers to <br />supervise lim ited service volunteers; revised terminology and provided clarification regarding <br />size and material of religious cards in Appendix D, removed religious beard exception <br />information. <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Board of Correction IDAPA Rule Number 06.01.01.403 .......................................................... 2 <br />Policy Control Number 403 ....................................................................................................... 2 <br />Purpose ..................................................................................................................................... 2 <br />Responsibility ............................................................................................................................ 2 <br />Standard Procedures ................................................................................................................ 3 <br />1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 3 <br />2. Religious Volunteers ........................................................................................................... 3 <br />3. Religious Activity Oversight ................................................................................................ 4 <br />4. VRC Responsibilities .......................................................................................................... 4 <br />5. Prohibited Activities ............................................................................................................. 4 <br />6. Designating Worship Areas and Scheduling Religious Activities ...................................... 5 <br />7. Suspending, Reducing, or Delaying Religious Activities .................................................... 5 <br />8. Work or Programming Conflicts.......................................................................................... 6 <br />9. Religious Activity Protocols ................................................................................................. 6 <br />10. Inmates under the Sentence of Death ................................................................................ 8 <br />11. Inmates in Long-term Restrictive Housing ......................................................................... 8