Vermont Statutes Title 28 Sec. 754
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 28 Sec. 754
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Corrections. See
- Department: means the Department of Corrections. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. 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
- 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.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 754. Powers and responsibilities of the Department regarding the work release program
The Department is charged with the following powers and responsibilities:
(1) To supervise and consult with inmates participating in any work release program.
(2) To assist in locating available employment or vocational or other training opportunities for qualified work release participants and to effect placement of the participants under any work release program.
(3) To promote public understanding and acceptance of the work release program.
(4) To foster cooperation of all State agencies with the Department in the administration of the work release program.
(5) To provide cash advances in the nature of loans from the revolving fund established by section 752 of this title to participants in the work release program as are necessary to carry out the program. The Commissioner is authorized to seek all available remedies in any court of this State or any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain a judgment in the event that an inmate receiving a cash advance in accordance with this section defaults in the repayment of the cash advance. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)