§ 3-14-3 — Parole services

To assist parolees or releasees, the Department shall provide employment counseling and job placement services, and may in addition to other services provide the following: (1) assistance in residential placement; (2) family and individual counseling and treatment placement; (3) financial counseling; (4) vocational and educational counseling and placement; and (5) referral services to any other State or local agencies. The Department shall make information about the availability of these services known to a parolee or releasee prior to his or her release from the correctional facility where the parolee or releasee has been residing. The Department may purchase necessary services for a parolee or releasee if they are otherwise unavailable and the parolee or releasee is unable to pay for them. It may assess all or part of the costs of such services to a parolee or releasee in accordance with his ability to pay for them.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 102-478, eff. 8-20-21.)