SOP_NUMBER: 211.01
TITLE: Inmate Construction Housing Units
REFERENCE_CODE: IIB01-0022
DIVISION: Facilities
TOPIC_AREA: 211 Policy-Special Housing
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2020-04-17
WORD_COUNT: 703
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/106157
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/211.01/

SUMMARY:
This policy establishes security and operational procedures for inmate construction housing units that may be located inside or outside facility perimeters. It specifies which security classifications of offenders can be assigned to these units (minimum and trusty offenders inside perimeters; minimum, trusty, and conditionally medium security offenders outside perimeters), prohibits close custody assignments, and requires compliance with all standard facility procedures including count, safety, sanitation, and security inspections. The policy ensures that offenders in these units maintain access to general population privileges and services while being subject to appropriate security measures.

KEY_TOPICS: inmate construction housing, construction crews, portable housing units, special housing, perimeter security, offender classification, minimum security, trusty offenders, medium security, count procedures, security inspections, sanitation, tool control, key control, fire protection

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|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS<br>Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|
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|**Policy Name:**Inmate Construction Housing Units|**Policy Name:**Inmate Construction Housing Units|**Policy Name:**Inmate Construction Housing Units|
|**Policy Number:** 211.01|**Effective Date:** 4/17/2020|**Page Number:** 1 of 3|
|**Authority:** <br>Commissioner<br>|**Originating Division:** <br>Facilities Division|**Access Listing:**<br>Level I: All Access|



**I.** **Introduction and Summary:**

Offenders assigned to the inmate construction crews and to self-contained portable
housing will be subject to all applicable security measures as is any offender. This
policy is applicable to all Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) facilities or
centers housing offenders.


**II.** **Authority:**

A. Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 125-3-1-.04; and

B.  GDC SOPs: 218.01 Key and Lock Control, 218.02 Control of Tools and

Equipment, 221.02 Count Procedures, 228.01 Safety - Sanitation Inspection,
226.01 Searches, Security Inspections and Use of Permanent Logs, 206.01
Offender Personal Property Standards, 406.19 Offender Financial Transactions
and Business Activities, and 207.04 Offender Work Details.

**III.** **Definitions:** None.


**IV.** **Statement of Policy and Applicable Procedures:**

A. Inmate construction housing units may be placed within existing perimeters or

external to a perimeter.


1. If an inmate construction housing unit is placed within a perimeter, medium

and/or minimum security offenders, and/or trusty offenders may be assigned.

2. If placed outside a perimeter, only minimum security offenders or trusty

offenders may be assigned. If constant supervision is available, medium
security offenders may be utilized.

3. In all cases, the "in/out security designator" will be used by the Classification

Committee (GDC SOP 207.04 Offender Work Details) to determine
appropriate work detail assignments.

4. Close custody offenders will not be assigned to these units.


5. POST orders will be revised at the host facility to insure staff members are


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|**Authority:** <br>Commissioner<br>|**Originating Division:** <br>Facilities Division|**Access Listing:**<br>Level I: All Access|



fully cognizant of additional security measures required on installation of
inmate construction housing units.

B. At all times, count procedures as outlined in SOP 221.02, Count Procedure will

be observed.

C. The safety and sanitation procedures will be followed as stipulated in SOP

228.01, Safety - Sanitation Inspection. The Warden will be responsible for
inspections as indicated in Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 125-3-1-.04.  At a
minimum, the Warden or designee will tour and inspect on a weekly basis for
security, sanitation, and safety issues.  Searches will be conducted on an as
needed basis as indicated in SOP 226.01, Searches, Security Inspections and Use
of Permanent Logs. Facility staff performing these inspections will be
accompanied by the inmate construction officer assigned to the unit.

D. Adequate fire protection will be ensured and, while on-site, facility/center

emergency plans will reflect operations of the inmate construction housing units.

E. Key and tool control procedures will be followed in accordance with SOP

218.01, Key and Lock Control, and SOP 218.02, Control of Tools and
Equipment.

F. Offenders living in inmate construction housing units will have access to

offender store, visitation, telephone, and other privileges as are available to the
general population.

G. Facilities/centers to which these units are attached will furnish food either by

pack-outs or by those offenders utilizing facilities/centers therein.

H. All possible programmatic access will be furnished by the host facility/center.

This includes access to counseling, chaplaincy, recreation, sick call, etc. Facility
counseling staff will ensure that Parole Review Summaries reflect the offenders
performance accurately.

I. Offender mail will be handled in accordance with standard mail procedures.


|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS<br>Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|
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|**Policy Name:**Inmate Construction Housing Units|**Policy Name:**Inmate Construction Housing Units|**Policy Name:**Inmate Construction Housing Units|
|**Policy Number:** 211.01|**Effective Date:** 4/17/2020|**Page Number:** 3 of 3|
|**Authority:** <br>Commissioner<br>|**Originating Division:** <br>Facilities Division|**Access Listing:**<br>Level I: All Access|



J.  Inmate trust accounts will be maintained in accordance with SOP 406.19,

Offender Financial Transactions and Business Activities.

K. Offender personal property restrictions should be the same as general population

offenders of the host facility and in accordance with SOP 206.01, Offender
Personal Property Standards.

L. Offenders and their property shall be subject to search at any time.

**V.** **Attachments:** None.

**VI.** **Record Retention of Forms Relevant to this Policy:** None.