{
    "sop_number": "409.01.01",
    "old_code": null,
    "title": "Authority and Responsibility",
    "division": "Executive Division - Georgia Correctional Industries",
    "topic_area": "409 Policy - GCI Inmate Workers",
    "effective_date": "2020-12-14",
    "summary": "This policy establishes the division of responsibilities between Georgia Correctional Industries (GCI) staff and institutional correctional staff at GCI plants and facilities. GCI staff are responsible for plant operations and offender training, while the institution maintains security, monitors safety and sanitation practices, and conducts regular compliance inspections. The policy requires senior GCI employees to participate in institutional staff meetings, report discrepancies through the chain of command, and share discipline responsibilities with correctional officers.",
    "key_topics": [
        "Georgia Correctional Industries",
        "GCI plants",
        "inmate workers",
        "offender workers",
        "authority and responsibility",
        "plant operations",
        "security responsibility",
        "safety and sanitation",
        "compliance inspections",
        "offender discipline",
        "GCI staff roles",
        "institutional coordination"
    ],
    "cross_references": [],
    "content": "|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS<br>Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|\n|---|---|---|\n|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|\n|**Policy Number:** 409.01.01|**Effective Date:** 12/14/2020|**Page Number:** 1 of 2|\n|**Authority:** <br>Commissioner<br>|**Originating Division:** <br>Executive Division -Georgia<br>Correctional Industries|**Access Listing:**<br>Level I: All Access|\n\n\n\n**I.** **Introduction and Summary:**\n\nThe institution(s) providing the offender workers for a given GCI plant is responsible\nfor maintaining security, and monitoring safety and sanitation practices within that\nplant. Plant operations and offender training is the responsibility of the GCI staff.\nThis policy is applicable to GCI Plants/Facilities.\n\n\n**II.** **Authority:**\n\nA. Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 125-2-1-.01, 125-3-1-.01, and 125-3-1-.04;\n\n\nB. GDC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): 209.01 Offender Discipline, 218.01\n\nKey and Lock Control, 218.02 Control of Tools and Equipment, 221.02 Count\nProcedures, 228.01 Safety-Sanitation Inspections, and 409.02.01 Inmate\nRecruitment/Reassignment; and\n\n\nC. ACA Standards: 5-ACI-7A-08 (ref. 4-4456).\n\n**III.** **Definitions:** None.\n\n**IV.** **Statement of Policy and Applicable Procedures:**\n\nA. The senior GCI employee or his/her designee at each site shall attend the institution\n\nstaff meeting and maintain awareness of institutional procedures concerning\nsecurity, safety, and sanitation. Institutional procedures shall be followed in the\nplanning and maintenance of these environmental elements. Special\ncircumstances should be discussed and brought to closure within the staff\nmeetings. Institution security, safety, tool control, key control, and similar\npersonnel shall be consulted and solicited to assist in setting up and maintaining\nthese programs.\n\nB. The institution shall inspect the GCI facilities at regular intervals to ensure\n\ncompliance. Any discrepancies found are to be reported to the senior GCI\nemployee at the site, the Division Manager, the Operations Director, and the\nExecutive Director as well as the Warden of the institution.\n\n\n|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS<br>Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|\n|---|---|---|\n|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|\n|**Policy Number:** 409.01.01|**Effective Date:** 12/14/2020|**Page Number:** 2 of 2|\n|**Authority:** <br>Commissioner<br>|**Originating Division:** <br>Executive Division -Georgia<br>Correctional Industries|**Access Listing:**<br>Level I: All Access|\n\n\n\nC. The Facility Manager/Plant Manager shall prepare a report within the seven (7)\n\ndays of notification detailing the remedial action to be taken in detail with a\ncompletion date. This report is to be forwarded to the same recipients.\n\nD. All operations of the plant, assignment of offenders within the plant, and the\n\ntraining of the offenders are the responsibility of the GCI employees.\n\nE. Discipline of the offenders is a joint responsibility of the correctional officers in\n\nthe plant and the plant personnel. Severe violations must be dealt with\nimmediately and according to the rules and regulations. Minor offenses should be\ndealt with appropriately with the offender\u2019s record and his/her value relative to\nproduction and/or training taken into consideration.\n\n**V.** **Attachments:** None.\n\n**VI.** **Record Retention of Forms Relevant to this Policy:** None.",
    "word_count": 468,
    "powerdms_url": "https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/105543",
    "url": "https://gps.press/sop-data/409.01.01/",
    "attachments": []
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