DOC Terminology and
Acronyms
ABE
Absconder
ARD
ASCA
ASPD
ATG
Adult Basic Education
A term referring to a person on community supervision who has stopped reporting
to his/her community corrections officer and cannot be located for a period of 30
days.
Advance Corrections
American Correctional Association
Status of Field File when offender has outstanding Bench Warrant
Administrative Segregation – short term solitary housing for offenders who
require close supervision for various reasons. Also referred to as restricted
housing and IMU.
Average Daily Population
Airway Heights Corrections Center (near Spokane)
A prescribed drug which, when administered daily, cause severe adverse reactions
to the consumption of alcohol.
Adjusted Release Date
Association of State Correctional Administrators
Anti-Social Personality Disorder
Attorney General
BW
Bench Warrant
CAP
CBCC
CBI
CCCC
CC
CC
CCD
CCO
CCV
CD
CDA
CDT
CFV
CHRI
CI
Corrective Action Plan
Clallam Bay Corrections Center (near Forks)
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention
Cedar Creek Corrections Center (near Olympia)
Concurrent Sentence
Classification Counselor
Community Corrections Division
Community Corrections Officer
Community Custody Violator
Chemical Dependency
Chemical Dependency Assessment
Chemical Dependency Treatment
Confinement for Violation
Criminal History Records Information
Correctional Industries – A branch of the Department of Corrections that
produces goods and services while employing offenders in jobs that teach
marketable skills they can use after release.
Critical Incident Review
Critical Incident Stress Management
Community Justice Center
Close - a custody designation
Correctional Mental Health Counselor
AC
ACA
ADA
AdSeg
ADP
AHCC
Antabuse
CIR
CISM
CJC
CLO
CMHC
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DOC Terminology and
Acronyms
CO
Correctional Officer
Community Supervision An offender’s supervision status in the community under the authority of the
Department where the Department has legal responsibility for adjudicating
violations. Offenders can be sentenced to supervision without having served
prison time.
Contraband
Includes illegal items, explosives, deadly weapons, alcoholic beverages, cell
phones, drugs, tobacco products, controlled substances, and any item that is
controlled, limited or prohibited on the grounds or within the secure perimeter of
a correctional facility as defined by policy.
COS
Cost of Supervision
CPA
Community Parenting Alternative
CPM
Correctional Program Manager
CRCC
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (near Tri-cities)
CRP
Community Release Plan
CS
Consecutive Sentence
CUS
Correctional Unit Supervisor
CY
Calendar Year
DAC
Deferred Sentence
DOB
DOC number
DOL
DOS
DOSA
DSHS
DW
DWI
Diversity Advisory Council
A sentence of a convicted person in which, the court puts off sentencing for a
period of time under certain conditions.
Any commotion, disorder or departure from normal operations committed by
three or more offenders.
Division of Juvenile Rehabilitation (DSHS)
Dangerous Mentally Ill Offender
Statewide Multi-Service Review Committee - A multi-agency group mandated to
determine inmates who meet the legal definition of DMIO
Date of Birth
Six-digit inmate identification number
Department of Labor
Date of Sentence
Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative
Department of Social & Health Services
Deadly Weapon
Driving While Intoxicated
EERD
EOSR/ESR
EPRD
ERC
ERD
ESR
ET
Earned Early Release Date
End of Sentence Review
Earliest Possible Release Date
Earned Release Credits (earned and good conduct time)
Earned Release Date
End of Sentence Review
Earned Time
Disturbance
DJR
DMIO
SM-SRC DMIO
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DOC Terminology and
Acronyms
Face Sheet
FOS
FOSA
FTE
FTO
FTR
Furlough (FL)
FY
Gate Money
Offender information sheet containing classification, special conditions, address,
employer, etc.
From Out-of-state
Family and Offender Sentencing Alternative
Full-Time Equivalent
First Time Offender
Failure to Report
Temporary release granted to a prison or work release inmate for purposes of
family visit, job interview, etc
Fiscal Year
GCT
Release funds offered to offenders upon release for purposes of transportation,
clothing or other expenses.
Good Conduct Time – also known as Good time Credit (GTC)
HCM
HQ
HR
HRLT
Health Care Manager
Headquarters
Human Resources
Human Resources Leadership Team
IBC
ICD
IMU
IDS
ISDP
ISRB
(BAP)
IT
Impacting Behavior Change
Initial Custody Designation
Intensive Management Unit
Indeterminate Sentence
Inmate Sentenced to the Death Penalty
Indeterminate Sentence Review Board – also known as Board Approved Plan
J&S
JRA
Judgment and Sentence - a formal document from Superior Court
Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration (DSHS)
Kite
A form for official handwritten correspondence from offenders to employees,
contract staff and volunteers.
LCC
LFO
Lockdown
LSI-R
LWOP
Larch Corrections Center (Near Vancouver, Wash.)
Legal Financial Obligations
Operational status where no offender movement takes place in a facility
Level of Service Inventory-Revised
Life without parole, aka Lifer
MCC
Monroe Correctional Complex, comprised of four facilities – Twin Rivers Unit,
Information Technology
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DOC Terminology and
Acronyms
MIP
MOU
MSR
MSU
MUR
MT
Minimum Security Unit, Special Offender Unit and Washington State
Reformatory (in Monroe)
Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (Near Belfair)
Maximum - a custody designation
Medium - a custody designation
Minimum - a custody designation
Minimum 1 - a custody designation – Offender may be placed in any Security
Level 1 (Work Release) setting or higher.
Minimum 2 - a custody designation - Offender may be placed in any Security
Level 2 (Camp) or higher.
Minimum 3 - a custody designation - Offender may be placed in any Security
Level 3 (Medium custody) facility or higher.
A custody designation - may be placed into any pre-release or higher facility
Memorandum of Understanding
Merit System Rule
Minimum Security Unit
Murder 1st
Minimum Term
NIC
NOV/A
National Institute of Corrections
Notice of Violation/Arrest
OAP
OCC
OFM
OM
OMNI
ORCS
Offender Accountability Plan
Olympic Corrections Center (near Forks)
Office of Financial Management
Operational Memorandum
Offender Management Network Information
Offender Re-Entry Community Safety Program
PAR
Parent Facility
PBMS
PC
PRO
PERD
PHC
PIO
PPR/CRP
PREA
PRO
PV
Parole
First facility where an offender is assigned after leaving the reception center
Performance-Based Measures System
Partial Confinement
Probation
Parole Eligibility Review Date
Pre-Hearing Confinement
Public Information Officer
Parole Placement Referral/Community Release Plan
Prison Rape Elimination Act
Probation
Parole Violation
QA
Quality Assurance
MCCCW
MAX
MED
MIN
MI1
MI2
MI3
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DOC Terminology and
Acronyms
RDC
Recidivism
RCW
RLC
RNR
Reception and Diagnostic Center
Return to a DOC facility by an offender for either a new conviction or a violation
revocation within 36-months after being released from prison.
The suspension of normal movement in a prison to facilitate emergency response
or recovery activities, usually after a disturbance.
Record of Arrests
Reduction in Force
A large-scale, violent action causing property damage where there are major or
numerous injuries and employees are unable to control the situation for a
significant period of time.
Revised Code of Washington
Risk Level Classification
Risk, Needs, Responsivity
SAC
SARU
SCC
SCCC
SGC
SMIO
SOTP
SOU
SPP
SRA
SRD
SSOSA
STRONG-R
SUP
SVP
Swift and Certain
Substance Abuse Recovery Unit
Special Commitment Center (DSHS)
Stafford Creek Corrections Center (near Aberdeen)
Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Serious Mentally Ill Offender
Sex Offender Treatment Program
Special Offender Unit, one of four facilities in the Monroe Correctional Complex
Sustainability in Prisons Project
Sentencing Reform Act
Sanction Release Date
Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative
Static Risk Offender Needs Guide - Revised
Community Supervision
Sexually Violent Predator
T4C
TABE
TO
TPB
TBC
TBD
TPX
TRU
Thinking for a Change
Test of Adult Basic Education
Transfer Order
Transition from Prison - Risk Management Level B
Transition from Prison - Risk Management Level C
Transition from Prison - Risk Management Level D
Terminal Productivity Execution
Twin Rivers Unit, one of four facilities in the Monroe Correctional Complex
UA
UMCC
Use of Force
Urine analysis
Union Management Communications Committee
Staff use of any prescribed equipment/substance to gain control or compliance of
Restricted Movement
Rap Sheet
RIF
Riot
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DOC Terminology and
Acronyms
UW
an offender.
University of Washington
VIP
VOL
VR
VS
V/WNP
Violator Improvement Process, or Project
Voluntary Supervision
Violation Report
Victim Services
Victim Witness Notification Program
WAC
WASPC
WCA
WCC
WCCW
Work Release
Washington Administrative Code
Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Washington Correctional Association
Washington Corrections Center (near Shelton)
Washington Corrections Center for Women (near Gig Harbor)
Considered the lowest level of incarceration where offenders who live at work
release focus on preparing for their transition back to the community.
Work Release/Pre-Release Screening Coordinator
Washington State Institute for Public Policy
Washington State Penitentiary (in Walla Walla)
Washington State Reformatory, one of four facilities in the Monroe Correctional
Complex
WPSC
WSIPP
WSP
WSR
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