Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this Article, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:
Department: The Department of Correction and Rehabilitation.
Director: The Director of the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, or the Director’s designee.
Division: The Pre-Release and Reentry Services Division of the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, which includes the Pre-Release Center facility and Home Confinement services.
Home Confinement services: A non-residential service in the work release/pre-release program designed to provide a transition from custody to release from custody. In this program, an inmate:
(a) lives in a private dwelling approved by the Program Administrator;
(b) is supervised by an electronic monitoring device and Division staff;
(c) is employed or attends school; and
(d) has family or sponsor involvement in home-based counseling.
Inmate: A person in the custody of the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, or Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Pre-Release Center: A County-operated facility used to implement the work release/pre-release program.
Program Administrator: The Chief of the Pre-Release and Reentry Services Division, or the Chief’s designee.
Work release/pre-release program or Program: A pre-release treatment and reentry program intended to equip selected inmates to function successfully upon release from custody. The Program offers residential and non-residential reentry services. (1976 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1; 1980 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 3; 2006 L.M.C., ch. 31, § 1.)