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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="3-801" title_number="3" title_name="Division of Correction" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Leave">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Division may establish a work–release program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Under the work–release program, an incarcerated individual who is sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division may be granted the privilege of leaving actual confinement during necessary and reasonable hours:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to work at gainful public or private employment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to attend school; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>under appropriate conditions, to seek employment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An incarcerated individual may apply to the warden of the correctional facility in which the incarcerated individual is confined for permission to participate in the program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An application shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a statement by the incarcerated individual that the incarcerated individual agrees to abide by all terms and conditions of the particular plan that the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee adopts for the incarcerated individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name and address of a proposed employer or school training program, if any; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any other information that the Division or the Commissioner requires, including the incarcerated individual’s agreement to waive the right to contest extradition proceedings.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A warden may recommend an incarcerated individual’s application to the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee may approve, disapprove, or defer action on the application.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If an incarcerated individual’s application is approved, the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee shall adopt a work–release plan for the incarcerated individual that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>contains terms and conditions that are necessary and proper;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may include the incarcerated individual’s waiver of the right to contest extradition proceedings; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is signed by the incarcerated individual before the incarcerated individual participates in the work–release program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>At any time and for any reason, the Commissioner may revoke approval for an incarcerated individual to participate in the work–release program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
