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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="3-305" title_number="3" title_name="Division of Correction" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Prerelease Unit for Women">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Evidence–based programs and practices” has the meaning stated in § 6–119 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Gender–responsive services” means evidence–based programs and practices that address the needs of eligible individuals regarding their therapeutic, educational, and vocational goals, life skills, psychological development, socialization, culture, exposure to trauma, and life experiences, to reduce criminogenic risks and support successful reentry, recovery, and recidivism reduction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Innovative programs and practices” has the meaning stated in § 6–119 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commissioner shall make evidence–based, trauma–informed, and gender–responsive services available to eligible individuals at the prerelease facility for women required under § 3–302 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The comprehensive rehabilitative prerelease services shall utilize evidence–based, trauma–informed, and gender–responsive programs and practices and innovative programs and practices to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>assist female incarcerated individuals in improving their education, upgrading vocational skills, and obtaining suitable employment through classes to earn industry certification or community college credits, workforce training, and job placement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide female incarcerated individuals with the opportunity to strengthen family and community relationships through extended family leave, parenting workshops, and family reunification assistance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide integrative and gender–responsive services, including medical treatment, trauma–informed counseling, mental health treatment, and substance use disorder treatment to address overall health and trauma needs and help female incarcerated individuals achieve stable and productive roles in society;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>develop individualized and comprehensive reentry plans involving community provider partnerships for female incarcerated individuals to reduce barriers to obtaining housing, jobs, education, health care, childcare and child welfare, transportation, legal advocacy, case management, and other needs; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>screen female incarcerated individuals for eligibility for public benefits and provide relevant applications and assistance completing each application prior to release as part of a reentry plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Incarcerated individuals assigned to the facility required under § 3–302 of this subtitle may not be transported to another facility to receive comprehensive rehabilitative prerelease services.</text>
  </level>
</section>
