October 13, 2004		2004-R-0785
INMATE ASSAULTS ON STAFF
By: Christopher Reinhart, Senior Attorney

You asked for information on the number of inmate assaults on staff and how these incidents are handled.

INMATE ASSAULTS

Table 1 below shows recent data on the number of disciplinary reports and inmate assaults on staff or other inmates per 1,000 inmates, broken down by facility. Disciplinary reports ranged from 441 per 1,000 inmates at Webster to 4,323 per 1,000 inmates at Northern. Inmate assaults on staff ranged from 0 per 1,000 inmates at five facilities to a high of 111 per 1,000 at Northern. Inmate assaults on inmates ranged from 9 per 1,000 inmates at Cheshire to 277 per 1,000 inmates at Northern.

Table 1: Misconduct per 1,000 Inmates by Facility

(March 2002-February 2003)

Facility	Disciplinary Reports	Assaults on Staff	Assaults on Inmates
Bergin	641	0	25
Bridgeport	1,289	13	166
Brooklyn	688	0	44
Cheshire	693	44	9
Corrigan-Radgowski	1,280	15	39
Enfield	648	0	30

Facility	Disciplinary Reports	Assaults on Staff	Assaults on Inmates
Garner	2,023	15	46
Gates	608	24	24
Hartford	2,649	25	50
MacDougall-Walker	1,403	16	95
Manson	2,231	18	53
New Haven	1,617	14	58
Northern	4,323	111	277
Osborn	1,414	13	60
Robinson	1,053	0	40
Webster	441	21	21
Willard-Cybulski	645	0	22
York-Niantic	1,739	18	70

Source: Program Review and Investigations Committee, Correction Officer Staffing, December 2003.

Chart 1 displays the overall number of disciplinary reports and inmate assaults on staff or other inmates per 1,000 inmates, from 1994 through 2002.

Chart 1: Misconduct per 1,000 inmates

Source: Program Review and Investigations Committee, Correction Officer Staffing, December 2003.

Beginning October 30, DOC must submit quarterly reports on, among other things, filed inmate disciplinary reports and reported inmate assaults on staff and other inmates. DOC submits these reports to the governor and Judiciary and Labor committees (PA 04-146).

INCIDENT PROCESSING

The DOC code of penal discipline defines inmate misconduct and sets the procedures for handling incidents. In addition to these procedures, inmate conduct that also violates criminal statutes is reported to the state police for investigation. Chart 2 shows the DOC procedures for handling incidents.

Chart 2: DOC Incident Procedures (Source: Program Review and Investigations Committee, Correction Officer Staffing,

December 2003).

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