The Department of Correction and Rehabilitation must operate a work release/pre-release program as authorized by Section 11-717 of the Correctional Services Article of the Maryland Code. In this program, an inmate detained or sentenced to the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, or Federal Bureau of Prisons may be allowed to leave the Pre-Release Center as approved by the Program Administrator to seek or work at gainful employment or attend a training program. The inmate may also participate in other rehabilitation activities, including:
(a) intensive counseling;
(b) academic education;
(c) home visitation;
(d) transitional phased release, including non-residential services; and
(e) maximum use of other community resources or other similar rehabilitative activities as approved by the Program Administrator.
Whenever the inmate is not employed or otherwise participating in the Program, the inmate must be confined in the Pre-Release Center. However, an inmate who participates in non-residential transitional phased release must live in a private dwelling approved by the Program Administrator, under the supervision of Division staff, and must be monitored electronically.
