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Prison procedures

  • Inmate Religious Beliefs and Practices TRM [Technical Reference Manual]

    This manual provides practical guidelines for administrators and chaplains to appropriately accommodate inmate religious beliefs and practices.
  • A Quick Guide for LGBTI Policy Development for Adult Prisons and Jails

    “This Quick Guide will help agencies and facilities develop a comprehensive response to working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inters
  • Title: Evidence Handling

    This policy establishes the procedures defining how to collect and manage crime scene evidence.
  • Operational Searches

    “Operational searches are essential to the safe and secure operation of a prison facility and are a primary method to detect and intercept weapons,
  • Compassionate Release/Reduction of Sentence: Procedures for Implementation of 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(A) and 4205(g)

    This Program Statement explains how the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP) determines and implements requests from inmates for compassionate rel
  • Sexually Abusive Behavior Prevention and Intervention Program

    This document intends to “provide a written policy that implements zero tolerance toward all forms of sexual activity, including sexual abuse and s
  • Gender Identity Disorder: Health Care Services

    "It is the policy of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to recognize that Gender Identity Disorder (GID) is a p
  • Management of Information Systems

    "The purpose of this policy and procedure is to establish guidelines for the management information systems that are used throughout the Wyoming De
  • Gender Informed Practices in the Management of Women’s Prisons

    Correctional senior level leaders face significant challenges regarding gender-informed facility operations, policy and procedure, and the developm