Sec. 12.12.07.08. Monitoring and Supervision of Leave, Work Release, and School Release Participants

A. Every participant in the prerelease program shall be monitored and supervised in the community to assure the continued safety of the public.

B. The Associate Director for Treatment and the administrator of the reentry facility shall develop and implement a plan for community supervision of participants in the work release and school release programs. The plan shall be approved by the Director, and shall include procedures for work or school site visits, home visits, and documentation and reporting of any prerelease violations.

C. The following shall be responsible for managing the community monitoring program and shall see that the personnel performing the monitoring tasks meet the requirements of the plan developed pursuant to § B of this regulation:

(1) For the leave program, the unit treatment team chairman shall be the responsible manager;

(2) For the work release and school release program, the administrator of the reentry facility shall be the responsible party.

D. A disapproval decision for leave of an inmate by the unit treatment team is subject to appeal to the Board of Review by the inmate.

E. An inmate who is successfully participating in the work release or school release program may be eligible for a 1-day leave. To be eligible, the inmate shall have the recommendation of the inmate's direct supervisor in the work release or school release program, meet all the leave regulations specified in Regulation .06F of this chapter, and have the approval of the Board of Review.

F. An inmate released from confinement on leave or a work release or school release program who commits a major violation as delineated in Correctional Services Article, §4-306(c), Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 12.12.09.03A, shall be subject to the penalties provided.