Connecticut General Statutes 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.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 18-101b
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(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.