103 CMR 421.19
Admission Process and Continuing Evaluation
(1) Admission Process.
(a) The DSU administrator shall enter into a log book all admissions to the DSU. Entries shall
include the name of each inmate so admitted, his DSU number, the date admitted, and the date of
the initial 90 day review as required by 103 CMR 421.18.
(b) The DSU administrator or his designee shall open and maintain a file on each inmate who is
transferred to a DSU. This file shall contain anymonthlyreviewreports, disciplinary reports, and
any other material relating to the inmate during his confinement in the DSU.
(2) Monthly Evaluation and Review. A committee composed of the DSU administrator or his
designee, a correctionofficer designated bythe DSU administrator, and the correctional counselor of
a particular inmate shall meet with the inmate each month to review his case.
(a) The committee shall prepare a report after eachmeetingwhichshallinclude a summaryofthe
current behavior of the inmate includingdisciplinaryreports, a summary of the program involvement
of the inmate, including, for example, education, counseling and recreation activities, and an
evaluation of the behavior and attitude of the inmate, and recommendations, if any, for releasing the
inmate from the DSU.
(b) In the event an inmate refuses to attend his monthly review meeting, the committee shall
proceed with the evaluation and prepare a written report.
(c) Upon oral or written request to the DSU administrator, each inmate shall be permitted to
review the monthly report of the committee and to take notes or copy information from the report.