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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".28" citation="COMAR 12.03.01.28" title_num="12" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="01" heading="Alternative Disciplinary Sanctions and Informal Disposition Sanctions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Privilege Suspension.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Suspension of a defendant’s Department or facility inmate privileges may be imposed as a sanction for an inmate rule violation of which the defendant was found guilty or as part of an offer of informal disposition.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Suspension of Department or facility inmate privileges is based on the judgment of the hearing officer or staff offering the informal disposition.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The hearing officer or staff may suspend a defendant’s Department or facility inmate privileges as a sanction for the period specified under this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Staff may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Only impose a sanction as part of an informal disposition agreed to by the defendant; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Not impose a sanction while the defendant is pending a disciplinary proceeding.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A defendant may be placed on administrative segregation pending a disciplinary proceeding for safety or security reasons.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Informal Disposition or Alternative Disciplinary Sanctions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An informal disposition sanction or alternative disciplinary sanction is separate and distinct from the revoking of earned credits and disciplinary segregation as a sanction.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The hearing officer or staff when offering a defendant an informal disposition shall include a sanction from the sanctions listed under §C of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The hearing officer may impose an alternative disciplinary sanction listed under §D of this regulation for the defendant’s inmate rule violation resulting in a guilty finding.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An alternative disciplinary sanction may be imposed independently of or in conjunction with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Another alternative disciplinary sanction;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Revoking earned credits; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Disciplinary segregation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Informal Disposition Sanctions. The following may be imposed as a sanction under an informal disposition:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Reprimand;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Sanitation assignment for a specific period up to but not to exceed 15 calendar days;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Restitution;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Suspension of any of the following privileges:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Radio, compact disc or tape player, digital music player, video game player, television, telephone, or commissary, privileges excluding personal hygiene and legal correspondence items, for a specified period up to but not to exceed 30 calendar days;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Catalog privileges for a specified period up to but not to exceed 180 calendar days;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Visitation privileges, except legal and clergy, for a specified period up to but not to exceed 30 calendar days;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A specified Department or facility inmate privilege not included in this regulation for a specified period up to but not to exceed 30 calendar days; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Cell restriction for a specified period up to but not to exceed 15 calendar days.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The following may be imposed as a sanction under an alternative disciplinary sanction:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Reprimand;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Sanitation assignment for a specified period up to but not to exceed 30 calendar days;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Restitution;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Suspension of any of the following privileges:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Radio, compact disc or tape player, television, telephone, or commissary, excluding personal hygiene and legal correspondence items, privileges for a specified period up to but not to exceed 60 calendar days;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Catalog privileges for a specified period up to but not to exceed 365 calendar days;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Visitation privilege, except legal and clergy, for a specified period up to but not to exceed 60 calendar days; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A Department or facility privilege not included in this regulation for a specified period up to 60 calendar days;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Cell restriction for a specified period up to but not to exceed 30 calendar days; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Restriction of visitation privilege, except for legal and clergy visitation, to immediate family members for a specified period of up to 180 calendar days.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Cell restriction under this regulation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall include a requirement that the defendant is restricted to a designated location and prohibited from participation in all Department or facility inmate privileges and activities to include recreation and commissary; but</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May not prohibit the defendant from participation in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Work, program, or school assignments;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Meals as scheduled by the facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Shower periods as scheduled and permitted by the facility staff for an inmate designated cell restriction status;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Visitation periods as scheduled and permitted by the facility’s rules;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Facility passes as scheduled and permitted by facility staff;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>A religious service as scheduled and permitted by the facility’s rules;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Case management, medical, or psychological appointments as scheduled and permitted by facility staff; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Commissary purchases of personal hygiene and legal correspondence items permitted by the facility’s rules.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Cell restriction and segregation may not be served or imposed consecutively.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>