POLICIES
Listed below are the Department of Corrections policies. The list of policies includes the policy name and number, which unit or units (Adult, Juvenile or All) that a particular policy impacts and whether the policy is for public distribution. For safety and security reasons, those policies marked as "Non-Public" are not made available to offenders in the care and custody of the Department of Corrections and are also not available online.
The Board of Pardons and Paroles policies are also listed below.
DISCLAIMER: The Department of Corrections makes all reasonable efforts to assure the policies on this website are current. However, users should not rely on this information to be absolute.
While links in the policies will direct you to related statutes and administrative rules available elsewhere on the internet, the links to other related DOC policies or policies developed by other state agencies are not operational in the online version. To access a particular DOC policy, please return to the list of policies and click on the title you wish to read. The online versions of the policy attachments are also not available.
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Department of Corrections Policies |
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Number |
Policy Name |
Units |
Distribution |
| Administration and Management | |||
| 1.1.A.1 | Mission, Vision and Values | All | Public |
| 1.1.A.2 | Policy and Operational Memorandum Management | All | Public |
| 1.1.A.3 | Reporting Information to DOC Administration | All | Non-Public |
| 1.1.A.4 | Relationship with News Media, Public and Other Agencies | All | Public |
| 1.1.A.5 | Lawsuits | All | Public |
| 1.1.A.6 | Delegation of Authority | Juvenile | Public |
| 1.1.A.7 | Offender Identification Procedures | Adult | Public |
| 1.1.A.8 | Adult and Juvenile Joint Transportation Procedures | All | Public |
| 1.1.A.9 | Corrections Review Team _CRT_ Procedures | All | Public |
| 1.1.A.10 | Institutional Sweat Lodge Accounts | Adult | Public |
| 1.1.A.11 | Inmate Group Accounts | Adult | Public |
| 1.1.B.1 | Fiscal Management | All | Public |
| 1.1.B.2 | Inmate Accounts and Financial Responsibility | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.1 | Code of Ethics | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.2 | Supervision of Offenders | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.3 | Reporting an Abused or Neglected Child | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.4 | Employee Grievances | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.5 | Employee Dress and Grooming Code | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.6 | Outside Employment | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.7 | Hepatitis Vaccinations | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.8 | Tuberculosis Exposure Control Plan | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.9 | Alternative Work Schedule | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.10 | Harassment | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.12 | Staff Use of State Computers | All | Public |
| 1.1.C.13 | Screening of Staff Volunteers and Contractors for Prior Sexual Abuse | All | Public |
| 1.1.D.1 | Staff Training Requirements | All | Public |
| 1.1.D.2 | Juvenile Division Staff Training | Juvenile | Public |
| 1.1.D.3 | Facility Access & ID Requirements | Adult | Public |
| 1.1.E.1 | Adult Offender Case Records Content and Management | Adult | Public |
| 1.1.E.2 | Date Computation | Adult | Public |
| 1.1.E.3 | Offender Access to DOC Records | Adult | Public |
| 1.1.E.4 | Release Notification Requests | Adult | Non-Public |
| 1.1.E.5 | Inmate Criminal History | Adult | Public |
| 1.1.E.6 | Case Management | Adult | Public |
| 1.1.F.1 | Research Activities | All | Public |
| Physical Plant | |||
| 1.2.A.1 | Fire Prevention | All | Public |
| 1.2.A.2 | Specifications for Selection & Purchase of Facility Furnishings | All | Public |
| 1.2.A.3 | Sanitation, Safety and Fire Prevention | All | Non-Public |
| 1.2.E.1 | Inmate Commissary | Adult | Public |
| Institutional/Agency Operations | |||
| 1.3.A.1 | Unit Plans | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.A.2 | Inmate Counts | Adult | Non-Public |
| 1.3.A.3 | Use of Force-Adult Institutions | Adult | Non-Public |
| 1.3.A.4 | Use of Force-Juvenile Institutions | Juvenile | Non-Public |
| 1.3.A.5 | Searches-Adult Institutions | Adult | Non-Public |
| 1.3.A.6 | Searches-Juvenile Institutions | Juvenile | Non-Public |
| 1.3.A.7 | Transport & Escort of Inmates | Adult | Non-Public |
| 1.3.A.8 | Drug Testing, Sanctions & Treatment | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.A.9 | Facility Security Audits | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.A.10 | Restrictions on Electronic Equipment | All | Public |
| 1.3.B.1 | Emergency Response | All | Non-Public |
| 1.3.B.3 | Mutual Assistance to Law Enforcement Agencies | All | Public |
| 1.3.B.4 | Control, Use, & Disposal of Hazardous Material | All | Public |
| 1.3.B.5 | Deployment to a Natural Disaster | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.C.1 | Living Guide | All | Public |
| 1.3.C.2 | Inmate Discipline System | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.C.3 | Juvenile Discipline System | Juvenile | Public |
| 1.3.C.4 | Inmate Personal Property | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.C.5 | Forfeiture of Inmate Personal Property | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.C.6 | Restoration of Good Conduct Time Forfeited Pursuant to SDCL 24-2-12 | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.C.7 | Use and Possession of Tobacco Products and Electronic Cigarettes | All | Public |
| 1.3.C.8 | Pornography | All | Public |
| 1.3.C.9 | Sex Offender Restrictions | All | Public |
| 1.3.C.10 | DNA Collection | All | Public |
| 1.3.C.11 | Offender Obligations | All | Public |
| 1.3.C.12 | Sex Offender Registration | All | Public |
| 1.3.D.1 | Disciplinary Segregation Housing | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.D.2 | Capital Punishment Housing | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.D.3 | Execution of an Inmate | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.D.4 | Administrative Segregation | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.E.1 | Inmate Legal Assistance | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.E.2 | Administrative Remedy for Inmates | Adult | Public |
| 1.3.E.3 | Juvenile Administrative Remedy Procedure | Juvenile | Public |
| 1.3.E.4 | Prevention of Offender Sexual Assault-Rape | All | Public |
| Institutional/Agency Services | |||
| 1.4.A.1 | DOC Photographs of Inmates | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.A.2 | Inmate Admission | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.A.3 | Sex Offender Management Program | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.1 | Individual Program Directives _IPD_ | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.2 | Male Inmate Classification | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.3 | Adult Internal Management System _AIMS_ | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.4 | Inmate Transfers Between Facilities | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.5 | Withholding Good Time Pursuant to SDCL 24-2-18 | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.6 | Adjudicated Delinquents and Children in Need of Supervision | Juvenile | Public |
| 1.4.B.7 | Juvenile Progress Reports | Juvenile | Public |
| 1.4.B.8 | Parent Guardian Notification | Juvenile | Public |
| 1.4.B.9 | Unconvicted Sex Offender Review | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.10 | Parole Services GPS Monitoring Program | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.11 | Withholding of Parole Eligibility Pursuant to SDCL 24-15A-32 | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.12 | PREA Institutional Male Assessment | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.13 | LSI-R Assessment and Case Planning | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.14 | Female Inmate Classification | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.B.15 | PREA Institutional Female Assessment | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.E.1 | Health Care Services for Offenders | All | Public |
| 1.4.E.2 | Medically Necessary Health Care | All | Public |
| 1.4.E.3 | Intake Medical Assessment of Adult Offenders | Adult | Non-Public |
| 1.4.E.4 | Health Screening and Assessment of Juvenile Offenders | Juvenile | Public |
| 1.4.E.5 | Medical Records | All | Public |
| 1.4.E.6 | Death of an Offender | All | Public |
| 1.4.E.7 | Suicide Prevention | All | Public |
| 1.4.E.8 | Management of Infectious Disease | All | Public |
| 1.4.E.9 | HIV-AIDS Management | All | Public |
| 1.4.E.10 | Inmate Medical Co-Pay | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.E.11 | Inmate Hunger Strike | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.E.12 | Inmate Hospitalization | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.G.1 | Transition Programs and Services | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.G.2 | Inmate Release Procedure | Adult | Non-Public |
| 1.4.G.3 | Inmate Interstate Compact | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.G.4 | Furlough, Bedside Visit, Funeral Attendance | Adult | Public |
| 1.4.G.5 | High Risk Release | Adult | Public |
| Offender Programs | |||
| 1.5.A.1 | Inmate Pay | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.A.2 | Private Sector Prison Industries Employment | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.A.3 | Pheasantland Industries Sales to State Employees | All | Public |
| 1.5.A.4 | Prison Industries | All | Public |
| 1.5.A.5 | Work Release | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.A.6 | Community Service Program | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.A.7 | Inmate Use of Computers | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.A.8 | Inmate Operation of Vehicles | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.B.3 | Juvenile Internet Use | Juvenile | Public |
| 1.5.C.1 | Weather Index Alert | All | Public |
| 1.5.C.2 | Wellness Program | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.D.1 | Inmate Visiting | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.D.2 | Juvenile Visitation and Telephone Contact | Juvenile | Public |
| 1.5.D.3 | Offender Correspondence | All | Public |
| 1.5.D.4 | Inmate Access to Telephones | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.F.1 | Marriage of an Inmate | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.F.2 | Religious Diet | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.F.3 | Community Religious Activity Guidelines | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.G.1 | Parole Supervision Fees | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.G.2 | Community Transition Program | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.G.3 | Use of Force-Parole Services Staff | Adult | Non-Public |
| 1.5.G.4 | Parole-Community Risk Assessment and Supervision of Offenders | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.G.5 | Use and Control of Weapons by Parole Services Staff | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.G.6 | Response to Violations | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.G.8 | Detainers and Arrest on Violation | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.G.9 | Preliminary Hearings | Adult | Public |
| 1.5.H.1 | Juvenile Community Corrections Safety Guidelines | Juvenile | Non-Public |
| 1.5.H.2 | Offender Transport and Use of Restraints by Juvenile Community Corrections | Juvenile | Non-Public |
| 1.5.H.4 | Juvenile Aftercare and Discharge | Juvenile | Public |
| 1.5.H.5 | DOC Foster Care Program | Juvenile | Public |
| Board of Pardons and Paroles Policies | |||
| Number | Name | Units | Distribution |
| 8.1.A.1 | News Media and Cameras at Board Hearings | Board | Public |
| 8.1.A.2 | Parole and Suspended Sentence Revocation Hearings | Board | Public |
| 8.1.A.3 | Dispositional Meetings | Board | Public |
| 8.1.A.4 | Parole Date Review | Board | Public |
| 8.1.A.5 | Parole Board Decisions and the Setting of Next Review Dates | Board | Public |
| 8.1.A.6 | Code of Ethics | Board | Public |
| 8.1.A.7 | Early Discharges | Board | Public |
| 8.1.A.8 | Restitution Hearings | Board | Public |
| 8.1.A.9 | Executive Clemency-Pardons | Board | Public |
| 8.1.A.10 | Executive Clemency-Commutation of Sentence | Board | Public |
| 8.1.A.11 | Withholding of Parole Eligibility | Board | Public |
| 8.1.A.12 | Courtesy Hearings | Board | Public |