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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="3-809" title_number="3" title_name="Division of Correction" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Leave">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner for Operations, or the Assistant Commissioner for Administration may grant special leave within or outside of the State as provided under this section to an incarcerated individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is confined in a correctional facility in the Division;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has been selected to participate in a prerelease program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is within 3 months of the incarcerated individual’s anticipated release.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner for Operations, or the Assistant Commissioner for Administration may grant special leave to an incarcerated individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for an employment interview;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>as part of a prerelease program relating to employment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>to participate in a community treatment or educational program that will contribute to the incarcerated individual’s rehabilitation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner for Operations, or the Assistant Commissioner for Administration:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may grant weekend leave to an incarcerated individual if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the incarcerated individual has participated for at least 2 months in a prerelease program as authorized under this section; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the incarcerated individual’s direct Division supervisor in the prerelease program recommends the incarcerated individual for weekend leave; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall establish the terms and conditions of weekend leave, which may include the incarcerated individual’s agreement to waive the right to contest extradition proceedings.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Weekend leave may not begin before 6 p.m. on Friday or end after 6 p.m. on the Sunday that immediately follows.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
