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903.5 Local facilities preferred for misdemeanants.
In designating places of confinement of misdemeanants, the department shall make
optimum use of local facilities offering correctional programs, where such are available. Where a choice of facilities is offered, a choice of the facility nearest the prisoner’s home shall be preferred, if such choice is compatible with the rehabilitation of the prisoner.
[C79, 81, §903.5]