1. A. Whenever a person is convicted of a felony and is sentenced to imprisonment that is not to be served in a county jail, the person shall be committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections and shall be classified and assigned to a correctional facility or program designated by the Department and authorized by law.
2. B. It is the intent of the Legislature that inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections, prior to leaving the custody of the Department, be reintegrated into society through the use of work centers, community corrections centers, accredited halfway houses and transitional living centers, subject to the availability of space.
3. C. All persons who have nonassaultive institutional records and who are convicted of only previous and current nonviolent offenses and have a nonviolent juvenile record and are sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections shall be assigned to at least thirty (30) days in a work center or community corrections center followed by at least ninety (90) days in an accredited halfway house or transitional living facility not less than one hundred twenty (120) days immediately prior to release from the custody of the Department of Corrections. This assignment shall be for the purpose of assisting the person in obtaining gainful employment and locating a suitable post-release residence. For purposes of this subsection, assistance in obtaining employment and a post-release residence shall be part of the function of the transitional placement and shall not be construed to require or authorize any financial assistance or expenditure of state funds to any inmate or to any contract provider for additional program services to an individual inmate.
4. D. The provisions of subsections B and C of this section shall not be applicable to inmates, as determined on an individual basis by the Department of Corrections, who otherwise constitute a risk to public health and safety.
5. E. Nothing in this section shall require a county jail to provide any services that are not currently being provided.

Laws 1967, HB 566, c. 261, § 21, emerg. eff. July 1, 1967; Amended by Laws 1978, HB 1599, c. 79, § 1, emerg. eff. March 27, 1978; Amended by Laws 1993, SB 467, c. 276, § 7, emerg. eff. May 27, 1993; Amended by Laws 1993, SB 565, c. 187, § 3 (repealed by Laws 1994, HB 2299, c. 2, § 34, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994); Amended by Laws 1994, HB 2299, c. 2, § 20, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994; Amended by Laws 2000, SB 1241, c. 183, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 2000 (superseded document available).