SOP_NUMBER: 409.01.01
TITLE: Authority and Responsibility
DIVISION: Executive Division - Georgia Correctional Industries
TOPIC_AREA: 409 Policy - GCI Inmate Workers
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2020-12-14
WORD_COUNT: 468
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/105543
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/409.01.01/
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
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|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|
|---|---|---|
|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|
|**Policy Number:** 409.01.01|**Effective Date:** 12/14/2020|**Page Number:** 1 of 2|
|**Authority:**
Commissioner
|**Originating Division:**
Executive Division -Georgia
Correctional Industries|**Access Listing:**
Level I: All Access|
**I.** **Introduction and Summary:**
The institution(s) providing the offender workers for a given GCI plant is responsible
for maintaining security, and monitoring safety and sanitation practices within that
plant. Plant operations and offender training is the responsibility of the GCI staff.
This policy is applicable to GCI Plants/Facilities.
**II.** **Authority:**
A. Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 125-2-1-.01, 125-3-1-.01, and 125-3-1-.04;
B. GDC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): 209.01 Offender Discipline, 218.01
Key and Lock Control, 218.02 Control of Tools and Equipment, 221.02 Count
Procedures, 228.01 Safety-Sanitation Inspections, and 409.02.01 Inmate
Recruitment/Reassignment; and
C. ACA Standards: 5-ACI-7A-08 (ref. 4-4456).
**III.** **Definitions:** None.
**IV.** **Statement of Policy and Applicable Procedures:**
A. The senior GCI employee or his/her designee at each site shall attend the institution
staff meeting and maintain awareness of institutional procedures concerning
security, safety, and sanitation. Institutional procedures shall be followed in the
planning and maintenance of these environmental elements. Special
circumstances should be discussed and brought to closure within the staff
meetings. Institution security, safety, tool control, key control, and similar
personnel shall be consulted and solicited to assist in setting up and maintaining
these programs.
B. The institution shall inspect the GCI facilities at regular intervals to ensure
compliance. Any discrepancies found are to be reported to the senior GCI
employee at the site, the Division Manager, the Operations Director, and the
Executive Director as well as the Warden of the institution.
|GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Standard Operating Procedures|Col2|Col3|
|---|---|---|
|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|**Policy Name:** Authority and Responsibility|
|**Policy Number:** 409.01.01|**Effective Date:** 12/14/2020|**Page Number:** 2 of 2|
|**Authority:**
Commissioner
|**Originating Division:**
Executive Division -Georgia
Correctional Industries|**Access Listing:**
Level I: All Access|
C. The Facility Manager/Plant Manager shall prepare a report within the seven (7)
days of notification detailing the remedial action to be taken in detail with a
completion date. This report is to be forwarded to the same recipients.
D. All operations of the plant, assignment of offenders within the plant, and the
training of the offenders are the responsibility of the GCI employees.
E. Discipline of the offenders is a joint responsibility of the correctional officers in
the plant and the plant personnel. Severe violations must be dealt with
immediately and according to the rules and regulations. Minor offenses should be
dealt with appropriately with the offender’s record and his/her value relative to
production and/or training taken into consideration.
**V.** **Attachments:** None.
**VI.** **Record Retention of Forms Relevant to this Policy:** None.