Classification
Your Classification will be Designated with these Codes. G1-G2-G3-G4-G5-Administration Segregation.
Classification is NOT Always Easily Understood in TDCJ’S “Inmate Handbook-Eng“-“Inmate Handbook-Span“.
State Classification Committee (SCC)
A central administrative classification committee that makes final decisions with regards to agency-wide issues and unit classification committee recommendations. During the intake process, the SCC makes decisions concerning the initial assignment of an offender to a unit. The SCC also makes final decisions regarding administrative segregation, safekeeping, and requests for protection.
Unit Classification Committee (UCC)
Responsible for assigning an offender a custody level. This custody level designates where offenders shall live on the unit and what job(s) they are eligible for. Offenders appear before this committee when they arrive on a new unit. They also meet with the UCC when routine classification decisions are needed.
Administrative Segregation Committee (ASC)
Responsible for the process of reviewing offenders for placement in administrative segregation and routine reviews of those offenders. Security Precaution Designator Review Committee (SPDRC). The authority that determines the eligibility for removal of a security precaution designator code from the offender’s record. This committee is also the authority that determines if a security precaution designator should remain in the offender’s record after designated timeframes expire.
Custody Levels
G1. General population Level 1 (G1) custody allows offenders to live in dorms outside the security fence. Offenders living in trusty camps shall be classified OT custody. They may work outside the security fence with periodic unarmed supervision.
G2. General population Level 2 (G2) custody refers to offenders who may live in dorms or cells inside the security fence. They may work outside the security fence under direct armed supervision.
G3. General population Level 3 (G3) refers to prison offenders who may live in dorms or cells inside the main building of the unit. G3 offenders are ineligible to live in dorms outside the main building of a unit, inside the security fence. G3 offenders shall be generally assigned to field force and secure jobs inside the perimeter as designated by the warden. They may work outside the security fence under direct armed supervision.
G4. General population Level 4 (G4) custody means the offender shall live in a cell, with few exceptions, and may work outside the security fence under direct armed supervision.
G5. General population Level 5 (G5) custody refers to offenders who have assaultive or aggressive disciplinary records. G5 custody offenders shall live in cells. They may not work outside the security fence without direct, armed supervision.
AD SEG Administrative Segregation refers to offenders who shall be separated from the general population because they are dangerous, either to other offenders or staff, or they are in danger from other offenders. Offenders who, according to the Security.
Threat Group Management Office (STGMO), are members of security threat groups designated by TDCJ, may be given this custody level. These offenders leave their cells, for the most part, only for showers and limited recreation. Offenders assigned to administrative segregation in expansion cellblocks shower in their cells.
Note: Offenders in general population custody levels may also be given a Protective Safekeeping status (P2 – P5) if they need an added level of protection from other offenders.