SOP_NUMBER: 220.01-att-2
TITLE: Boot Camp Criteria Checklist
REFERENCE_CODE: IIA22-0001
DIVISION: Facilities
TOPIC_AREA: 220 Policy-Facilities Diagnostics/Classification
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2009-09-15
WORD_COUNT: 259
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/105802
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/220.01-att-2/

SUMMARY:
This checklist establishes the eligibility criteria for recommending offenders for Georgia's Boot Camp program, which is limited to male inmates. It lists disqualifying offenses (serious violent crimes and sex offenses) and specifies age, incarceration history, and sentence length requirements for both regular Boot Camp and Boot Camp Plus (a drug-offense-only program).

KEY_TOPICS: boot camp, inmate classification, eligibility criteria, disqualifying offenses, violent crime, sexual offense, drug offenses, sentence length requirements, prior incarceration, age requirements, offender screening

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Validity Review Checklist (IIA22-0001 Attachment 1)
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/220.01-att-1/
  2. Boot Camp Criteria Checklist
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/220.01-att-2/
  3. Georgia County Codes Checklist
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/220.01-att-3/
  5. Probation Serve Time/Reasons and Type Codes
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/220.01-att-5/

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**IIA22-0001**
**ATTACHMENT 2**

**9/15/09**
**BOOT CAMP CRITERIA**
FACILITIES FOR MALES ONLY


IN ORDER TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR BOOT CAMP THE OFFENDER MUST NOT
HAVE COMMITTED ANY OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES CURRENTLY OR IN THE
PAST:

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
AGGRAVATED CHILD MOLESTATION
AGGRAVATED SODOMY
AGGRAVATED STALKING
ARMED ROBBERY
ARSON 1 [ST] DEGREE
CHILD MOLESTATION
CRIMINAL GANG ACTIVITY
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
ENTICING A CHILD FOR INDECENT PURPOSES
FETICIDE
HIJACKING OF MOTOR VEHICLE
HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE (FELONY)
INCEST
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
KIDNAPPING
MURDER
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM ( **disqualifies if on current offense** )
RAPE
RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY **( may have had a probated sentence )**
ROBBERY (ALL TYPES)
SERIOUS INJURY VY VEHICLE ( **may have had a probated sentence )**
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
STATUTORY RAPE
TRAFFICKING OF ANY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER

***IF NONE OF THE ABOVE OFFENSES DISQUALIFY THE OFFENDER, HE MUST
ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
**BOOT CAMP (REGULAR)**
1. OFFENDER MUST BE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 17-35 (BORN 1972 OR LATER)
2. HE MUST NOT HAVE ANY PRIOR INCARCERATIONS IN THE PENAL SYSTEM
(CHECK IN CASE HISTORY TO DETERMINE THIS)
3. HE MUST HAVE AT LEAST 9 MONTHS TO SERVE IN PRISON
4. HE MUST NOT HAVE MORE THAN 5 YEARS TO SERVE
**BOOT CAMP + (PLUS)**
1.* BOOT CAMP PLUS IS INTENDED FOR DRUG OFFENSES ONLY. THEY MAY HAVE
ONE PRIOR FELONY **INCARCERATION** EXCEPT FOR THE ABOVE STATED
OFFENSES. IF CURRENT SENTENCE IS NOT A DRUG CHARGE ONLY, HE DOES NOT
QUALIFY FOR BC+.
2. OFFENDER MUST BE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 17-40 (BORN 1967 OR LATER)
3. HE MUST HAVE AT LEAST 25 MONTHS TO SERVE IN PRISON.
4. HE MUST NOT HAVE MORE THAN 5 YEARS TO SERVE.