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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="9-619" title_number="9" title_name="State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Program” means the Volunteer Services Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Volunteer Services Program in the Division of Correction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Division of Correction shall establish a protocol for registering volunteers, including formerly incarcerated individuals and organizations led by formerly incarcerated individuals, in the Program to have access to State correctional facilities for the purpose of assisting incarcerated individuals with release preparation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The protocol established under subsection (c) of this section shall require:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Division of Correction to maintain a record of volunteers registered in the Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>subject to subsection (e) of this section, the registration of volunteers in the Program to be made available to the public; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a volunteer in the Program to provide to the Division of Correction a written schedule describing when the volunteer intends to access a State correctional facility.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A volunteer in the Program:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has the right to elect whether the volunteer’s name is made available to the public; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>must consent in writing if the volunteer elects the disclosure of the volunteer’s name to the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Division of Correction may not deny a schedule provided under subsection (d)(3) of this section unless the schedule interferes with the normal function of the State correctional facility.</text>
  </level>
</section>
