Pennsylvania Code
Title 37 - LAW
Part VI - Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Chapter 451 - INTERMEDIATE PUNISHMENT PROGRAMS
INTERMEDIATE PUNISHMENT PROGRAM MINIMUM STANDARDS
Section 451.116 - Halfway Facility or Residential Rehabilitative Center Program

Universal Citation: 37 PA Code ยง 451.116

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) The board will approve and implement written policies and procedures for the Halfway Facility or Residential Rehabilitative Center Program. Halfway facilities may be utilized for the reintegration of offenders into the community following confinement or as an alternative form of partial confinement in lieu of traditional confinement. Drug and alcohol treatment services provided to offenders in either halfway facilities or residential rehabilitative centers shall meet the requirements of § 451.111(a) (relating to Alcohol and Drug Outpatient Treatment Program).

(b) The Halfway Facilities Program policies and procedures shall include the following elements:

(1) A drug testing capability for appropriate offenders.

(2) A requirement that the needs of the offender, such as literacy, education, employment, curfews, AA/NA participation, outpatient treatment for alcohol, drugs or MH/MR, and job development, be evaluated and addressed.

(3) The anticipated length of offenders' participation in the Halfway Facilities Program.

(4) A requirement that Halfway Facilities Program staff responsible for supervising offenders sentenced to a halfway facility or residential rehabilitation center make weekly, face-to-face contact with the staff thereof to discuss intermediate punishment offender residents.

(5) A requirement that Halfway Facilities Program staff responsible for supervising offenders sentenced to a halfway facility or residential rehabilitative center make a minimum of four face-to-face contacts per month.

(6) A monitoring component to ensure offenders' compliance with the conditions of the Halfway Facilities Program.

(7) Policy and procedure for responding to major and minor violations of Halfway Facilities Program conditions.

This section cited in 37 Pa. Code § 451.34 (relating to Prison Facilities Improvement Act Funding qualification and Intermediate Punishment Sentencing Act authority or Intermediate Punishment Sentencing Act authority only).

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