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Credit for good behavior at the rate of one day deducted for each day an inmate spends in
custody without a major infraction of prison conduct rules is called: |
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Sentence reduction credits awarded to inmates sentenced under the Structured Sentencing
Act for participation in work and program activities is called: |
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Sentence reduction credits awarded to eligible inmates for exemplary acts, working under
emergency conditions, overtime, inclement weather, and apprenticeship achievements is: |
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Sentence reduction credits for participation in work and program activities to eligible
inmates sentenced for crimes committed prior to October 1, 1994 is called: |
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| The Fair Sentencing Act for felonies committed from July 1, 1981 - Sept 30, 1994 is also called: |
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This sentencing act determines the sentence received for crimes, except impaired driving
offenses, committed on or after October 1, 1994: |
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Inmates serving a Life sentence for a Class C felony are NOT eligible for Good & Gain time.
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| Inmates NOT eligible for Good time as a sentence reduction credit are … |
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Structured Sentencing inmates
Inmates sentenced for crimes after October 1, 1994
Health Law Violators and Safekeepers
Committed for Contempt of Court |
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| Inmates NOT eligible for Good time as a sentence reduction credit are … |
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Presentence Diagnostic Study Inmates
Fair Sentencing Act for Class A & B felonies
Serving active sentence followed by special probation
Health Law violators and Safekeepers |
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| Which of the following is NOT subject to forfeiture for inmate misconduct? |
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| Gain time (Supts can restore lost good time not to exceed total lost) |
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| Inmates on Gain time earn ____ days per month for working ____ hours per day: |
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| Gain I=2 days/4 hrs Gain II=4 days/4 hrs Gain III=6 days/6hrs |
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| Inmates on Earn time earn ____ days per month for working ____ hours per day: |
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| Earn I=3 days/4 hrs Earn II=6 days/4 hrs Earn III=9 days/6hrs |
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Inmate Billy Klubb was convicted of a Class A felony on September 30, 1994.
Klubb asks you how much Gain or Earn time he gets for being a janitor. You should reply: |
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| Not eligible for Good, Gain, or Earn time |
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Health Law violators, DWI's, and Safekeepers are not eligible for Earn time sentence reduction
award credits.
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| Eligible inmates for Good, Gain, and Earn time can earn the following: |
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2 days for 4 hours work per day (Good I, Gain I, Earn I)
4 days for 4 hours work per day (Good II, Gain II, Earn II)
6 days for 6 hours work per day (Good III, Gain III, Earn III)
Meritorious time |
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Total credit awards for Meritorious time for Misdemeanants sentenced on or after
October 1, 1994 shall not exceed ____ days per month. |
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Meritorious Time credit awards for an inmate that exceeds 30 days, either through a single or
combination of awards during a calendar month, must be approved by: |
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Inmates are eligible for Meritorious Time for Overtime. The calculation for overtime credit
awards is eight (8) hours equals ______ day(s) of sentence reduction credit. |
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Inmate Brown worked in Maintenance outside all day. The temperature was 95 degrees
fahrenheit all day. Is Brown eligible for Meritorious time? |
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| NO - work below 96F makes Brown ineligible |
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| Inmates are eligible for Meritorious time for work in Inclement weather defined as … |
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| <20 degrees or >95 degrees (Fahrenheit) |
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Inmates in Apprenticeship Programs approved by the Chief of Program Services and certified
by the NC Department of Labor are eligible for Meritorious Time sentence reduction credits.
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For Successful completion of 500 hours of On the job training (OJT) in the Apprenticeship
Program, inmates are awarded: |
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For successful completion of the Journeyman or Master Craftsman certifications in the
Apprenticeship Program, inmates can earn Meritorious Time totaling: |
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Inmates are eligible for Meritorious Time sentence reduction credit, not to exceed 30 days for
and educational achievement. The education achievement must be commendable and
merit the award of Meritorious Time as determined and established in the professional
judgement of the …. |
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| Chief of Program Services |
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Inmate Joe Smart attained a Bachelor's, Masters, and Doctoral Degree in Criminal Justice
while in prison at Marion CI. Smart asks Sgt Davis what is the maximum amount of
Meritorious time he can get. Sgt Davis should reply: |
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Inmate Ed Wise completed a Community College curriculum vocational program at CVCC and
got a diploma. How many days of Meritorious time is Wise eligible for? |
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Inmate Itew Slowe is identified as a Special student by Educational authorities. How may days
Meritorious time can Slowe get per month for progress towards established educational
goals in keeping with the educational plans? |
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Each facility will post an Inmate Notice in areas accessible by all inmates to ensure all inmates
are familiar with the requirements for restoration of forfeited sentence reduction credits.
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Any sentence reduction credit forfeited as a result of an A Class Disciplinary infraction
will not be eligible for restoration.
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| Any sentence reduction credit forfeited as a result of a B Class Disciplinary infraction |
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| May be restored if requested in writing after remaining infraction free for 1 year |
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Inmates may request restoration of forfeited sentence reduction credits due to disciplinary
infractions by writing a request to: |
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| Their assigned Case Manager |
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Sentence reduction credits forfeited due to Class C or D disciplinary infractions will be
automatically restored after the inmate has incurred no additional rule violations for … |
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The OPUS automated process of restoring previously forfeited sentence reduction credits
will apply to infractions occuring on or after August 1, 2007. OPUS will automatically
restore the credits in increments not to exceed: |
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The rate of restoring forfeited time for Class B, C, and D infractions will be at a rate not to
to exceed 30 days per month. No restoration of sentence reduction credits will reduce an
inmate's release date to less than ____ days from the current date. |
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Medically Unfit inmates can get sentence reduction credits at 6 days per month.
Medically Unfit Inmates are defined as … |
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Acuity Level IV
Pulheat Activity Grade IV
Pulheat Activity Grade V
Mental Health grade IV |
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An inmate whose medical/mental health condition or physical disability is the result of
Self-Injurious behavior is NOT designated as medically unfit.
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An A20 Charge is wrongfully take, give away, or carry away, canteen inventory/cash, which
results in a loss of more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
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Knowingly make to any person a false oral or written allegation about a staff member that,
if true, could expose the staff member to criminal liability is a disciplinary charge: |
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| Extortion, Strong-Arming, verbal or physical intimidation for personal of financial gain is … |
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Communicating directly, indirectly, via a 3rd party, or in any manner with victims or family
members of the victims, who have requested in writing to DOC officials that such
communication is unwanted is what class of offense? |
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All inmates whose offenses result in a guilty disposition are charged an Administrative fee of
$10.00 thru the Inmate Banking module of OPUS. An inmate can be charged more than one
charge on a single disciplinary report.
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The maximum amount of Segregation time a Disciplinary Hearing Officer (DHO) can give
inmates is … |
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If an inmate is found possessing funds at a cashless facility the confiscated funds are
placed in the … |
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| Unauthorized Funds Account |
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With Multiple charges from a single incident report the total amount of DSEG is limited to
the maximum amount for a Class A offense and no single privilege shall be suspended more
than ____. Periods of suspension unlike privileges shall run concurrently. |
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All Class A Disciplinary Offenses must be referred to the Disciplinary Hearing Officer.
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Inmates who escape while participating in work release, study release, home leave, or any
other program under G.S. 148.4 will not be prosecuted in court for that escape if: |
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Inmate's first escape from unsupervised authorized activity and returns voluntarily within
24 hours of the time he/she was ordered to return. (Placed in ASEG & demoted) |
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No inmate will be placed in Administrative Segregation for more than 72 hours without the
documented approval of whom? |
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The Investigating Officer should begin the investigation within ___ hours after being
notified by the OIC of possible violations of inmate misconduct rules or reinvestigation. |
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The Investigating Officer should submit the completed Disciplinary investigation to the
Facility Head/designee within ___ hours of beginning the investigation. |
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The Hearing Officer should complete the Disciplinary hearing within ___ Calendar days after
the inmate has been charged with an offense unless an extension has been granted. |
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| How many days does an inmate have to appeal a Disciplinary Hearing to Dir. of Prisons? |
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| The Director of Prisons has to answer the inmate's appeal to a Disciplinary Hearing within: |
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| If an inmate refuses to attend a Disciplinary Hearing the inmate should: |
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Offered the opportunity to make a written statement documented on Refusal to attend form
and witnessed by 2 staff members who should both sign verifying witness of the refusal |
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A staff person who is witness to an offense cannot serve as the Investigating Officer for that
offense.
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| The responsibilities of an Investigating Officer (IO) are: |
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Fully investigate the alleged act of inmate misconduct by interviewing, and obtaining statements
Advise the accused inmate in writing and orally of their rights
Determine if the inmate is an inpatient mental health inmate (M5) and if so, notify the Inpatient
Mental Health Director of the charges and circumstances
Determine if the inmate is a Developmentally Disabled inmate (DD) and if so, notify the inmate's
Case manager |
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The Investigating Officer is the only authorized staff member for the gathering of evidence.
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When a Mental Health inpatient is charged with a Disciplinary offense the Treatment Team or
Treatment Team Leader should make a report on whether the patient's mental illness
contributed to the Disciplinary offense, and if the patient's mental status contraindicates
any particular from of punishment. This evaluation should be forwarded to the Investigating
Officer. The Hearing Officer should follow the recommendations of the evaluation unless: |
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| There are strong overriding security reasons not to follow the recommendations |
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Term
In a Disciplinary charge an inmate may voluntarily plead guilty, waive a hearing before the
Facility Head/designee or Hearing Officer, and accept a punishment one Class below the
offense to which the inmate is pleading guilty.
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| When an inmate pleads guilty to a Class D offense the punishment will be … |
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| Suspended to a Class D punishment |
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If an inmate appeals a Disciplinary decision to the Director of Prisons, the Director/designee
is authorized to increase the punishment determined by the Hearing Officer.
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A Confidential Informant's written statement in a Disciplinary hearing is not included in
the Disciplinary record but will be made available to the Disciplinary Hearing Officer and
maintained by the Facility Head in a Confidential file for how long? |
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When in the presence of any state official or any member of the prison staff, inmates shall
maintain an attitude of respect and attention.
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Inmates are strictly forbidden to exchange clothing or possess unauthorized clothing.
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Which of the following policies below are true:
Inmates will not waste, appropriate, or traffic prison supplies, no food will be taken from the kitchen.
No loud, boisterous talking, booing, whistling, or shouting by individuals or groups is allowed.
Inmates will be honest and truthful. False reports, lying, stealing, is subject to disciplinary action.
Inmate gambling is prohibited.
Inmates may not participate or organize with any gang or Security Threat Group.
No inmate or group of inmates will be the authority or control over other inmates.
Inmates can exchange articles of clothing as long as no contraband is exchanged |
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Inmates will not waste, appropriate, or traffic prison supplies, no food will be taken from the kitchen.
No loud, boisterous talking, booing, whistling, or shouting by individuals or groups is allowed.
Inmates will be honest and truthful. False reports, lying, stealing, is subject to disciplinary action.
Inmate gambling is prohibited.
Inmates may not participate or organize with any gang or Security Threat Group.
No inmate or group of inmates will be the authority or control over other inmates. |
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| The three daily pay rates for the Division of Prisons are: |
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| $.40, $.70, and $1.00 per day |
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Upon approval of the Secretary of Correction, inmates working job assignments requiring
special skills or training may be paid up to: |
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| The Incentive wage fixed for inmates assigned to the Department of Transportation is: |
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Inmate Kowch Potatow tells Captain Pinnix that he doesn't have to work more than
2 hours a day, and requiring him to work more than 2 hours a day is a violation of his
rights. Captain Pinnix should tell inmate Potatow: |
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| Inmates can be worked short term assignments for 3 hours per day for 3 consecutive days |
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The Program established by Federal law that allows private commercial employers to employ
prison inmates on-site at a prison to manufacture goods and services which are sold to the
public is called: |
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| PIE - Prison Industry Enhancement Program |
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Term
An inmate employed in the PIE program can be given increasing work responsibilities by the
PIE employer and can act as a work supervisor over other inmates.
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| FALSE- CANNOT SUPERVISE OTHER INMATES |
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Inmates eligible for the PIE program are identified by the Superintendent through the
established classification procedures and can be recruited from other facilities.
A list of eligible inmates is given to the PIE employer who selects the inmates for work in the
PIE program from the list.
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| Which of the following is a requirement for an inmate to be eligible for the PIE program? |
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| must have a High school diploma or GED, 90 days Infraction Free |
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| Priority eligibility for the PIE program is given to inmates who … |
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| Have restitution or court ordered payments or Dependents they agree to support |
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Inmates must remain infraction free to remain in the PIE program.
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Civilian employees of the PIE employer cannot have a criminal record.
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Inmates assigned to PIE are awarded #2 gain time and are eligible to receive overtime.
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Special provisions from DOP policy state that if an inmate can demonstrate that they were
already engaged in a legitimate business or commercial enterprise prior to incarceration
the Facility Head is authorized to permit a reasonable number of visits or correspondence as
needed solely for the purpose of conserving existing resources or for terminating
appropriately that business or commercial enterprise.
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