SOP 215.16 (IID04-0014): Personal Items for Inmates Transferred to Transitional Centers
Summary
This policy establishes what clothing, personal hygiene items, and medications inmates receive when transferred to transitional centers for work release or maintenance assignments. The sending facility must provide inmates with a minimum package of civilian clothing and hygiene supplies if they don't already possess them, plus a 30-day supply of any prescribed medications. Transitional centers may provide these items as part of a GDC Release Package.
Key Topics
- transitional center
- work release
- personal property
- clothing allowance
- hygiene items
- inmate transfers
- medications
- pre-release programs
- maintenance assignment
- release package
- personal property management
Full Text
|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|
|---|---|---|
|`Functional Area: `
`Facility Operations`|`Reference Number: `
`IID04-0014`|`Revises`
`Previous`
`Effective Date:`
`7/15/02`|
|`Subject:`
`Personal Items For Inmates`
`Transferred To`
`Transitional Centers`|||
|`Authority:`
`Owens/Hodges`|` Effective Date:`
`8/01/09`|`Page 1 of`
`3 `|
I. POLICY:
Inmates assigned to Transitional Centers to participate in
Center programs and community employment (work release), will
be provided with minimal items of clothing and other items for
comfort and hygiene. Inmates that are taking prescribed
medication will be furnished with a 30-day supply of
medication by the sending institution prior to transferring to
the Transitional Center for work release or maintenance
assignment.
II. APPLICABILITY:
All Transitional Centers, State and County Prisons
III. RELATED DIRECTIVES:
A. Board Rules: 125-2-4-.07, 125-2-4-.19, 125-3-6-.04(5)
B. GDC SOPS: IIB06-0002, IID04-0007
IV. DEFINITIONS:
NONE
V. ATTACHMENTS:
NONE
VI. PROCEDURE:
A. The following listed clothing items may be provided by
the Transitional Center to each work release or
maintenance inmate upon transfer to a Transitional
Center. These items may be provided in the form of a GDC
Release Package.
|Functional Area:
Facility Operations|Prev. Eff. Date:
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3|
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|`Functional Area:`
`Facility Operations`|`Effective Date:`
`8/01/09`|`Reference Number:`
`IID04-0014`|
Item Quantity
- Shirt (civilian style) 1 each
- Pants (civilian style) 1 each
- Jacket (civilian style) 1 each
- Belt 1 each
- Underclothes 2 each
- Socks 2 pair
- Shoes 1 pair
B. The following listed personal hygiene items will be
provided to each inmate:
Item Quantity
- Towels 2 each
- Face Cloths 2 each
- Soap 1 bar
- Toothbrush 1 each
- Toothpaste or powder 1 each
- Comb/Brush 1 each
- Safety or Electric Razor 1 each
- Shaving Cream/Powder 1 each
- Deodorant (non-aerosol) 1 each
- Sanitary Supplies at least 12
(Females only; napkins/tampons)
C. Clothing and personal items will be transported with the
inmate when he/she is transferred to a Transitional
Center. Items may be personal property of the inmate:
however, any inmate not possessing the minimal items in
|Functional Area:
Facility Operations|Prev. Eff. Date:
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|`Functional Area:`
`Facility Operations`|`Effective Date:`
`8/01/09`|`Reference Number:`
`IID04-0014`|
paragraphs VI.A and VI.B of this SOP will be issued the items by the sending facility (prison or pre transitional) prior to transfer to a Transitional Center for work release or maintenance assignment. D. Residents will be permitted to carry additional personal property items as authorized in SOP IID04-0007, "Transitional Center Resident Personal Property." Items not authorized by procedure will be disposed of according to SOP IIB06-0002, "Management of Inmate Property & Contraband." E. All inmates transferring to a Transitional Center with prescribed medications must be provided with at least a 30-day supply of medication. All medication must be properly labeled and packaged, and placed in red/white envelopes identified as medication. The red/white envelopes containing the medication, along with institutional records, will be transported with the inmate.