enhanced classification - Reclassifying an Inmate

User-Defined Help

To reclassify an inmate's classification for Enhanced Classification:

  1. Access the inmate record you want to use.

  2. Point to the Housing heading on the side menu, and click Classification on the menu that appears.  

    The Classification browse screen will appear, and all Classifications will appear in a browse-view format.  The Class. Type column will note the Initial Classification and all Reclassifications.

    Classification browse screen

  1. Select the Reclassify Inmate Reclassify Inmate button  button.

    The Classification Question screen will appear, and the first question established in Settings > Classification Administration will appear in the middle Classification Questions pane.

    Classification Questionnaire screen

  1. Select the Answer box and choose the question's appropriate answer from the dropdown list.  If you are not entering any notes for the question, you may double-click on the answer and you will be taken to the next question.

  2. The Total Weight field will automatically calculate and display the total value after all questions are answered.

  3. The Answers contained in the list are set up by administrators within Settings > Classification Administration.  Negative values are allowed for the Answer Weight.   

  4. Depending on how questions and answers are defined within these settings, the Answer list will contain either yes or no,, scripted-response entries, or be set up to automatically answer by using stored procedures.  Questions with pre-determined, scripted responses will carry a weight, as can yes/no questions.  If the question carries a weight, this value will automatically appear in the Question Weight field after the answer is selected.  Negative values are allowed for the Question Weight.  

  1. Optional: Select the Notes box and enter any additional notes.

  2. Click Next to navigate to the next classification question, or click Cancel to cancel the classification process.

    Once a question is answered, the Question #, Question, Answer, Question Weight, and any applicable Notes will automatically appear in the Classification Questionnaire list in the bottom browse pane.  The total weight value will be calculated for all answered questions and will appear beside the Total Weight heading, in addition to the resulting classification.

    Classification Questionnaire pane

  3. Optional: Click Back to return to the previous question, or double-click a Classification Question in the bottom browse pane to view or edit its answer.

  4. Optional:  Click Reset to reset all answers and notes added to the new classification ("notes" is referring to the multi-line edit field associated with a classification question and answer, and not the Notes Editor pop-up located at the bottom of the page).  Upon clicking the "Reset" button, the user will see a warning pop-up in which he or she may either confirm the reset by clicking "Yes" or cancel the reset by clicking "No".  Once a classification has been saved, the "Reset" button will be inactive.  This will prevent the user from resetting classification answers on an edit.

  5. A pop-up will appear to inform you that you have answered the last question.  Click OK to close the pop-up.  

    Last Question pop-up

  1. Optional:  After the last question has been answered users can capture the inmate's signature.

[Note:  The system can be setup to warn the user upon save that they have not captured an inmate's signature.]

  1. Optional:  Select the Legal/Current Charge button to enter Legal/Current Charge information.

  2. Optional:  Select the Population button to select a Population Assignment for the inmate.

  3. Optional:  Override the classification determined by the Classification Questionnaire.

  4. Select Save as Draft to save the classification record if not done working on it.  Using Save as Draft will not send the Classification to Review.

  5. Select Save to commit the classification and send the Classification to Review, or click Cancel to abort the process.