WAC 137-28-370   Sanctions -- Limitations.  (1) No inmate shall be subject to discipline for violation of inmate conduct rules unless there has been reasonable advance notice to the inmate of the prohibited behavior unless the rule was adopted on an emergency basis.

     (2) Lowering the quantity or nutritional value of food or deprivation of clothing, bedding, bed, or normal hygienic implements shall not be used as disciplinary sanctions.

     (3) Corporal punishment or physical restraint shall not be used as disciplinary sanctions.

     (4) An inmate placed in disciplinary segregation shall be:

     (a) Confined to an environment with healthful temperatures in cells substantially similar to those used for general population;

     (b) Provided reasonable opportunities for personal hygiene;

     (c) Afforded correspondence, reading, and access to the courts in accordance with written policy and procedure;

     (d) Provided daily opportunity for at least one hour of exercise unless staffing, space, institutional security, order and/or safety, or other similar circumstances make this unfeasible, in which cases the inmate shall be allowed as much exercise as is feasible in the judgment of staff. Any limitations of exercise shall be approved in advance by a staff member with the rank of lieutenant or higher; and

     (e) Provided adequate medical treatment.

     (5) An inmate placed in isolation shall be:

     (a) Confined in an environment with healthful temperatures in cells substantially similar to those used for the general population;

     (b) Provided reasonable opportunities for personal hygiene;

     (c) Afforded correspondence, reading, and access to courts in accordance with written policy and procedure. Reading literature may be limited to educational, religious, legal, or program involvement material;

     (d) Provided adequate medical treatment;

     (e) Upon approval by the superintendent, released immediately to an appropriate setting when medical personnel recommend such release on medical or psychological grounds; and

     (f) Have reasonable access to a counselor and religious staff member.



[95-15-044, § 137-28-370, filed 7/13/95, effective 8/15/95.]


NOTES:

     Reviser's note:  Under RCW RCW 34.05.030 (1)(c), as amended by section 103, chapter 288, Laws of 1988, the above section was not adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW, but was published in the Washington State Register and codified into the Washington Administrative Code exactly as shown by the agency filing with history notes added by the code reviser's office.