Defined terms: "Commissioner" § 3-101
"Correctional facility" § 1-101
"Division" § 1-101
"Inmate" § 1-101

3-810. SPECIAL LEAVE FOR PARTICIPATION IN SPECIAL OR MERITORIOUS
PROGRAMS.

(A) IN GENERAL.

ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF TREATMENT STAFF AND WITH THE APPROVAL
OF THE MANAGING OFFICIAL OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THE DIVISION, THE
COMMISSIONER OR DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT SPECIAL LEAVE TO AN
INMATE TO ALLOW AN INMATE TO PARTICIPATE IN A SPECIAL COMMUNITY OR
OTHER MERITORIOUS PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY WITHIN OR OUTSIDE OF THE STATE
THAT THE COMMISSIONER AND MANAGING OFFICIAL BELIEVE:

(1) WOULD BENEFIT THE INMATE;

(2) WOULD NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC; AND

(3) WOULD HELP REHABILITATE THE INMATE.

(B) PURPOSE.

THE COMMISSIONER OR DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT SPECIAL LEAVE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING AN INMATE TO:

(1) ATTEND AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM;

(2) IMPROVE JOB SKILLS;

(3) ATTEND A TRADE LICENSING EXAMINATION;

(4) BE INTERVIEWED FOR EMPLOYMENT;

(5) PARTICIPATE AS A VOLUNTEER FOR A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT IN AN
ACTIVITY THAT SERVES THE GENERAL PUBLIC;

(6) PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETIC COMPETITION; OR

(7) PARTICIPATE IN A CIVIC ACTIVITY THAT BENEFITS THE INMATE OR
THE COMMUNITY.

(C) ELIGIBILITY.

(1) AN INMATE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SPECIAL LEAVE UNDER THIS
SECTION UNLESS THE MANAGING OFFICIAL AND COMMISSIONER CONCUR THAT
POSITIVE ATTITUDINAL AND GROWTH PATTERNS ARE BEING ESTABLISHED.

(2) SPECIAL LEAVE SHALL BE ISSUED IN WRITING AND SIGNED
PERSONALLY BY BOTH THE MANAGING OFFICIAL AND EITHER THE COMMISSIONER
OR DEPUTY COMMISSIONER