§ 18-101b — Residential stays at correctional facilities. Continuation in programs beyond discharge date.

(a) Any inmate of a correctional facility under the authority of the Department of Correction, involved in a departmental program for drug dependent inmates or in a departmental work or education release program, may request that he be allowed to remain in a correctional facility for up to ninety days beyond his parole release or discharge date. (b) Any inmate of a correctional facility under the authority of the Department of Correction may request that he be allowed to remain in a correctional facility for up to thirty days beyond his discharge date (1) if such inmate is scheduled to be discharged to a treatment program or health care institution but the program or institution is unable to accept the inmate on the scheduled discharge date, or (2) for any compelling reason deemed consistent with offender rehabilitation or treatment. (c) Any person under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction, involved in a program operated by a state department other than the Department of Correction, may request that he be allowed to remain in such program for up to ninety days beyond his parole release or discharge date. (d) Any inmate requesting permission to remain in a correctional facility, as provided in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or any person requesting permission to remain in a program, as provided in subsection (c) of this section, shall submit such request, in writing, to the Commissioner of Correction not later than one week prior to the scheduled date for the inmate's parole release or discharge. (e) Any inmate receiving permission to remain in a correctional facility or any person receiving permission to remain in a program operated by a state department other than the Department of Correction beyond his scheduled date for parole release or discharge may be charged a reasonable daily fee by the appropriate department while housed in a facility of such department.

Legislative History

(1972, P.A. 58; P.A. 73-243; P.A. 07-217, S. 78; P.A. 10-32, S. 71; P.A. 13-165, S. 1.) History: P.A. 73-243 inserted new Subsec. (b) re continuance in program outside correction department beyond release or discharge date, redesignated former Subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d) and amended them to include persons permitted to remain in such outside programs; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 13-165 added new Subsec. (b) re request by inmate to remain in correctional facility for up to 30 days beyond discharge date, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (c), (d) and (e) and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2013.