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Control Number: <br />303.02.01.001 <br />Version: <br />7.0 <br />Title: <br />Classification: Inmate <br /> <br />Page: <br />10 of 19 <br /> <br />custody level). For example, an inmate at a minimum custody facility receives points for <br />a B-class DOR, which will cause the inmate to score medium custody, but staff believes <br />the inmate can still be managed at minimum custody. <br />Override to move means staff believes an inmate either can be managed at a lower <br />custody level or must be managed at a higher custody level than the adjusted custody <br />level. <br />Whenever the override is to a lower custody level, the receiving facility head is the <br />approval authority. The sending facility staff must consult with the facility head (or <br />designee) of the receiving facility before moving the inmate. If the move is accepted, the <br />receiving facility head will approve the classification override. If the receiving facility does <br />not accept the inmate, the sending facility head or designee may contact the <br />classification manager for review. The classification manager will elevate concerns to the <br />division chief (or designee). <br />The sending facility head approves discretionary overrides to a higher custody level. <br />The sending facility does not contact the receiving facility. The receiving facility does not <br />approve the override. The receiving facility cannot reject the inmate nor will the receiving <br />facility conduct an unscheduled reclassification early to return the inmate to the lower <br />custody level. If the receiving facility staff believes the discretionary override to a higher <br />custody level was unnecessary or inappropriate, the facility head (or designee) will <br />contact the classification manager. The classification manager will review the <br />discretionary override and if necessary, consult with the division chief (or designee). The <br />division chief or classification manager may, when appropriate to do so, order a <br />reclassification and return the inmate to a lower custody level. <br />7. Proximity to Release Points <br />Inmates with current high-severity crimes will not have an adjusted custody level of minimum <br />custody, until they are eligible to receive proximity to release points (-9 points). <br />Inmates with current low-severity crimes do not receive proximity to release points because <br />the minus points are not required for such inmates to be minimum custody. <br />Proximity to release points are not given on initial classifications. <br />When inmates with current high-severity crimes, are eligible the proximity to release points <br />will make their adjusted custody minimum custody. <br />To be eligibility to receive proximity to release points, inmates must have: <br />• Zero or -1 points for institutional behavior <br />• No mandatory override criteria <br />And <br />• A TPD or FTRD within three years or <br />• A PHD within three years and is within five years of FTRD <br />• If serving life, a TPD within three years <br />Caution: Minimum custody is appropriate as long as the TPD and/or PHD are viable. If at <br />any time it becomes known that the inmate cannot or will not produce a viable parole plan, <br />then the inmate must be reclassified with a discretionary override to medium. Examples of <br />non-viable TPDs include placement in a program or housing that is nonexistent or <br />impassible; and/or TPD is based on programming that the inmate refuses to take or fails to