Special Management Meal. DOCCS will replace the Loaf within three months of the Effective Date of this Agreement with a nutritious, calorie-sufficient, and palatable alternative meal composed of regular food items that can be safely delivered to and eaten by inmates. For example, a sack lunch consisting of fruit, cheese, cold cuts, sandwich bread, and coleslaw would meet the requirements of this subsection.
Special Management Meal. 1. Effective within three months after the signing of this Agreement, DOCCS will, by a memorandum to all Superintendents, cease and desist from using the Special Management Meal as a disciplinary sanction for acts of inmate misbehavior.
2. The imposition of the Special Management Meal shall comply with all the policies in § IX above. In addition, a Special Management Meal may only be ordered by the Superintendent or his or her designee (the OD or higher ranking authority) in connection with one of the following behaviors:
(a) Throwing food while assigned to the SHU;
(b) Committing unhygienic acts in the SHU, such as spitting at staff or other inmates or throwing feces or urine;
(c) Refusing to obey a direct order at the time of meal distribution or refusing to obey a direct order to return a food container or utensil at the conclusion of a meal while assigned to SHU.
