Or. Admin. Code § 291-117-0008

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 291-117-0008 - Definitions

(1) Authorized Legal Material: Pleadings (i.e., complaint, petition or answer), legal motions and memoranda, affidavits, court orders and judgments, correspondence, and other necessary documents (including discovery and exhibits), in or directly pertaining to an inmate's own pending and active case(s), lawsuit(s) before the courts or paroling authorities.

(2) Contraband: Any article or thing which an inmate is prohibited by statute, rule or order from obtaining, possessing, creating, or which the inmate is not specifically authorized to obtain or possess or which the inmate alters without authorization.

(3) Department of Corrections Facility: Any institution, facility, or staff office, including the grounds, operated by the Department of Corrections.

(4) Functional Unit Manager: Any person within the Department of Corrections who reports to either the Director, an Assistant Director, or an administrator and has responsibility for delivery of program services or coordination of program operations.

(5) General Population Housing: Cell or dormitory housing for general population inmates whose assignment is not restricted or segregated for disciplinary or programming reasons.

(6) Inmate: Any person under the supervision of the Department of Corrections who is not on parole, post-prison supervision, or probation status.

(7) Special Housing: Housing for inmates whose assignment is administrative segregation, disciplinary segregation, Special Management Unit, Infirmary, Intensive Management Unit, and Death Row.

(8) Staff Chaplain: A person employed full-time or contracted by the Department of Corrections to provide religious services to inmates in Department of Corrections facilities.

(9) State-Issued Property: Items that are issued to the inmate by the department for his/her personal use.

Or. Admin. Code § 291-117-0008

CD 14-1987, f. & ef. 2-6-87; CD 11-1992(Temp), f. 3-31-92, cert. ef. 4-15-92; CD 22-1992, f. & cert. ef. 10-9-92; DOC 6-2004, f. & cert. ef. 7-19-04

Stat. Auth.: ORS 170.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075

Stats. Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075