22 AAC 05.350 - Restitution centers

(a) A prisoner eligible under 22 AAC 05.352 may be designated or classified to a restitution center in accordance with 22 AAC 05.206 - 22 AAC 05.216 to participate in restitution, work, and community service programs.

(b) A restitution center provides the opportunity for prisoner rehabilitation through community service and employment while protecting the community through partial incarceration, and provides a means for the prisoner to pay restitution to victims of crimes. In order to meet these goals, a restitution center must

(1) be secure to the extent necessary to maintain partial incarceration;

(2) comply with state and local fire and life safety laws;

(3) enforce disciplinary rules and sanctions in accordance with 22 AAC 05.400 - 22 AAC 05.480 unless other disciplinary provisions are approved by the commissioner as applicable to prisoners in a restitution center;

(4) implement procedures, with the approval of the commissioner, for granting a prisoner an emergency absence consistent with the provisions of 22 AAC 05.271;

(5) adopt and implement procedures that require mandatory employment and participation in community service programs by prisoner residents throughout their entire stay at the center; and

(6) provide a performance and progress review to the regional director for each center resident at least once per month.

Notes

22 AAC 05.350

Eff. 1/9/87, Register 101

Authority:AS 33.30.011

AS 33.30.021

AS 33.30.151

AS 44.28.030