Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 94.6 - Staff responsibilities(a) It is the primary responsibility of the inmate's counselor to process the inmate's application for participation in prerelease programs. (1) The inmate's counselor is responsible for obtaining, integrating and coordinating the information necessary to determine the inmate's eligibility or noneligibility for participation in a prerelease program.(2) The inmate's counselor will accept and review the inmate's application. If necessary, the counselor may help the inmate initiate this process. The inmate's counselor will also be responsible for having the housing officer, work supervisor and other appropriate staff complete relevant portions of the application and make recommendations concerning prerelease programming.(3) The inmate's counselor shall verify, with the record officer, the necessary information with respect to the inmate's sentence and detainer status.(4) The inmate's counselor will review and verify available information relevant to eligibility-for example, presentence investigation report, judge's sentencing notes, classification and reclassification summary records and cumulative adjustment record.(5) The inmate's counselor will request proper psychological and psychiatric evaluations for those applicants who have a history of mental or emotional disorders, violent crimes or other situations when deemed advisable. The inmate's counselor may contact other persons and agencies to acquire additional information.(6) When the necessary information has been obtained, the inmate's counselor will refer the application to his supervisors for review.(b) It is the primary responsibility of the Corrections Classification Program Manager (CCPM) or other staff person designated by the facility manager to coordinate the staff evaluation and recommendation process. (1) The CCPM or other staff person designated by the facility manager will chair a meeting of designated facility staff who shall make recommendations regarding prerelease programs. The inmate shall be present at this staff meeting for input.(2) The staff's findings, recommendations and rationale shall be forwarded to the facility manager through both the Office of the Deputy Superintendent for Centralized Services and the Deputy Superintendent for Facilities Management, with comments by both.(c) It is the responsibility of the facility manager to give final approval or disapproval of recommendations regarding prerelease programs. The inmate will be advised by the unit manager, in the presence of the inmate's counselor, of the final decision and its rationale. The decision and rationale will be documented in the cumulative adjustment record.(d) Letters to judges and district attorneys shall be signed by the facility manager or a designee.(e) The inmate's counselor shall discuss with the inmate prior to the commencement of the program, the objectives, rules and regulations of the program and obtain written agreement as provided for in § 94.3(a)(9) (relating to procedures for participation in prerelease programs). The counselor shall review the program objectives on the inmate's cumulative adjustment record.The provisions of this § 94.6 adopted February 17, 1984, effective 2/18/1984, 14 Pa.B. 534; amended December 21, 2001, effective 12/22/2001, 31 Pa.B. 6932; amended April 15, 2005, effective 4/16/2005, 35 Pa.B. 2279.The provisions of this § 94.6 amended under section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 186).