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Signing a contract on behalf of SHU may have legal implications for the university.
This document describes the legal review requirements for SHU contracts, the required reviews by the initiating departments, and outlines the signature authorities for contracts within the University.
This is an opportunity to represent the student view higher up in the University to enhance the wider SHU experience.
The SDP will be a three-phase progressive program for inmates serving a minimum of 9 months of SHU confinement (including consecutive sanctions that total at least 9 months) who would likely benefit from structured programming, including programming based on principles of cognitive behavioral therapy, to improve behavior and reduce future disciplinary infractions.
DOCCS will maintain a written policy in the form of a memorandum by the Deputy Commissioner for Correctional Facilities continuing the presumption against placement of a pregnant inmate in SHU for disciplinary purposes, except in exceptional circumstances as determined by the DOCCS Central Office.
DOCCS will conduct a comprehensive review of its rules and regulations governing the disciplinary process and conditions of confinement in SHU and initiate any additional rule-making it may deem necessary to carry out the terms of this Agreement and will provide any additional guidance to staff through directives, memoranda, post orders, manuals, orientation materials and other similar guidance it may deem necessary to carry out the terms hereof.
The parties will meet annually in either New York City or Albany to discuss implementation of this Agreement, any compliance issues hereunder, and the Agreement’s effect to date on reducing the use and duration of SHU.
DOCCS will convert the entire maximum security S-Block (100 double cells) located at Lakeview Correctional Facility (“Lakeview”) into a single cell SHU- alternative substance abuse program for 88 inmates selected by DOCCS who are serving confinement sanctions for non-violent substance abuse-related misbehavior.
The CAR program shall, absent exceptional circumstances referred to the DOCCS’ Central Office, and to the extent that space is available in the program, provide an alternative to SHU for certain inmates who have a Beta Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (“BETA-WAIS”) of 70 or below or who DOCCS otherwise determines have significantly limited intellectual capabilities and/or adaptive functioning and coping skills and have received SHU confinement sanctions exceeding 30 days.
The failure to achieve a significant reduction in SHU shall not, however, constitute a violation of this Agreement.