Prisons

Medium Custody

Medium custody residents are confined within a secure facility. Residents must report for regularly scheduled counts. Movement of medium custody residents within the institution will be structured and monitored.

Medium custody is designed to house residents who typically have the following:

  • High or low-risk crimes with an institutional disciplinary history that does not require close custody placement
  • Long-term sentences
  • High-risk crimes (until nearing a release date)
  • Have detainers or felony detainers and/or
  • Escape history from a non-secure facility