22 AAC 05.300. Contract facilities

(a) The commissioner will, in his or her discretion, contract for residential correctional facilities and programs under AS 33.30.031 to supplement the resources of the department for the care, custody, and rehabilitation of prisoners meeting the eligibility criteria set out in this chapter.

(b) Community residential centers will, in the commissioner's discretion, be contracted for and used for the placement of prisoners on a prerelease furlough in accordance with 22 AAC 05.321.

(c) Contract misdemeanant housing will, in the commissioner's discretion, be contracted for and used for the confinement of prisoners convicted of a misdemeanor.

(d) Restitution centers will, in the commissioner's discretion, be contracted for and used for the placement of certain non-violent prisoners in accordance with 22 AAC 05.350.

(e) Correctional facilities provided through agreement with a public agency will, in the commissioner's discretion, be in this state or another state. Correctional facilities provided through agreement with a private agency will be in this state, and will only be used to involve a prisoner in a program established under AS 33.30.091 - AS 33.30.131 or AS 33.30.151 - AS 33.30.181 , or to confine a prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor.

(f) Contract facilities must provide a degree of custody, care, and discipline for prisoners similar to that required by the laws of this state, consistent with the security and custody status of the prisoners who have been placed there under contract.

(g) A prisoner incarcerated in a contract facility in the state is subject to the provisions of 22 AAC 05.400 - 22 AAC 05.480 unless informed in writing of other disciplinary provisions approved by the commissioner as applicable to prisoners in contract facilities.

History: Eff. 1/9/87, Register 101

Authority: AS 33.30.011

AS 33.30.021

AS 33.30.031

AS 44.28.030

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