Code of Maine Rules › 03 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › 201 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS/GENERAL › Chapter 10 - POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL - ADULT › Subsection 201-10-27.4 - Furlough Program

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
I.
AUTHORITY
The Commissioner of Corrections adopts this policy pursuant
				  to the authority contained in Title 34-A M.R.S.A. Section 3035.
II.
APPLICABILITY
All Departmental Adult Facilities
III.
POLICY
Participation in the furlough program provides adult facility
				  residents with the opportunity to prepare for a successful reentry into the
				  community following imprisonment by allowing approved residents authorized
				  absences from the facility under carefully prescribed conditions to arrange for
				  housing, employment, education, or treatment; participate in education or
				  treatment; and maintain and/or reestablish family ties. Participation in this
				  program is a privilege that may be afforded to residents who meet the
				  criteria.
IV.
DEFINITIONS
1. Core Programs -
				programs identified by a resident's Unit Team as necessary to address high-risk
				areas specific to the resident, e.g., substance use disorder treatment,
				domestic violence intervention program, cognitive behavioral therapy, problem
				sexual behavior treatment, etc.
2.
				Current custody release date - the release date calculated with detention time
				credit and with all good time (deductions) awarded and not lost up to the prior
				month. It also takes account of the restoration of lost good time (deductions)
				if that occurred any time up to the prior month.
3. Family member - For purposes of this
				policy, family member means: spouse or domestic partner or the resident's
				parent, child, sibling, grandparent or grandchild, whether the relationship is
				natural, adoptive, foster or through marriage; other family member approved by
				the Chief Administrative Officer, or designee; a person that was primarily
				responsible for raising the resident, as verified by designated Department
				staff; or a person with whom the resident had a marital like relationship for
				at least one (1) year prior to the resident's commitment, as verified by
				designated Department staff through documentation (e.g., utility bill, rental
				agreement, etc.).
4. Furlough
				program - an authorized temporary absence from the facility granted to an adult
				facility resident unaccompanied by facility staff on either a furlough pass or
				furlough leave.
5. Furlough pass -
				an authorized temporary absence from the facility granted to an adult resident
				unaccompanied by facility staff for up to six (6) hours during the
				daytime.
6. Furlough leave - an
				authorized temporary absence from the facility granted to an adult resident
				unaccompanied by facility staff from the facility for over six (6) hours,
				usually overnight and may include weekends.
7. Projected release date - the release date
				calculated by starting with the current custody release date and then
				projecting how much good time (deductions) the resident could earn based on the
				applicable good time code and their current job or program status during the
				rest of their sentence.
8. Staff -
				for purposes of this policy, Department employee or a person in a facility
				providing services to an adult resident or juvenile resident by agreement with
				or under contract with the Department (e.g., facility health care staff), but
				not including a volunteer, student intern, delivery person, etc.).