MDOC Employee Handbook - Michigan Corrections Organization

DEFINITIONSFor purposes of this document, the following definitionsshall be used:Contraband: any article not specifically authorized bypolicy including an employee’s personal property.Department: Michigan Department of Corrections.Discipline: actions taken upon substantiating a rule violationincluding written reprimands, suspensions withoutpay, involuntary demotions, discharges or unsatisfactoryservice ratings.Discriminatory Harassment: unwelcome advances,requests for favors, and other verbal or non-verbalcommunication or conduct (e.g. comments, innuendo,threats, jokes, pictures, gestures) based on race, color,national origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, age,height, weight, marital status, religion, genetic informationor partisan considerations.Employee: any classified or unclassified employee of theState of Michigan in the Department of Correctionsexcluding any independent contractor or their employees.Facility: any property owned, leased, or occupied by theDepartment (e.g. hospitals, public works assignments,etc.).Offender: a prisoner or parolee under the jurisdiction ofthe Michigan Department of Corrections or housed in aDepartment facility, a probationer who is supervised by anemployee of the Department, or any person referred to theDepartment by the courts for investigation or supervision.Overfamiliarity: conduct which has resulted in or is likelyto result in intimacy; a close personal or non-work relatedassociation.3