- (a) Chief administrative officer shall mean the highest-ranking facility official present during the time period in which a determination must be rendered.
- (b) Facility shall mean a county jail or penitentiary, or a local correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Correction.
- (c) Essential service shall mean any right, service, item or article guaranteed an incarcerated individual by the provisions of this Title.
- (d) Individual occupancy housing unit, multiple occupancy housing unit, medical housing unit, dayroom space and sleeping area shall each have the same meaning as provided in Part 7040 of this Title.
- (e) Segregation shall mean the involuntary confinement of an incarcerated individual to an individual occupancy housing unit, or to the sleeping area of a multiple occupancy housing unit, for any duration. Segregation shall not include such confinement during established sleep hours, confinement for purposes of medical or mental health treatment, confinement to a housing unit designated for classification purposes, confinement for the purpose of providing constant supervision, routine confinement necessary for a change of shift, conducting an incarcerated population count, or the provision of routine services, or temporary confinement necessary to quell a disturbance or incident.
- (f) Segregated individual shall mean any incarcerated individual subject to segregation.
- (g) Segregated confinement shall mean the confinement of an incarcerated individual to an individual occupancy housing unit, in any form, for more than 17 hours a day, other than in a facility-wide emergency or for the purpose of providing medical or mental health treatment.
- (h) Administrative segregation shall mean any segregation, as defined in subdivision (e) of this section, that does not constitute a disciplinary sanction, imposed pursuant to section 7006.9 of this Title, or segregation pending a disciplinary hearing, ordered pursuant to section 7006.7 of this Title.
- (i) Administratively segregated incarcerated individual shall mean any incarcerated individual subject to administrative segregation.
- (j) Special housing shall have the same meaning as defined in section 7013.2(h) of this Title.
As used in this Part, the following definitions shall apply to the terms listed below: