Minimum custody residents may be assigned to a facility with a non-secure perimeter. Residents must report for counts, except when on work assignments or on work release. Movement of minimum-security residents within the facility may be unrestricted.

At a work camp and offsite vocational work projects when residents are outside the assigned perimeter, they may be unescorted; however, staff or a designated person will make visual observation of them at least every two hours. Facility heads may approve exceptions to the two-hour observation requirement for specific jobs or programs.

At facilities with work release programs residents must report for counts, except for when away from the facility on an approved release. Movement within the facility may be unrestricted. When outside the assigned perimeter, the resident may be unescorted and will be required to report to the facility as directed by staff.

Minimum custody is designed to house inmates who typically have the following:

• No recent class A or B disciplinary offense reports
• Nonviolent and/or low-risk crime
• High-risk crime but nearing a release date and no classification points for disciplinary offense reports
• Do not present an obvious escape risk and
• Do not present an obvious threat to public safety