Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 201 - Corrections Department › Title III - Community-based Corrections › Chapter 44 - Work Release › Rule 201-44.9 - Home Work Release

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  904.901,
				  home work release provides the opportunity in exceptional circumstances for
				  qualified clients of correctional institutions to return to their homes.
(1)
Administration.
a.
Supervision.
Persons
				committed to the director of the department of corrections and approved for
				home work release by the board of parole shall be supervised by the judicial
				district departments of correctional services in accordance with contractual
				provisions between the district departments and the department of
				corrections.
b.
Housing
				requirements.
The physical structure shall provide for adequate space,
				meet basic sanitary requirements and be in good repair. A functional telephone
				will be available to the client in the residence at all times. The residence
				shall not be occupied by persons outside the nuclear family except in rare
				instances where financial considerations are a factor and prior approval has
				been granted by the board of parole or the deputy director.
c.
Admission.
(1) The district departments shall assume
				supervision of home work releasees in accordance with a contract with the
				department of corrections or federal correctional agencies.
(2) At the time of supervision, the staff
				shall discuss with each home work releasee program goals, services available,
				rules governing conduct, disciplinary procedures, the home work releasee's
				fiscal management, responsibilities, rights and communication privileges and
				shall obtain written documentation from the home work releasee that these
				matters were discussed.
d.
Travel.
Supervisory staff
				may grant permission for travel within the state. Standard policy will apply to
				out-of-state travel.
e.
Earned time.
Earned time shall be awarded in accordance with
				department of corrections policy.
f.
Records.
(1) The district
				department shall maintain records for state home work release clients as
				required by the department of corrections.
(2) The district department shall maintain a
				case record for each home work releasee under supervision which shall include,
				when applicable, the following:
1.
				Identification date,
2.
				Institutional information packet,
3. Case plan,
4. Restitution plan,
5. Work release plans,
6. Generic notes,
7. Disciplinary reports,
8. Hold orders,
9. Transfer reports,
10. Parole progress reports,
11. Signed release of information forms,
				and
12. Discharge reports.
The district department shall have written procedures
				  concerning the security, maintenance, accessibility, closure and destruction of
				  said case records.
(3) The district departments shall have
				written policies and procedures which ensure that an individual case plan is
				maintained on each work release resident which includes a uniform, validated
				assessment of client risk, needs and protective factors, and resources utilized
				to meet those needs.