New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 7 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION › Chapter XII - TEMPORARY RELEASE, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY DAY REPORTING CENTER, AND COMPREHENSIVE ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER › Subchapter A - TEMPORARY RELEASE PROGRAMS › Part 1903 - Continuous Temporary Release Programs › Section 1903.1 - Criteria for participation in continuous temporary release programs

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
A
continuous temporary release program
is
					 a program under which eligible and approved inmates are granted the privilege
					 of leaving the premises of a correctional institution on a daily basis, but not
					 exceeding 14 hours in any day, for the purpose of participating in a work
					 release program, an educational release program, a community services leave
					 program or an industrial training leave program as defined in section 851  of
					 the Correction Law. Central office approval for any long-term temporary release
					 program also implies approval for all other temporary release programs at the
					 discretion of the temporary release committee and the facility superintendent.
					 No out-of-state continuous temporary release applications will be
					 approved.
(a) A
work release
				  program
is a continuous temporary release program under which approved
				  inmates may be granted the privilege of leaving the premises of certain
				  correctional facilities for a period not exceeding 14 hours in any day for the
				  purpose of on-the-job training or employment, or for any matter necessary to
				  the furtherance of any such purpose. In order for an inmate to be approved for
				  participation in a work release program, he must, in addition to the previously
				  mentioned criteria in this manual, be physically, mentally and emotionally
				  capable of seeking and maintaining steady, gainful employment.
(b)
Educational release program.
(1) An
educational release
				  program
is a continuous temporary release program offered at certain
				  correctional facilities under which eligible and approved inmates may be
				  granted the privilege of leaving the premises of a correctional institution for
				  a period not exceeding 14 hours in any day for the purpose of educational or
				  vocational training, or for any matter necessary to the furtherance of any such
				  purpose. In order for an inmate to be approved to participate in an educational
				  release program, he must meet the criteria previously mentioned in this manual.
				  Further, if the inmate is proposing an educational release program to pursue an
				  academic (as opposed to a vocational) program of study in the New York City,
				  Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester or Rockland County area, he must, prior to
				  submitting his application for educational release, have:
(i) completed six credit hours of college
				  level study;
(ii) submitted an
				  application for admission to a program of study at an accredited college or
				  university in that area which has agreed to maintain a record of the inmate's
				  class attendance as specified in section
				  852.3 of the Correction Law;
				  and
(iii) submitted his temporary
				  release application to his facility's temporary release committee by the first
				  week in July for the fall semester, the first week in November for the spring
				  semester, or by the first week of April for the summer semester.