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Small color revision because I’m picky…

[ Log III - What is a Crisis ]

A crisis is an event in which an inmate attempts to assault or harm themselves or others around. It is often uncontrollable and spontaneous, though meeker cases have existed.

Crisis events involve but aren’t limited to:

Suicide Attempts

Self Harm

Assault on Peers

Assault on Personnel

Attempt of escape

any Otherwise Violent Display of Aggression

Crisis risk is the likeliness of an inmate to have crisis event, often assessed to determine their levels. Any inmates in Intensive Treatment are low crisis risk, and though a possibility it is not likely. But inmates in the Penitentiary are high risk, meaning they are a chronic crisis risk.

Many patients who become a chronic crisis risk for a short period of time will be moved to the Penitentiary for treatment. If the behavior continues throughout treatment, they will be moved to level 6 for heavy duty treatment (think the insane bald guys in Arkham Asylum that run up you to screaming).

[ Log IV - Levels ]

Levels are determined by crisis risk. The higher the crisis risk, the higher the level. So if a character is a low crisis risk and requires high security, they would still be a level 1-2 but with higher security. The higher the level may mean more security, but the reasoning isn’t for security alone but why they need the security.

Level 1 treatment is actually not the standard treatment, level 2 is. Level 1 has communal bunking and is reserved for the least restrictive conditions, with psychotherapy, no medications, and general scheduling in activities.

Level 2 is your standard singular cell with psychotherapy and medications, having the general scheduling in activities.

Level 3 is a step up from that, with a bit more restrictive time frame for activities and a push more for psychotherapy or medical attention. Chronically physically ill inmates are often moved to level 3 for convenience.

Level 4 is the most restrictive of Intensive Treatment with limited time for activities. Inmates may move up to level 4 if having problems with other inmates during activities, though often times are just rescheduled to different activities. Level 4 has more a push for psychotherapy or medication than all the other levels.

Level 5 is fully restrictive with little privacy, mostly due to them being high crisis risk. They generally don’t get psychotherapy with more a push for treatment programs such as electroconvulsive therapy, stabilization through isolation or rotational therapy, and conditioning therapy. Level 6 is one step up from this, with more a push towards solitary confinement or surgical treatment.