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Control Number: 303.02.01.001 Version: 7.0 Title: Classification: Inmate Page: 8 of 19 Medium custody is designed to house inmates who typically have the following: • High or low-risk crimes with a disciplinary history (class B DORs) that does not require close custody placement • Long-term sentences • High-risk crimes and are not within specified proximity to a release date (see Classification Scoring Matrix) • Felony and/or ICE detainers • Escape history from a non-secure facility Minimum Minimum custody inmates may be assigned to a facility with a non-secure perimeter. Inmates must report for counts, except when on work assignments or on work release. Movement of minimum-security inmates within the facility may be unrestricted. At a work camp and offsite vocational work projects when inmates are outside the assigned perimeter, inmates may be unescorted; however, staff or a designated person will make visual observation of the inmates at least every two hours. Facility heads may approve exceptions to the two-hour observation requirement for specific jobs or programs. Exceptions and supervision requirements must be documented for each work crew or work assignment in accordance with SOP 611.01.01.003, Vocational Work Projects: Inmate Selection and Crew Management. At CWC facilities and facilities with work release programs, inmates must report for counts, except for when away from the facility on an approved release (for further information, see SOP 605.01.01.002, Employment Release for Inmates). Movement within the facility may be unrestricted. When outside the assigned perimeter, the inmate may be unescorted and will be required to report to the facility as directed by staff. Minimum custody is designed to house inmates who typically have the following: • No recent class A or B DORs • Nonviolent and/or low-risk crime • High-risk crime but nearing a release date and no classification points for DORs (see section 7) • Do not present an obvious escape risk • Do not present an obvious threat to public safety 6. Overrides The IDOC uses two types of overrides: mandatory and discretionary. Mandatory Overrides Policy decisions establish mandatory override criteria and take precedence over the point system. Mandatory overrides affect inmates who score minimum custody but policy decisions require that they be medium custody. Mandatory overrides also affect inmates who score medium custody but are being considered for a discretionary override to minimum custody. Mandatory override criteria are: • Life sentences, unless there is TPD within 3 years