Pennsylvania Code
Title 37 - LAW
Part III - Agencies and Offices
Subpart B - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Chapter 94 - RELEASE AND PRERELEASE PROGRAMS
Section 94.2 - Prerelease programs

(1) Work release. This is a program which enables an inmate to leave the facility and work in the community. The inmate is required to return to the facility at a designated time after the work day.

(2) Educational/vocational training release. This is a program which enables an inmate to leave the facility and participate in educational or vocational-technical training. The inmate is required to return to the facility at a designated time after completion of training for the day.

(1) Community corrections center residency. This is a program operated as a continuum of the rehabilitative services provided in the facilities. Community corrections centers are residences in the community with custodial structure and strong emphasis on guidance and counseling. These centers serve those inmates who qualify and who should benefit from a gradual reintegration into society.

(2) Group home residency. This is a program which complements community corrections center residency and consists of publicly or privately owned agencies approved by the Department for use by its residents. These residences provide specialized residential treatment, for example, drug and alcohol treatment, or additional bed resources and include 24-hour supervision, living quarters and special services for selected residents, and provisions for continued jurisdiction by community corrections. An exception to this paragraph shall have prior approval by the Director, Community Corrections Division and final approval by the Secretary or a designee.

(3) Community corrections furlough program. This is a program which complements community corrections center residency and is permitted with the approval of the community corrections center director or contract coordinator. It is the authorized leave of an inmate from a community corrections center or group home for a period not to exceed 7-consecutive days for the purpose of furthering the inmate's reintegration into the community. The inmate is required to return to the center or group home at a designated time.