Sec. 12.12.28.07. Monitoring and Supervision of Leave, Work Release, and School Release Participants

A. A 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 responsible for treatment services 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 include procedures for work or school site visits, home visits, and documentation and reporting of prerelease violations.

C. The following are responsible for managing the community monitoring program and ensuring that the personnel performing the monitoring tasks meet the requirements of the plan developed in §B of this regulation:

(1) For the leave program, the treatment unit chairman is the responsible manager; and

(2) For the work release and school release programs, the administrator of the reentry facility is the responsible party.

D. An inmate may appeal to the Board of Review a treatment unit's decision to deny a leave.

E. An inmate who is successfully participating in the work release or school release program may be eligible for a leave of 1 day if the following conditions are met:

(1) The inmate has the recommendation of the inmate's direct supervisor in the work release or school release program;

(2) Leave regulations are met; and

(3) The leave is approved by the Board of Review.

F. An inmate released from confinement on leave, or for a work release or school release program, who commits a major violation under orrectional Services Article, §4-306(c), Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 12.12.11.03 is subject to the penalties provided.