Vermont Statutes Title 28 Sec. 708
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 28 Sec. 708
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Corrections. See
- facility: means any building, enclosure, space, or structure of or supported by the Department and used for the confinement of persons committed to the custody of the Commissioner, or for any other matter related to such confinement. See
- Inmate: means any person, not a child, committed to the custody of the Commissioner pursuant to the law of the State and subsequently committed to a correctional facility and any person confined at a correctional facility during the pendency of a prosecution against him or her. See
- Supervising officer: means the highest administrative officer in charge of any correctional facility. See
§ 708. Discharge
(a) An inmate shall be released from confinement at the expiration of his or her term of sentence less the time deducted for good behavior.
(b) When an inmate is released from a correctional facility, either on parole or upon final discharge from the custody of the Commissioner, he or she shall be returned any personal possessions taken from him or her upon his or her commitment, and he or she may be furnished with transportation to the place where he or she will reside, any earnings set aside for him or her in a wage fund or other program or fund and any additional sum of money as may be prescribed by the Commissioner to enable the inmate to meet his or her immediate needs.
(c) If an inmate’s release date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, the inmate may be released at the discretion of the supervising officer on the next preceding day that is not a legal holiday or a weekend. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; amended 1979, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)