33-601.210: Custody Classification
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed rule adds language specifying that all custodial assignments at private facilities will require the approval of the Department of Corrections Representative, strikes the requirement that a post-sentence investigation will be requested if not included in the inmate's record at the time of first assessment, and changes a title.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Classification and Central Records.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 944.09 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 20.315, 921.20, 944.09, 944.17(2), 944.1905, 958.11 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Laura Gallagher, 501 S. Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2500
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
33-601.210 Custody Classification.
(1) No change.
(2) (a) through (d) No change.
(e) All custody assignments will require the approval of the Institutional Classification Team. At private correctional facilities, all custody assignments will require the approval of the Department of Corrections Representative.
(f) through (l) No change.
(3) No change.
(4) (a) through (i) No change.
(j) At the time of the first assessment and review, should the inmate record not contain either a pre-sentence or post sentence investigation, the classification officer is responsible for requesting such document(s) from the Probation and Parole Services Office in the region from which the inmate was committed. Care should be exercised to be sure that at least sixty (60) days have lapsed since the post sentence investigation was originally requested prior to making this follow-up.
(k) through (l) No change.
(m) The department may in selected cases recommend to the Florida Parole Commission that an inmate be placed on parole at an earlier date than scheduled. Note should be made of an inmate’s presumptive parole release date (PPRD) when considering such possibilities. If it is felt that such significant progress has taken place since the setting of the PPRD that it should be moved forward to an earlier date, then such recommendations should be made to the Parole Commission in an assessment and review setting forth the basis for recommending a change in the PPRD. All assessments and reviews containing parole recommendations will be reviewed and approved or disapproved by the Institutional Classification Team and forwarded to the State Classification Office for approval or disapproval. The assessment and review shall then be submitted to the Chief of the Bureau of Classification Management and Central Records who, on behalf of the Secretary, shall make a recommendation to the Parole Commission. A copy of the report shall be forwarded to the Parole Commission.
Rulemaking Authority 944.09, 958.11 FS. Law Implemented 20.315, 921.20, 944.09, 944.17(2), 944.1905, 958.11 FS. History–New 12-7-81, Formerly 33-6.09, Amended 6-8-82, 10-26-83, 6-8-86, 7-8-86, 10-27-88, 1-1-89, 7-4-89, 10-12-89, 1-2-91, Formerly 33-6.009, Amended 7-21-91, 8-30-92, 5-13-96, 6-12-96, 11-19-96, 10-15-97, Formerly 33-6.0045, Amended 9-19-00, 2-25-07, 11-4-08, 7-4-10,________.