§ 6-26 Restorative Rehabilitation Units (RRUs).
RCNY § 6-26
(a)Purpose. The purpose of the RRU is to enable the Department to operate a general population setting with programming and therapeutic support for people in custody who request placement in RRU following their discharge from restrictive housing. Placement in RRU is voluntary.
(b)Case Management, Individual Support Plans, and Periodic Reviews.
(1)People who choose to step down to a RRU from restrictive housing shall, to the extent practicable, retain the same case manager assigned to them in restrictive housing.
(2)People who choose to step down to a RRU from restrictive housing shall continue with the same individual behavior support plan designed for them in restrictive housing, and their assigned multidisciplinary team shall continue to conduct periodic reviews as set forth in 40 RCNY § 6-14 every fifteen (15) days to assess progress with the plan, make any necessary adjustments to the plan, or modify programming recommendations.
(3)Following a periodic review, the multidisciplinary team can recommend to the facility head that someone be moved out of a RRU to a regular general population housing area if such transfer would be advisable.
(4)A person in custody can request to be discharged from a RRU at any point during their placement and shall be discharged to general population upon such request.
(c)Conditions.
(d)Staffing and Training.
(e)Programming.
(f)Data Collection and Review.
(g)On a monthly basis, the Department shall provide the Board with the individually identified data used to create the monthly public report required by 40 RCNY § 6-26(f)(3) and all supporting documentation including but not limited to RRU placement, review, and IBSP documentation.
(h)The Board and the Department shall jointly develop the reporting templates for the public report required by 40 RCNY § 6-26(f)(3). (Added City Record 6/9/2021, eff. 7/9/2021; amended City Record 6/28/2024, eff. 7/28/2024)
