§ 6-01 Purpose.
RCNY § 6-01
(a)These 40 RCNY Chapter 6 rules are based upon and promote the following core principles: (1) Protection of the safety of people in custody and the staff who work in facilities by: (i) Ensuring that all people in custody and all staff who work in facilities are treated with dignity and respect; (ii) Prohibiting restrictions that dehumanize or demean people in custody; (iii) Placing restrictions on people in custody that are limited to those required to achieve the appropriate objectives for which the restrictions are imposed; and (iv) Confining people in custody to the least restrictive setting and for the least amount of time necessary to address the specific reasons for their placement and to ensure their own safety as well as the safety of staff, other people in custody, and the public.
(2)Placement of people in custody into restrictive housing in accordance with due process and procedural and restorative justice principles by: (i) Explaining disciplinary rules and the sanctions for violating them when people are first admitted to Department custody; (ii) Imposing sanctions that are proportionate to the offenses committed; (iii) Applying disciplinary rules and imposing sanctions fairly and consistently; and (iv) Ensuring that people in custody understand the basis for their placement into restrictive housing, and that they understand the basis for any individual restrictions imposed in conjunction with their placement in such housing.
(3)Promotion of the rehabilitation of people in custody and their reintegration into the community by: (i) Incentivizing good behavior; (ii) Allowing people placed into restricting housing as much out-of-cell time and programming participation as practicable, consistent with safety and security; and (iii) Providing necessary programming and resources.
(4)Monitoring and tracking compliance with these 40 RCNY Chapter 6 rules and the core principles on which they are based by: (i) Developing performance measures; and (ii) Regularly reporting performance outcomes to the public. (Added City Record 6/9/2021, eff. 7/9/2021)
