Acronym List: Prison Terms & Acronyms Used

    AA: Affirmative Action
    AABB: American Association of Blood Banks
    AB: Administrative Bulletin
    ABE: Adult Basic Education
    ACA: American Correctional Association
    ADA: Americans With Disabilities Act
    ADAMS: Applications Development and Maintenance Section
    AD-SEG: Administrative Segregation
    AFB: Acid Fast Bacilli
    AG: Attorney General
    AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
    AISA: Associate Information Systems Analyst
    AMG: Access Management Group
    ANSI: American National Standards Institute
    AOD: Administrative Officer of the Day
    APA: Administrative Procedures Act
    ARC: AIDS Related Condition
    AS: Accounting Services
    ASD: Administrative Services Division
    ASH: Atascadero State Hospital
    ASP: Avenal State Prison
    ASU: Automation Support Unit
    ATA: Annual Training Agreement
    ATO: Administrative Time Off
    ATS: Automatic Transfer System
    AW: Associate Warden
    AWOL: Absent Without Leave
    AWP: Annual Work Plan
    B&PC: Business and Professions Code
    BCP: Budget Change Proposal
    BCS: Budget Concept Statement
    BIU: Background Investigation Unit
    BOC: Board of Control
    BOE: Board of Education
    BPT: Board of Prison Terms
    BSCCU: Business Services Correspondence Control Unit
    BSS: Business Services Section
    BU: Bargaining Unit
    C&PR: Classification and Parole Representative
    C&R: Compromise and Release
    C.I.: California Construction Index
    C.P.O.S.T.: Correctional Peace Officers Standards and Training
    CA: Correctional Administrators
    CAC: Commission on Accreditation for Corrections
    CAL: Calipatria State Prison
    CALNET: California Integrated Telecommunications Network
    CAL-OSHA: California Occupational Safety and Health Act
    CALSTARS: California Statewide Accounting and Reporting System
    CAMB: Contract and Audit Management Branch
    CAP: Civil Addict Program
    CAS: Chemical Abstract Service
    CASE: Computer Assisted Software Engineering
    CAT Scan: Computerized Axial Tomography Scan
    CBASS: Correctional Business and Administrative Support Systems
    CC&BPS: Construction Contracts and Bid Packages Section
    CC: Correctional Counselor
    CCC: California Correctional Center
    CCF: Community Correctional Facilities
    CCI: California Correctional Institution
    CCLF: California Civilian Labor Force
    CCP: Code of Civil Procedure
    CCR: California Code of Regulations
    CCRA: Correctional Case Records Administrator
    CCRC: Community Correctional Reentry Centers
    CCRM: Correctional Case Records Manager
    CCRS: Correctional Case Records Supervisor
    CCWF: Central California Women's Facility
    CD: Chief Dentist
    CDC: California Department of Corrections
    CDD: Controlling Discharge Date
    CDF: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
    CDO: Chief Disciplinary Officer
    CEA: Career Executive Assignment
    CEN: Centinela State Prison
    CFC: California Film Commission
    CFSTEP: California Fire Service Training and Education Program
    CHP: California Highway Patrol
    CHSPE: California High School Proficiency Examination
    CI&I: Criminal Identification and Information
    CIM: California Institution for Men
    CIW: California Institution for Women
    CLETS: California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
    CLS: Correctional Law Section
    CLU: Correctional Law Unit
    CMB: Contract Management Branch
    CMC: California Men's Colony
    CMC-E: California Men's Colony East
    CMF: California Medical Facility
    CMHQ: Cumulative Movement History Query
    CMIS: Correctional Management Information Systems
    CMO: Chief Medical Officer
    CO-BCP: Capitol Outlay Budget Concept Proposal
    COM: Computer Output Microfiche
    COR: California State Prison, Corcoran
    CP: Chief Psychiatrist
    CPIN: California Parole Information Network
    CPMP: Community Prisoner Mother Programs
    CPO: Chief of Plant Operations
    CPOAP: Correctional Peace Officer Apprenticeship Program
    CPS: Centralized Procurement Section
    CPU: Central Processing Unit
    CRC: California Rehabilitation Center
    CRD: Community Resource Development
    CRM: Community Resource Manager
    CPR: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
    CRRF: Correctional Resource Recovery Facilities
    CRS: Correctional Case Records Specialist
    Crt Ret TFT: Court-Return to Finish Term
    Crt Ret WNT: Court-Return to Finish New Term
    CRU: Case Records Unit
    CSA: California State Archives
    CSAC: Community Services Advisory Committee
    CSCR: California State Contracts Register
    CSR: Classification Staff Representative
    CSS: Contract Services Section
    CSU: Classification Services Unit
    CTB: Catastrophic Time Bank
    CTF: Correctional Training Facility
    CTQ: Confinement to Quarters
    CTS: Classification Tracking System
    CVSP: Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
    CYA: California Youth Authority
    DA: District Attorney
    DADP: Departmental Alcohol and Drug Programs
    DAR: Daily Activity Report
    DAS: Disabled Advisory Committee
    DBMS: Database Management Systems
    DBVE: Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises
    DCR: Departmental Contract Representative
    DD: Disciplinary Detention
    DDPS: Distributed Data Processing System
    DFA: Department Food Administrator
    DFEH: Department of Fair Employment and Housing
    DGS: Department of General Services
    DHS: Department of Health Services
    DIR: Department of Industrial Relations
    DIS: Division of Industrial Safety
    DMC: Departmental Master Calendar
    DMH: Department of Mental Health
    DMS: Daily Movement Sheet
    DMV: Department of Motor Vehicles
    DOF: Department of Finance
    DOJ: Department of Justice
    DOM: Departmental Operations Manual
    DOR: Department of Rehabilitation
    DOT: Labor Dictionary of Occupational Titles
    DPA: Department of Personnel Administration
    DPP: Disability Placement Plan
    DPSS: Data Processing Services Section
    DPU: Detention Processing Units
    DRB: Departmental Review Board
    DRD: Discharge Review Date
    DROA: Departmental Restrictions of Appointment
    DSL: Determinate Sentence Law
    DSS: Department of Social Services
    DTAC: Departmental Training Advisory Committee
    DTC: Divisional Training Coordinator
    DTC: Drug Testing Coordinator
    DVI: Deuel Vocational Institution
    DWLC: Departmental Women's Liaison Council
    E&E: Education and Experience
    EAP: Employee Assistance Program
    EAR: Employee Action Request
    EC: Evidence Code
    Ed. C: Education Code
    EDD: Employment Development Department
    EDP: Electronic Data Processing
    EDTP Employee Post Trauma Program
    EEO: Equal Employment Opportunity Office
    EEOC: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    EHD: Environmental Health Division
    EHS: Environmental Health Survey
    Ell: Early Intervention
    EIDL: Enhanced Industrial Disability Leave
    EIPU: Education and Inmate Programs Unit
    EKG: Electrocardiogram
    EOS: Emergency Operations Section
    EPA: Environmental Protection Agencies
    EPRD: Earliest Possible Release Date
    ERO: Employee Relations Officer
    ESAS: Estimates and Statistical Analysis Section
    ESL: English as a Second Language
    ETH: Ethnic Code
    ETO: Excused Time Off
    F&BMAU: Fiscal and Business Management Audits Unit
    FAA: Federal Aviation Administration
    FAR: Federal Aviation Regulation
    FB: Fiscal Bulletin
    FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
    FBP: Federal Bureau of Prisons
    FC: Family Code
    FCC: Federal Communications Commission
    FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standards
    FLSA: Fair Labor Standards Act
    FOL: Folsom State Prison
    FPA: Financial and Performance Audit Unit
    FPA: Fiscal Performance Accountability
    FRP: Focused Recruitment Program
    FRR: Formal Project Review
    FRU: Financial Resources Unit
    FSB: Fiscal Services Branch
    FSR: Feasibility Study Reports
    FST: Field Support Team
    GC: Government Code
    GED: General Education Development
    GF: General Fund
    GFE: Good Faith Effort
    GISO: General Industry Safety Order
    GLU: Government Law Unit
    GSOP: General Services Office of Procurement
    GUME: General Use Mobile Equipment
    H&SC: Health and Safety Code
    HAM: Hiring-Above-Minimum
    HASS: Headquarters Accounting Services Section
    HCSD: Health Care Services Division
    HDSP: High Desert State Prison
    HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
    HMIS: Health Management Information System
    HO: Hearing Officer
    HRS: Human Resources Section
    HWD: Holds/Wants/Detainer
    LO.: Indirect Overhead
    IAB: Inmate Appeals Branch
    IAC: Inmate Advisory Counsel
    IAC: Institution Advisory Counsel
    IATS: Inmate Appeals Tracking System
    IB: Informational Bulletin
    ICC: Institution Classification Committee
    ICO: Inventory Control Officer
    ICS: Institution Contracts Section
    ID: Institutions Division
    IDL: Industrial Disability Leave
    IDL: Inmate Day Labor
    IFB: Invitation for Bids
    IGI: Institution Gang Investigator
    IIM: Interim Instructional Memorandum
    IMAP: Information Management Annual Plan
    IMS: Interagency Mail Service
    IPA: Information Practices Act
    IPO: Institutional Personnel Officer
    IQSS: Information Quality Support Section
    IRS: Internal Revenue Service
    IS: Information Systems
    ISA: Information Systems Analyst
    IS-BCS: Information Systems Budget Concept Statement
    ISC: Information Security Coordinators
    ISM Information Services Division
    ISDRC: ITS Disaster Recovery Coordinator
    ISD-SSU: Information Systems Division System
    Support Unit
    ISL: Indeterminate Sentence Law
    ISO: Information Security Officer
    ISOS: Institution Standards and Operations Section
    ISP: Ironwood State Prison
    ISRS: Institutional Staff Recommendation Summary
    IST: In-Service Training
    ISTS: In-Service Training Section
    ISU: Institution Services Unit
    IT: Information Technology
    ITCS: Inmate Time Collection System
    ITEC: Information Technology Executive Committee
    IV: Intravenous
    IWF: Inmate Welfare Fund
    IW/TIP: Inmate Work Incentive/Training Incentive Program
    JAC: Joint Apprenticeship Committee
    JIAAC: Joint Inmate Apprenticeship Advisory Committee
    JVP: Joint Venture Program
    JVPU: JVP Unit
    K-9: Canine
    L: Lower
    LAC: California State Prison, Los Angeles County
    LAD: Legal Affairs Division
    LAN: Local Area Network
    LAS: Local Apprenticeship Subcommittee
    LC: Labor Code
    LCFD: Los Angeles County Fire Department
    LEAH: Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
    LEAP: Limited Examination and Appointment Program
    LEIU: Law Enforcement and Investigations Unit
    LLO: Legislative Liaison
    LMS: Litigation Management Section
    LPS: Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
    LPU: Legal Processing Unit
    LRB: Labor Relations Branch
    LSS: Legal Status Sheet
    LT: Limited Term
    LTO: Local Testing Offices
    LVN: Licensed Vocational Nurse
    LWOP: Life Without Possibility of Parole
    M&VC: Military and Veterans Code
    MAC: Men's Advisory Council
    MAEB: Management Analysis and Evaluation Branch
    MAR: Master Assignment Roster
    Max: Maximum
    MBE: Minority Business Enterprises
    MBO: Management By Objective
    MCSP: Mule Creek State Prison
    MCU: Management Control Unit
    MERD: Minimum Eligible Release Date
    MGS: Managers General Standard
    MH: Mental Health
    MIA: Missing in Action
    MIN: Minimum
    Minis: Minicomputers
    MIRS: Management Information RetrievalSystem
    MIS: Management Information Systems
    MOD: Medical Officer of the Day
    MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
    MPAS: Managerial Performance Appraisal System
    MQ: Minimum Qualifications
    MRA: Master Rental Agreement
    MRD: Max Release Date
    MRDT: Mandatory Random Drug Testing
    MSA: Merit Salary Adjustment
    MSAP: Master Service Agreement Order
    MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheets
    MSH: Metropolitan State Hospital
    MSS: Material Services Section
    MTA: Medical Technical Assistants
    NASA: Narcotic Addiction Evaluation Authority
    NC: New Charge
    NCDR: Notice of Change to Director's Rules
    NCWF: Northern California Women's Facility
    NDI: Non-Industrial Disability Insurance
    NFPA: National Fire Protection Association
    NIC: National Institute of Corrections
    NKSP: North Kern State Prison
    NLI: No Longer Interested Notification
    NMT: Negotiations Management Team
    NT: New Trial
    OA: Office Assistant
    OAG: Office of the Attorney General
    OAL: Office of Administrative Law
    OBM: Office of Budget Management
    OCJP: Office ofCriminal Justice Planning
    OCR: Office of Community Resources
    OESHM: Office of Environmental Safety and Health Management
    OFA: Office of Fleet Administration
    OHRD: Office of Human Resources Development
    OIA: Office of Internal Affairs
    OIP: Office of Information Practices
    OISB: Offender Information Services Branch
    OIT: Office of Information Technology
    OJT: On-the-Job-Training
    OOC: Office of Compliance
    OPD: Outpatient Dental Record
    OPF: Official Personnel File
    OPM: Office of Personnel Management
    OPS: Outpatient Status
    ORC: Organizational Review Committee
    OREDS: Office of Real Estate and Design Services
    ORP: Operation Recovery Plan
    ORWA: Off-Reservation Work Assignment
    ORWD: Off-Reservation Work Detail
    OSAP: Office of Substance Abuse Programs
    OSMB: Office of Small and Minority Business
    OSP: Office of State Publishing
    OST: Order and Shipping Time
    OT: Overtime
    OTC: Out to Court
    OTCP: Out-to-confidential Placements
    OVS&R: Office of Victim Services and Restitution
    P&CD: Planning and Construction Division
    P&CSD: Parole and Community Services Division
    P&FAB: Program and Fiscal Audits Branch
    PA: Program Administrator
    PABX: Private Access Branch Exchange
    PAL Parole Agent I
    PAL: Parolee-at-Large
    PALS: Position Automated Leave System
    PAR: Personnel Action Request
    PAS: Post Assignment Schedule
    PATH: Program Alternatives for Tradeswomen Hiring
    PBSP: Pelican Bay State Prison
    PC: Penal Code
    PCB: Polychlorinated Biphenyl
    PCC: Public Contract Code
    PCs: Policy Coordination Section
    PE: Purchase Estimate
    PERB: Public Employment Representative Board
    PERS: Public Employees Retirement System
    PES: Personnel Examination Section
    PFAB: Program and Fiscal Audits Branch
    PFIPP: Physical Fitness Incentive Pay Program
    PIT: Physical Fitness Training
    PHU: Protective Housing Unit
    PI: Permanent Intermittent
    PIA: Prison Industry Authority
    PIB: Prison Industry Board
    Picture ID: Departmental Identification
    PIE: Permanent Intermittent Employees
    PIER: Post Implementation Evaluation Report
    PIMS: Personnel Information Management System
    PIN: Purchasing Information Network
    PIO: Public Information Officer
    PIU: Project Initiation Unit
    PMP: Preventive Maintenance Program
    PMU: Policy Management Unit
    PMU: Psychiatric Management Unit
    PO: Purchase Order
    POC: Parole Outpatient Clinics
    POR: Probation Officer Report
    POS: Personnel Operations Section
    POW: Prisoner of War
    PPAS: Personnel Post Assignment System
    PPD: Purified Protein Derivative
    PRA: Public Records Act
    PRC: Preliminary Review Committee
    PRRD: Projected Revocation Release Date
    PSR: Property Survey Report
    PSU: Program Support Unit
    PTI: Physical Training Instructors
    PV: Parole Violator
    PVRTC: Parole Violator Return to Custody
    PVSP: Pleasant Valley State Prison
    PVWNT: Parole Violator Returned With New Term
    PY: Personnel Year
    QA: Quality Assurance
    QAP: Qualification Appraisal
    QC: Quality Control
    QPR: Quarterly Project Report
    R&R: Receiving and Release
    RAC: Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator
    RACF: Resource Access Control Facility
    RAL: Releasee-at-Large
    RAO: Regional Accounting Offices
    RAR: Reasonable Accommodation Request
    RC: Reception Centers
    RDO: Regular Day Off
    RFP: Request for Proposal
    RFQ: Request for Quotations
    RHU: Restricted Housing Unit
    RJD: Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain
    RMU: Regulation Management Unit
    RN: Registered Nurse
    ROP: Reorder Point
    RPA: Regional Parole Administrator
    RPMB: Regulation and Policy Management Branch
    RPS: Release Program Study
    RRD: Revocation Release Date
    RRS: Records Retention Schedule
    RTC: Return to Custody
    RTLU: Regional Testing Liaison Unit
    RTQ: Restricted to Quarters
    RTS: Revocation Tracking System
    RTW: Return to Work
    RTWC: Return to Work Coordinator
    S&SB: Selections and Standards Branch
    S/B: Small Business
    SAC: California State Prison, Sacramento
    SACCO: Sacramento Control Office Unit, Reg. I
    SAM: State Administrative Manual
    SAPMS: Standard Automated Preventive Maintenance System and Maintenance Program
    SAS: Standards and Appointments Section
    SAU: System Architecture Unit
    SCC: Sierra Conservation Center
    SCEP: Supervisors of Correctional Education Programs
    SCIF: State Compensation Insurance Form
    SCO: State Controller's Office
    SCOPE: State Capitol Outlay Program Evaluation
    SCS: Services Contracts Section
    SCU: Support Care Unit
    SpDC: State Document Destruction Center
    SDLC: Systems Development Life Cycle
    SEERA: State Employer Employee Relations Act
    SERT: Special Emergency Response Team
    SFM: State Fire Marshall
    SHO: Chief Disciplinary Officer
    SHU: Security Housing Unit
    SIMP: Statewide Inventory Management Program
    SISP: Strategic Information Systems Plan
    SKELLY: SPB Rule 61
    SLAMM: State Logistics and Material Management Systems
    SMC: State Materials Catalog
    SOCS: Supply Operations Commodity Standard
    SOL: California State Prison, Solano
    SPB: State Personnel Board
    SPPU: Special Projects/Policy Unit
    SPR: Special Project Reports
    SPS: State Price Schedule
    SPWB: State Public Works Board
    SQ: California State Prison, San Quentin
    SQL: Structured Query Language
    SRC: State Records Center
    SRN: Supervising Registered Nurse
    SROA: State Restrictions of Appointment
    SSB: Selection and Standards Branch
    SSCH: State Summary - Criminal History
    SSI: Supplemental Security Income
    SSM: Staff Services Manager
    SSS: Selection Support Section
    SSU: Special Services Unit
    STD: Standard Form
    SVI: Supervisor of Vocational Instruction
    SVSP: Saunas Valley State Prison
    T&D: Training and Development
    TAC: Trade Advisory Committee
    TAU: Temporary Authorization
    TB: Tuberculosis
    TCL: Temporary Community Leave
    TCR: Temporary Community Release
    TD: Temporary Disability
    TDC: Teale Data Center
    TDD: Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
    TEA: Travel Expense Advance
    TEC: Travel Expense Claim
    TP: Teleprocessing
    TQM: Total Quality Management
    TSB: Training Services Branch
    TTC: Technology Transfer Committee
    U.S.: United States
    U: Upper
    UCC: Unit Classification Committee
    USINS: United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
    USPS: United States Postal Service
    VAC: Victims Advisory Committee
    VC: Vehicle Code
    VEA: Vocational Education Act
    VR: Vacation Relief
    VSPW: Valley State Prison for Women
    W&IC: Welfare and Institutions Code
    WAC: Women's Advisory Council
    WBE: Women Business Enterprises
    WCAB: Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
    WCC: Workgroup Computing Coordinator
    WCTD: Workers' Compensation Temporary Disability
    WICC: Western Interstate Corrections Compact
    WIN/COD: Work Incentive/Career Opportunity Development
    WLC: Women's Liaison Council
    WNT: With a New Term
    WSP: Wasco State Prison
    YACA: Youth and Adult Correctional Agency
    YOPB: Youthful Offender Parole Board

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