Agency 44, Article 12 — Conduct and Penalties

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-102. Personal cleanliness. Inmates shall shower or bathe a minimum of once a week. Inmates shall brush their teeth a minimum of once a day. Violation of this rule shall be a class …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-103. Tattoos, body piercing, and body markings. (a) Inmates shall not place on or remove from, or allow to be placed on or removed from their body any tattoo or body marking, nor s…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-104. Care of living quarters. Every inmate shall keep his or her living quarters in a neat, clean and sanitary condition. Clothing shall be neatly hung or stored in designated plac…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-105. Unsanitary practices. (a) No inmate shall throw trash of any kind upon the floors, sidewalks, or grounds of any facility. All rubbish shall be placed in the containers provide…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-106. Hair standards and appearance. (a) Each inmate shall keep the inmate's hair neat and clean and follow reasonable health and safety standards. When working in food services, ea…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-107. Use of safety devices. Each inmate shall use safety devices provided in accordance with the orders of the warden. Violation of this regulation shall be a class II offense. Alt…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-1101. Attempt, conspiracy, accessory, solicitation; liability for offenses of another. Each attempt or conspiracy to violate any regulation, or acting as an accessory for any offen…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-1201. Increased penalty for involving or victimizing an inmate under 18. (a) If any inmate who is 18 years of age or older involves, induces, or solicits an inmate who is less than…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-1202. Conviction of four offenses in six months. Upon conviction of the fourth offense of the same class within the immediate prior six month period, the hearing officer may impose…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-1301. Class I offenses. (a) Class I offenses shall be any of the following: (1) Those violations of a very serious nature that are designated in this article as class I offenses, w…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-1302. Class II offenses. (a) Class II offenses shall be any of the following: (1) Those offenses of moderate seriousness that are designated in this article as class II offenses, w…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-1303. Class III offenses. (a) Class III offenses shall be those offenses of a less serious nature that are designated in this article as class III offenses, whether or not the offe…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-1305. Use of fines. Fines shall be deposited in the inmate benefit fund. (Authorized by K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 75-5210, 75-5210(f); effective May 1, 1980.)

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-1306. Use of restitution. (a) When restitution is used in the disciplinary process, the following requirements and limitations shall apply: (1) The amount of and manner of payment …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-1307. Fines and restitution, imposition and collection; limits. Fines shall be fairly and appropriately used. Fines shall not be used in a way that disrupts family support payments…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-1308. Disciplinary segregation; limits. (a) The maximum sentence of disciplinary segregation for all violations arising out of one incident shall not exceed 60 days. (b) Continuous…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-201. Registration and use of personal property. (a) It shall be the responsibility of each inmate to make certain that any items of personal property in the inmate's possession as …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-202. Radios, televisions, musical instruments, and other sound equipment. (a) All personal radios, televisions, and other electronic sound equipment shall be played only in accorda…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-203. Theft. (a) Theft shall include any of the following acts done with intent to deprive the owner permanently of the possession, use, or benefit of the owner's property or servic…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-204. Taking without permission. (a) No inmate shall take without permission, regardless of the intent, articles of any kind from any other person or place, nor shall the inmate obt…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-205. Unauthorized dealing and trading. (a) Trading, borrowing, loaning, giving, receiving, selling, and buying goods, services, or any item with economic value between or among inm…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-206. Debt adjustment or collection prohibited. All debt adjustment or collection among inmates is strictly prohibited. Violation of this rule shall be a class II offense. (Authoriz…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-207. Gambling and bookmaking. An inmate shall not make any bet, operate or bank any gambling pool or game, keep book, or engage in any form of gambling. An inmate shall not possess…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-208. Misuse of state property. No inmate shall destroy, damage, deface, alter, misuse, or fail to return when due any article of property owned by the state, whether issued by the …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-209. Entering into contracts, incurring financial obligations. No inmate shall enter into a contract, or incur any financial obligation, including orders by mail, without the princ…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-210. Accounts. No inmate shall establish or have access to any checking or savings account outside the trust fund while confined in a correctional facility. Violation of this regul…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-211. Telephones or other communication devices. (a) When using any authorized inmate telephone, no inmate shall perform or engage in any of the following: (1) Use another inmate's …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-212. Accessing unauthorized computer-based information; unauthorized computer communications. (a) No inmate shall perform any of the following: (1) Access, or attempt to access, an…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-301. Fighting. (a) Fighting or any other activity that constitutes violence or is likely to lead to violence shall be prohibited. (b) It shall be an affirmative defense, for which …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-302. Noise. Inappropriate booing, whistling, shouting, or other loud and disturbing noises are not permitted. Violation of this rule shall be a class III offense. (Authorized by K.…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-303. Lying. (a) Every inmate shall speak the truth. No inmate shall lie, misrepresent the facts, mislead, or give false or misleading information to an officer, employee, or any ot…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-304. Disobeying orders. (a) Each inmate shall promptly and respectfully obey any order, directive, or instruction given to the inmate by any employee of the facility, or by an empl…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-305. Insubordination or disrespect to officers or other employees. (a) Each inmate shall be attentive and respectful towards employees, visitors, and officials. The showing of disr…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-306. Threatening or intimidating any person. (a) An inmate shall not threaten or intimidate, either directly or indirectly, any person or organization. This regulation shall specif…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-307. Avoiding an officer. No inmate shall run from or deliberately avoid any officer, supervisor, or employee if required, ordered, or requested to be present to talk with, be acco…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-308. Improper use of prepared or served food. No inmate shall accept more prepared or served food or drink than the inmate will consume. No inmate shall wastefully and deliberately…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-309. Kitchen utensils and shop tools. (a) No inmate shall remove or have in possession any eating or cooking utensils or tools without proper authorization. (b) Violation of this r…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-310. Misconduct in dining room. (a) All inmates shall enter and leave the dining room in accordance with the established procedure at each facility, and shall conduct themselves in…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-311. Being in a condition of drunkenness, intoxication, state of altered consciousness. No inmate shall at any time be drunk, intoxicated, or be in a chemically induced state of al…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-312. Use of stimulants, sedatives, unauthorized drugs, or narcotics, or the misuse or hoarding of authorized or prescribed medication. (a) No inmate shall take into the bodily syst…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-313. Sexually explicit materials. (a) No inmate shall have in possession or under control any sexually explicit materials, including drawings, paintings, writing, pictures, items, …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-314. Sexual activity; aggravated sexual activity; sodomy; aggravated sodomy. (a) No inmate shall commit or induce others to commit an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy, even with…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-315. Lewd acts. (a) No inmate shall engage in a lewd or lascivious manner in any act of kissing, fondling, touching, or embracing, whether with a person of the same or opposite sex…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-317. Falsifying documents. No inmate shall falsify any document. Violation of this rule shall be a class II offense. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 75-5210; effe…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-318. Disruptive behavior. (a) No inmate shall start or get others to start, or perform or participate in, or help others to perform or participate in any disruptive behavior. (b) V…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-319. Riot or incitement to riot. (a) Riot is any use of force or violence by three or more persons acting together and without the authority of law which produces a breach of the p…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Department of Corrections Article 12.—Conduct and Penalties 44-12-320. This revocation shall be effective on and after February 15, 2002. (Authorized by K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 75-5210, 75-5210(f); effective May 1, 1980; revoked Feb. 15, 2002.)