Sec. 12.02.07.02. Case Management Procedure

A. In classifying an inmate committed to its custody, the Division uses a review in accordance with Correctional Services Article, §9-305, Annotated Code of Maryland, which requires:

(1) The consideration of case information; and

(2) An administrative process.

B. Case management team membership, when team action is required, shall be comprised of staff approved by the Commissioner.

C. An inmate who escapes from, or while assigned to, a minimum or prerelease security facility shall, upon return, be housed within a medium security facility without case management action.

D. An inmate with a sentence of life or death shall be initially classified to not less than the maximum security level.

E. An inmate received into the Division with a sentence of 1 year or less for a nonviolent offense, absent documentation to the contrary, shall be classified to the minimum security level or the prerelease security level.

F. The Commissioner shall designate which actions shall be reviewed by case management staff.

G. An inmate may pursue informal remedy of complaints regarding a case management action or formal remedy by writing to the Inmate Grievance Office.

H. The warden shall ensure that the parties concerned in the case management process understand that:

(1) Reclassification does not imply that a change will occur, but rather, serves as a means of systematically monitoring progress; and

(2) Simply achieving a score which makes an inmate eligible for a change does not guarantee or imply that a change will occur.

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other regulation and consistent with the law, the Commissioner, and those the Commissioner authorizes, have the discretion to modify, suspend, or terminate for any reason the process described in this regulation. Similarly, the Commissioner or the Commissioner's representatives retain the discretion to modify the classification and assignment of any inmate at any time for any reason.