Resident Conduct Subject to Major Discipline Review

Resident Conduct Subject to Major Discipline Review

Procedure from Policy 1200.1306: Major Discipline Review

A. Residents demonstrating the following behaviors may be subject to Major Discipline Review:

1. Bullying or extortion;

2. Refusing work assignments without good cause;

3. Physical assaults on other residents or staff;

4. Elopement;

5. Failure to return from an authorized home visit;

6. Destruction of property;

7. Theft;

8. Possession, use of, or selling drugs and/or contraband (which is anything illegal or anything that is specifically prohibited by DCYF Policy 1200.0821, Searches for Contraband);

9. Failure to obey any reasonable and lawful staff command (including refusal to continue participation in any court mandated treatment, rehabilitation, or training programs that are established in the resident’s Service Plan (Individual Treatment Plan), or educational programs in which attendance is mandated by the compulsory school attendance laws);

10. Using threatening language that would cause a reasonable person to be in fear of imminent physical harm;

11. Using gestures that are intended to provoke other residents and/or staff and would cause a reasonable person to be provoked and;

12. Any act in violation of the criminal laws of the State of Rhode Island.

B. Written rules of juvenile conduct are described in and distributed to residents in conformance with DCYF Policy 1200.1301, Resident Handbook.

C. Paragraphs A and B are consistent with American Correctional Association Standards 3-JDF-3C-02; 3-JTS-3C-02; 3-JDF-3C-03 and 3-JTS-3C-03.