New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10A - CORRECTIONS
Chapter 20 - RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION PROGRAM (RCRP)
Subchapter 4 - RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION PROGRAM
Section 10A:20-4.12 - Role of the Division of Programs and Community Services, Office of Community Programs, and the Office of Community Programs Classification and Assignment Unit
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Whenever the inmate to be reviewed has been convicted of an offense enumerated at N.J.S.A. 30:4-91.8, the Residential Community Reintegration Program Notification Committee shall provide written notice of that review to the prosecutor of the county in which the inmate was convicted or, if the matter was prosecuted by the Attorney General, the written notice shall be provided to the Attorney General:
(b) Whenever the New Jersey Department of Corrections receives comments from a prosecutor or the Attorney General, as the case may be, or from a victim or a victim's nearest relative, as the case may be, concerning the participation of an inmate in accordance with this act, it shall give all due consideration to the information in those comments when considering the participation of that inmate. A Residential Community Reintegration Program Notification Committee, representing several disciplines within the New Jersey Department of Corrections, reviews the comments and inmate records and votes to approve or disapprove inmate assignment to a Residential Community Reintegration Program.
(c) The Director, Office of Community Programs, or designee, may review State-sentenced inmates in adult county correctional facilities for eligibility without submission of an application by the inmate.
(d) The Office of Community Programs shall assign the inmate to an initial Residential Community Reintegration Program followed by preparation of the transfer order for the transfer of the inmate from the correctional facility to an initial RCRP assignment.
(e) The Office of Community Programs shall maintain a waiting list of inmates approved for assignment to the RCRPs.
(f) Each Assessment and Treatment Center shall establish an Assessment Center Classification Committee, which shall be responsible for reviewing the progress of inmates and for assigning inmates who are housed at the Assessment and Treatment Center to:
(g) Each Specialized Gender Responsive Program for female inmates shall establish an assessment meeting for the purpose of reviewing the progress of inmates and for assigning inmates to:
(h) At the direction of the Commissioner, the Office of Community Programs (OCP) shall have final approval or disapproval authority for the participation of all inmates in the Residential Community Reintegration Program.