LD626

This bill allows the Department of Corrections to charge room and board to residents who perform remote work in detention and correctional facilities.

This bill explicitly allows the Commissioner of Corrections to charge room and board to residents who perform remote work in a facility under the commissioner's control. It amends the laws governing rehabilitative programs to include references to education release, public service release, and remote work. The chief administrative officer may permit any client resident under sentence to the department and any juvenile client residing at a facility under the commissioner's control considered to be worthy of trust to participate in activities outside the facility.