The purposes of work and study release privileges are the following:

1. (1) To provide an opportunity for inmates to assume responsibility in employment or educational settings to prepare them for a productive life in free society after release.
2. (2) To complement institution education, training, and work programs with community resources not available in an institution.
3. (3) To provide inmates with a program activity in which they may demonstrate, through responsible behavior, their readiness for parole.
4. (4) To provide an opportunity for inmates to accumulate funds to meet financial obligations that might otherwise inhibit adjustment following release or parole.
5. (5) To fulfill the correctional goals of public protection and reintegration of the inmate into society.

History

History: Cr. Register, September, 1981, No. 309, eff. 10-1-81; am. (intro.), Register, February, 1987, No. 374, eff. 3-1-81; am. (intro.) and (1) to (4), Register, September, 1997, No. 501, eff. 10-1-97.