Section 504.40  Temporary Confinement

a)         The shift supervisor shall determine whether or not it is necessary to place the offender in investigative status or in temporary confinement status pending a disciplinary hearing or a determination whether or not to issue a disciplinary or investigative report in accordance with Section 504.30.  The Chief Administrative Officer shall also have the authority to release the offender from temporary confinement.  The decision to place an offender in temporary confinement may be based, among other matters, on:

1)         The aggressiveness of the offender;

2)         The threat posed to the safety and security of the facility or any person;

3)         The need to restrict the offender's access to general population to protect the individual from injury or to conduct the investigation; or

4)         The seriousness of the offense.

b)         A juvenile offender shall not be placed in temporary confinement status pending a disciplinary hearing for more than 4 days unless the individual is in investigative status.

(Source:  Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 6214, effective May 01, 2003)