SOP 409.02.06: Inmate Work Hours

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Standard Operating Procedures

Revises
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Industries

Subject: 7/30/96
Inmate Work Hours

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I. POLICY:
Correctional Industries will establish and provide a workday
for inmate personnel, which is similar to that experienced in
private industry.

II. APPLICABILITY:
G.C.I. Production Facilities.

III. RELATED DIRECTIVES:
A. GDC Rule 125-3-5-.06

IV. DEFINITIONS:
Work Day: The hours spent in productive work, not calculating
lunch breaks or time required for security measures such as
count and shakedown.

V. ATTACHMENTS:
None

VI. PROCEDURE:
A. Each Plant Manager will maintain a written plan stating:

1. The actual length of inmate workday on the job.

2. A schedule of time for breaks, lunch, and security
measures.
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3. A full detail movement schedule.

B. The written plan shall be submitted to the Executive
Director of Industry Division after approval by the GCI
Operations Director, Assistant Executive Director and the
institution Warden.

C. Within security allowances, the workday is to emulate a
workday in private industry as much as possible.