Section 851*2. Definitions  


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  • As used in this article the following terms have
      the following meanings:
        1.  "Institution"  means any institution under the jurisdiction of the
      state department of correction.
        2. "Eligible inmate" means a person confined in an institution where a
      work release program has been established who is eligible for release on
      parole or who will become eligible for  release  on  parole  within  one
      year.
        3. "Work release program" means a program under which eligible inmates
      may  be  granted the privilege of leaving the premises of an institution
      for the purpose of education, on-the-job training or employment.
        4. "Extended bounds of confinement" means the area in which an  inmate
      participating  in  a  work  release program may travel, the routes he is
      permitted to use, the places he is authorized to visit, and  the  hours,
      not  exceeding  fourteen  hours in any day, he is permitted to be absent
      from the premises of the institution.
        5. "Work release committee" means  the  body  of  persons,  which  may
      include  members  of  the  public,  appointed  pursuant  to  regulations
      promulgated by  the  commissioner  of  correction  for  the  purpose  of
      formulating,   modifying  and  revoking  work  release  programs  at  an
      institution.
        6. "Warden" means the person in charge of an institution, by  whatever
      title he may be known.
        * NB  Effective only upon the expiration of §42 of ch. 60/1994, §10 of
      ch. 339/1972 and §3 of ch. 554/1986