A report is an unofficial document.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Official document
• D. Sometimes official

Answer: (B)

Documents used in corrections can be official or unofficial, and a report is a written communication that can function as an official record. In practice, many reports document incidents, observations, assessments, or progress and are prepared under policy, signed, dated, and filed in the offender’s or facility’s records. That makes them official by definition, not inherently unofficial. The statement treats all reports as unofficial, which isn’t accurate because the purpose of a report is often to provide a formal, accountable account of information. Informal notes or drafts may exist, but they do not define what a report typically is.