BOP Program Statement 5335.02 § 14

MENTAL HEALTH UNITS

a. Rounds. At a minimum, the Education Supervisor and Recreation Supervisor, or their

designees, will make weekly rounds to attend to the educational and recreational needs of SMHU

inmates. Rounds will be documented.

b. Materials. The Education Supervisor or their designee, as well as the Recreation Supervisor

or designee, will ensure SMHU inmates have access to education materials. This might entail

sports equipment, cardiovascular equipment, movies, games, puzzles, hobbycraft, a book cart

with a variety of books, and other leisure activity materials. Reasonable efforts will be made to

include literature in a variety of languages.

c. Secure Treatment Team Approval. Education staff will seek approval from the Secure

Treatment Team prior to introducing educational and recreational materials onto the SMHU in

order to ensure safety and security.

d. Education and Recreation Programming. The Education Supervisor will designate an

Education staff member, ideally a Special Education Teacher, to provide five hours of Education

programming weekly to the unit in accordance with the known needs and interests of inmates on

the unit. No more than two hours of weekly programming may be offered in cells. Programming

might entail providing educational opportunities both on the housing unit and providing

programming through closed-circuit televisions. To ensure inmates are provided access to

programming, they should be rotated into the available programming hours. Programming

opportunities must be made available in other forms if an inmate does not have access to

television.

Secure Skills programs will be staffed with a full-time Special Education Teacher. This teacher

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will have an office on the program unit and will solely be responsible for providing educational

services to the Secure Skills participants.

The Recreation Supervisor or Supervisor of Education, as appropriate, designates a Recreation

Specialist to provide five hours of Recreation programming weekly in accordance with the

known needs and interests of inmates on the unit. No more than two hours of weekly

programming may be offered as in-cell programming. Programming might entail providing

recreational opportunities on the housing unit and providing programming through closed-circuit

televisions. Programming may include music therapy, therapeutic recreation, unit games, and

individualized exercise programs.

e. Law Library. Inmates have access to library services in accordance with the Program

Statement Legal Activities, Inmate.

f. Token Economy. Education and Recreation staff may participate in the SMHU Token

Economy at the discretion and request of the Token Economy Program Coordinator.