(a)Subject to subsection (b) of this section, and upon
recommendation of the warden or superintendent of the
institution, the department may transfer an adult inmate to a
residential adult community correctional facility.
(b)A transfer of an inmate to a residential adult
community correctional facility under this section may be made
only if:
(i)The department determines the inmate poses a low
risk of escape or violence;
(ii)The inmate is eligible under W.S.
7-18-102(a)(iii);
(iii)The inmate is within at least twenty-four (24)
months of his parole eligibility date and his conduct during his
confinement has been such that he is appropriate for placement;
(iv)The residential adult community correctional
facility is operated under a contract with a corrections board
and the corrections b
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(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, and upon
recommendation of the warden or superintendent of the
institution, the department may transfer an adult inmate to a
residential adult community correctional facility.
(b) A transfer of an inmate to a residential adult
community correctional facility under this section may be made
only if:
(i) The department determines the inmate poses a low
risk of escape or violence;
(ii) The inmate is eligible under W.S.
7-18-102(a)(iii);
(iii) The inmate is within at least twenty-four (24)
months of his parole eligibility date and his conduct during his
confinement has been such that he is appropriate for placement;
(iv) The residential adult community correctional
facility is operated under a contract with a corrections board
and the corrections board has contracted with the department to
provide services which include placement of pre-parole inmates;
(v) The inmate has been accepted by the corrections
board;
(vi) Funding for the placement is available; and
(vii) The department determines the correctional
needs of the inmate will be better served by the transfer.
(c) Prior to the placement of an inmate in any
nongovernmental adult community correctional facility, the
department shall notify or cause to be notified the law
enforcement agencies of affected units of local government
concerning the identity of the inmate to be placed.
(d) No inmate shall be transferred to a residential adult
community corrections facility under this section unless he
agrees in writing to abide by the regulations of the program
provider and any additional conditions imposed by the
department. Approval of a transfer under this section is not a
discharge of the inmate but shall be construed as an extension
of the limits of confinement of the institution to which the
inmate was committed. The department may revoke the approval of
the transfer of an inmate under this section at any time for
violation by the inmate of any conditions of the placement.
Upon revocation the inmate shall be returned to the physical
custody of the department.
(e) The probation and parole officers for the judicial
district shall have general supervisory authority over all
inmates in adult community correctional facilities or programs
under this section.