Montana Women's Prison Procedures

Chapter 1: Administration and Management

Sec. 1: General Administration

1.1.10 Facility Tours REVISED 11/24/2020

1.1.14 Safety Inspections REVISED 9/13/2017

1.1.17 Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) REVISED 8/30/2017

Sec. 2: Fiscal Management

1.2.10 Canteen

1.2.12 Inmate Welfare Accounts Revised 1/23/2019

1.2.14a Travel, per diem, and pay while attending CDOB

1.3.1 Confidential Reports

1.3.16 Volunteer Services 9/9/2020

1.3.42 Fragrance Free Workplace Revised 8/19/2020

1.3.36a Post Trauma Response

1.3.38a Employee Searches

1.3.41a Employee Dress, Uniforms and Hygiene

1.3.47 Call in/off

1.5.12 Risk and Needs Assessments 7/14/2020

Chapter 2: Physical Plant

Sec. 1: Building and Safety Codes

2.1.1a Lock Out/Tag Out

2.1.1b Contractor Entrance and Work Procedures

2.1.1c Contractor Code of Conduct

Chapter 3: Institutional Operations

Sec. 1: Security and Control

3.1.1 Management of the Security Program

3.1.3 Logbooks

3.1.3a Visiting Logs

3.1.4 Perimeter Security (Restricted Access)

3.1.5 Entrance Procedures and Detainment of Non-Offenders REVISED 12-7-2020

3.1.5a Receiving Dock Gate and Delivery Operations REVISED 8-28-2017

3.1.5b MWP Supplies and Packages REVISED 8-28-2017

3.1.5c Front Desk Operations REVISED 8-28-2017

3.1.6 Control Center Operations

3.1.7 Emergency Equipment Armory Operations (Restricted Access)

3.1.7a Duress Alarm

3.1.8 Use of Force

3.1.8a Use of Chemical Agents & Oleorensin Capsicum (OC)

3.1.8B Taser Deployment REVISED 10-10-17

3.1.8c Crisis Intervention

3.1.8d Soft/Plastic Restraints

3.1.9 Air Handler Operations

3.1.9b Protective Masks

3.1.11 Daily Activities Schedule REVISED 10/5/2020 (Restricted Access)

3.1.11c Inmate Room/Pod Moves REVISED 10/1/2018

3.1.12 Escorted Trips

3.1.13a Key Controy (Key Watch)

3.1.13b Key in Use Report/Daily Key Inventory Report

3.1.14 Tool Control

3.1.14a Inmate Razor Pass

3.1.15 Security Inspections

3.1.15a Control Room Security Inspections

3.1.15b Chapel Security Inspections

3.1.15c Door Security Inspections

3.1.15d Intake Pod (D-Pod) Door Security Inspections

3.1.17a Searches and Contraband Control (Building & Property)

3.1.17b Offender Pat/Strip Search

3.1.17c Contraband Shakedowns - Cells and Common Areas

3.1.20 Drug Screening - Urinalysis

3.1.21 Offender Count and Supervision

3.1.21c Night Bed Checks (CENSUS)

3.1.24 Security Threat Group Identification and Management

3.1.28 Crime Scene And Physical Evidence Preservation

3.1.33 Radio/Telephone Communications (Restricted Access)

Sec. 2: Safety and Emergency Procedures

3.2.1 Emergency Management REVISED 11-6-2017

3.2.2 Fire and Life Safety (Restricted Access) REVISED 11-28-17

Sec. 3: Inmate Rights & Privileges

3.3.2a Inmate Photocopies and Indigent Typewriter Cassettes

3.3.3 Offender Grievance Program REVISED 10-10-17

3.3.5a Offender to Staff Requests (OSR)

3.3.6 Offender Mail REVISED 3/14/2021

3.3.7 Offender Access to Telephones REVISED 3/14/2021

3.3.8 Offender Visiting

3.3.8a Family Day Activities REVISED 5/12/2017

3.3.8b Parenting Program - Child Visits REVISED 10-10-17

3.3.9 Offender Marriages

3.3.10 Offender Issued Tablets REVISED 3/14/2021

Sec. 4: Rules and Discipline

3.4.1 Institutional Discipline REVISED 4-8-2019

Sec. 5: Special Managment

3.5.1 Restrictive Housing REVISED 3/14/2021

3.5.2 Block Management UPDATED 4/26/2018

3.5.3a Suicide Watch

3.5.5 Behavior Management Plan Revised 9/9/2020

Chapter 4: Institutional Services

Sec. 1: Reception and Orientation

4.1.1 Intake Process Revised 9/30/2020

4.1.3 Inmate Property Revised 1/4/2019

4.1.3a Outgoing Offender Packages

4.1.3b Property Shakedown/Inventory

4.1.3c Offender Room Lights & Bed Lamps

4.1.3d Offender Property Files

4.1.3e Inmate Property Process

4.1.3f Temporary Lockup Process

4.1.4 Indigent Status

Sec. 2: Classification

4.2.1 Inmate Classification System REVISED 1-4-2018

Sec. 3: Food Service

4.3.1a General Food Service Operations

4.3.2a Menu Planning/Special Diets

4.3.2b Menu Planning/Compliance and Record Keeping

4.3.3a Food Service Safety and Sanitation

Sec. 4: Sanitation and Hygiene

4.4.1 Offender Hygiene, Clothing, and Linen Supplies

4.4.1a Offender Laundry-Clothing/Linen Exchange

4.4.1b Offender Hair Cutting and Coloring

4.4.2a Offender Cleaning Crews - Night Shift

Sec. 5: Health Care

4.5.16a Patient Request Management

4.5.17a Medical Lay-In Procedure

4.5.20a Natural Disaster - Medical Department Procedure

4.5.20b Mass Casualty - Medical Department Procedure

4.5.20c Disturbances/Riots - Medical Department Procedure

4.5.20d Pandemic - Medical Department Procedure

4.5.23a Hospital Procedures

4.5.23b Parenting Program Notification Procedure

4.5.25b Medication Box Self-Administration System

4.5.34 Inmate Death 9/1/2020

Sec. 6: Release/Placement

4.6.1a Offender Admission Discharge Report (ADR)

4.6.2a Offender Departure

Chapter 5: Inmate Programs

Sec. 5: Recreation and Activities
5.1.1 Inmate Assignments UPDATED 8/25/2020
5.4.1c Postal Meter Operations
5.4.3 Inmate Workplace Telephone Privileges 1/19/2019
5.5.4 Hobby Crafts Program UPDATED 5-7/2019
5.5.4a Community Service Hobby Crafts Program
5.5.4b Offender Photos and Cards
5.5.100 Food Sales and Inmate Food Handouts UPDATED 4/22/2018
5.6.1 Religious Programming and Volunteer Activities Revised 9/9/2020
5.6.1a Religious Programs - Native American Programming

MWP Procedures

Chapter 1: Administration and Management

Chapter 2: Physical Plant

Chapter 3: Institutional Operations

Chapter 4: Institutional Services

Chapter 5: Inmate Programs

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