Most states use a or an system to assign inmates to custody levels based on offense history, assessed dangerousness, perceived risk of escape, and other factors.

Most states use a Classification system to assign inmates to custody levels based on offense history, assessed dangerousness, perceived risk of escape, and other factors.

Classification refers to the grouping of something that has similar characteristics. It may be people, goods, services, customers of any products or services,etc. Classification plays a major role because it helps in the identification of certain characteristics and also can be useful when we need to compare one with the other.

There are different custodial levels to which the inmates can be classified and assigned such as medium, close, minimum I, minimum II and minimum III. These classifications are done depending on the public safety risks that is presented by an inmate. Most states use a Classification system to assign inmates to custody levels based on offense history, assessed dangerousness, perceived risk of escape, and other factors.

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