PRECEPTS:

PRECEPTS: 1. Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office): Written policy provides for securing citizen involvement in agency programs, including service as advisors, interpreters, and similar direct service roles [2 -CO-1G-01]. 2. Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office): Written policy, procedure, and practice provide that a senior staff member is responsible for coordinating the agency volunteer service program [2-CO-1G-02]. 3. Adult Correctional Institutions: Written policy and procedure specify who is responsible for operating a citizen involvement and volunteer service program, and their lines of authority, responsibility, and accountability [4-4115]. 4. Adult Probation and Parole Field Services: Written policy, procedure, and practice provide for securing volunteer citizen involvement in the programs, including roles as advisers, interpreters between the program and the public, in direct service roles, and in cooperation endeavors with offenders under supervision [PP 3-3117]. A Volunteer Services Coordinator, appointed by the Director of Treatment and Programs, is responsible for coordinating a citizen involvement and volunteer services program for the benefit of offenders. MDOC Treatment Programs, Departments, Community Work Centers, and Field Services as well as each Regional Jail and Private Prison, will appoint a staff member responsible for recruiting, screening and assisting volunteer applicants to their area. Each volunteer chosen for service will be informed of their program supervisor in order to maintain contact, interpretation of MDOC programs rules, and reporting procedures. Employees of MDOC may offer volunteer service in corrections, but will not be approved or certified to serve as volunteers within the facility of their employment due to potential role conflicts. 5. Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office): Written agency policy specifies the lines of authority, responsibility, and accountability for citizen involvement and volunteer services [2-CO-1G-03]. 6. Adult Community Residential Services: The lines of authority, responsibility, and accountability are specified for the facility’s citizen involvement and volunteer services program [4-ACRS-7D-04]. 7. Adult Probation and Parole Field Services: Written policy, procedure, and practice specify the lines of authority, responsibility, and accountability for the program’s citizen involvement and volunteer services program [PP 3-3119]. The Commissioner will ensure that the Deputy Commissioner of Institutions and the Deputy Commissioner of Community Corrections or designees establish procedures to specify the lines of authority, responsibility and accountability for citizen involvement and volunteer services program. 8. Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office): Written agency policy governs the recruitment, selection, orientation, training, and supervision of volunteers [2-CO-1G- 04]. The Commissioner or designee will establish an initial orientation session to include the security rules, regulations and an overview of the program. 9. Adult Correctional Institutions: The screening and selection of volunteers allows for recruitment from all cultural and socioeconomic parts of the community [4-4116]. 10. Adult Community Residential Services: The facility provides for recruiting citizen involvement and volunteers. The screening and selection of volunteers allows for recruitment from all cultural and socioeconomic parts of the community [4-ACRS-7F-08]. 11. Adult Probation and Parole Field Services: Written policy, procedure, and practice for volunteer citizen involvement includes a system for selecting, training, deciding on the term of service, terminating service, and defining tasks, responsibilities and authority of volunteers [PP 3-3118]. 12. Adult Probation and Parole Field Services: Written policy procedure, and practice call for the recruitment of volunteers from all cultural and socioeconomic segments of the community [PP 3-3120]. 13. Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office): Written policy, procedure, and practice require a criminal background check on all volunteers who have direct, unsupervised contact with inmates/juveniles/residents [2-CO-1G-05]. The Commissioner or designee will ensure that criminal background checks are conducted on all volunteers who have direct, unsupervised contact with inmates. 14. Requests to provide volunteer services will be submitted in the form of an application to the Director of Treatment or department where the prospective volunteers are requesting to provide services. 15. Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office): Written agency policy requires that there is a system for official registration and identification of volunteers [2-CO-1G-06]. 16. Adult Correctional Institutions: There is an official registration and identification system for volunteers [4-4117]. 17. Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office): Written agency policy provides that each volunteer completes an appropriate, documented orientation and/or training program prior to assignment [2-CO-1G-07]. The Commissioner or designee will ensure that all volunteers have submitted an application with MDOC for insurance purposes. An identification card will be issued to each volunteer and an identification record will be kept at each facility. 18. Adult Correctional Institutions: Written policy, procedure, and practice provide that each volunteer completes an appropriate, documented orientation and/or training program prior to assignment [4-4119]. 19. Adult Community Residential Services: Each volunteer completes an appropriate, documented orientation and/or training program prior to assignment [4-ACRS-7F-09]. 20. Adult Community Residential Services: There is an official registration and identification system for volunteers [4-ACRS-7F-10]. 21. Adult Probation and Parole Field Services: Written policy, procedure, and practice provide that, prior to assignment, each volunteer completes a documented orientation and/or training program [PP 3-3122]. The Deputy Commissioner of Institutions and the Deputy Commissioner of Community Corrections or designees will establish procedures to provide that each volunteer completes an appropriate, documented orientation and/or training program prior to assignment. 22. Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office): Written agency policy provides that each volunteer agrees in writing to abide by all agency policies, particularly those relating to confidentiality of information and security practices [2-CO-1G-08]. The Commissioner or designee will ensure that each volunteer agrees in writing to abide by all agency policies and particularly those relating to confidentiality and security. 23. Adult Correctional Institutions: Volunteers agree in writing to abide by all facility policies, particularly those relating to the security and confidentiality of information [4- 4120]. 24. Adult Probation and Parole Field Services: Written policy, procedure, and practice specify that volunteers agree in writing to abide by all agency policies, particularly those relating to the security and confidentiality of information [PP 3-3123]. These agreements are placed in each volunteer’s file to be kept by assigned supervisory staff. 25. Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office): Written agency policy provides for volunteers to contribute suggestions regarding the establishment of policy and procedure related to the volunteer services program [2-CO-1G-09]. The Commissioner or designee will provide volunteers with the opportunity to contribute suggestions regarding the policy and procedure for the volunteer services program. 26. Adult Correctional Institutions: There is provision for volunteers to contribute suggestions regarding the establishment of policy and procedure for the volunteer services program [4-4122]. 27. Adult Correctional Institutions: Written policy, procedure, and practice provide that new or revised policies and procedures are disseminated to designated staff and volunteers and, when appropriate, to inmates prior to implementation [4-4014]. The state Volunteer Coordinator will ensure that forms are developed and distributed regarding release of liability in offering services within MDOC facilities. It will be the responsibility of each program supervisor using volunteer services to require a signed release prior to the volunteer being approved to offer services within the facility. 28. Adult Probation and Parole Field Services: The field agency administration or the parent agency provides protection against liability or tort claims in the form of insurance, signed waivers, or other legal provisions valid in the jurisdiction in which the volunteer program is located [PP 3-3124]. 29. Adult Correctional Institutions: Written policy specifies that volunteers may perform professional services only when they are certified or licensed to do so [4-4118]. 30. Adult Probation and Parole Field Services: Written policy, procedure, and practice specifies that volunteers may perform professional services only when certified or licensed to do so [PP 3-3121]. 31. Adult Community Residential Services: Volunteers may perform professional services only when they are certified or licensed to do so [4-ACRS-7B-03]. The Deputy Commissioner of Institutions and the Deputy Commissioner of Community Corrections or designees will develop procedures to ensure that volunteers may perform professional services only when they are certified or licensed to do so. 32. Adult Correctional Institutions: A current schedule of volunteer services is available to all inmates and is posted in appropriate areas of the institution [4-4121]. 33. Administration of Correctional Agencies (Central Office): Written policy, procedure, and practice provide that the agency reviews and evaluates volunteer programs at least annually [2-CO-1G-10]. The Commissioner or designee will ensure that the volunteer programs are reviewed and evaluated at least annually. 34. The Deputy Commissioner of Institutions and the Deputy Commissioner of Community Corrections or designees will issue procedures whereby the program director may curtail, postpone, or terminate the services of a volunteer or volunteer organization.