SOP_NUMBER: 220.04-att-1
TITLE: Offender Orientation Checklist
REFERENCE_CODE: IIB18-0001
DIVISION: Unknown
TOPIC_AREA: Policy-Counseling/Risk Reduction
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2020-08-19
WORD_COUNT: 194
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/105816
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/220.04-att-1/

SUMMARY:
This is a checklist form used to document that newly arrived offenders have received comprehensive orientation to GDC facilities, policies, and procedures. Staff use this form to verify that offenders have been informed about their rights, responsibilities, facility rules, available programs and services, and safety procedures. The offender and orientation counselor sign the form to acknowledge that orientation has been completed and the offender understands the expectations and rules.

KEY_TOPICS: offender orientation, new arrivals, intake process, facility handbook, prisoner rights and responsibilities, PREA training, sexual abuse prevention, classification, grievance process, visitation procedures, fire safety, legal assistance, orientation checklist, institutional orientation

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Offender Orientation Checklist
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/220.04-att-1/

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SOP 220.04
Attachment 1
8/19/20

# **Georgia Department of Corrections** **Offender Orientation Checklist**

## Name: GDC #: Date of Arrival: Date of Orientation: **Category   Offender Initials**

|Expectation Staff has of offender|Col2|
|---|---|
|Delineation of Staff Roles and Access Procedures||
|Offender Rights, Right To Know, Privileges, and Responsibilities||
|Classification, Disciplinary, and Grievance Process||
|Work Assignment||
|Program Availability (e.g. Health Services, Academic, Library Vocational)||
|Counseling, Recreational, Religious Services, etc.||
|Distribution of the Facility Handbook||
|Oral Review of Rules, Regulations, and Departmental Procedure||
|Discussion of Access Procedures To Counselors, Sick Call, etc.||
|Distribution of Visitation and Telephone Call Forms||
|Assistance with obtaining Birth Certificate and SS Card||
|Fire Safety||
|Viewed COLA video on Legal Assistance||
|Viewed Electronic Monitoring Video||
|Viewed AIDS Video||
|Sexual Abuse, Harassment and Contract Training for Sentenced Females||
|Viewed PREA - Prison Rape Elimination Act Video||


# **Acknowledgement:**

## I, Offender GDC#: Have been given a formal orientation to, I have been given the opportunity to ask questions, I understand them and will be held accountable for any violations. Offender Signature: Date: Orientation Counselor: Date:


Retention Schedule: Upon completion, this form will be placed in the institutional file and retained according to the official
retention schedule for that file.