Purpose


The purpose and effect of the proposed rule is to update the definition of a major rule violations; to provide for documentation that an inmate was given the opportunity to contact expected visitors in the event the inmate is placed in administrative confinement; to shift authority from the State Classification Office (SCO) to the Warden for certain confinement extensions and reviews; to delete the definition of SCO; to add a definition for the Offender Based Information System (OBIS); to provide that the Warden will visit certain inmates in disciplinary confinement; to provide for updates to OBIS in certain circumstances; and to transfer authority from the SCO to the Warden for reviewing certain reports concerning certain inmates in confinement.