SOP_NUMBER: 125-3-6-.02 TITLE: Purpose DIVISION: Board of Corrections TOPIC_AREA: 125-3: Institutional and Center Operations — WORK RELEASE EFFECTIVE_DATE: 1984-12-04 WORD_COUNT: 154 URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/125-3-6-.02/ SUMMARY: The Work Release Program is a rehabilitative tool. It is designated to foster and develop work skills and responsible work habits by providing deserving inmates with an opportunity to assist their families while aiding themselves in their adjustment to the demands of society. KEY_TOPICS: Work Release, Institutional and Center Operations ======================================================================== FULL TEXT: ======================================================================== The Work Release Program is a rehabilitative tool. It is designated to foster and develop work skills and responsible work habits by providing deserving inmates with an opportunity to assist their families while aiding themselves in their adjustment to the demands of society. Used effectively, the Program is intended to assist each participating inmate in his transition from an institutional status to his subsequent life in a community environment wherein he (she) accepts the privileges and discharges the responsibilities of citizenship in the community. Cite as Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 125-3-6-.02 Authority: Ga. Constitution 1983, Art. IX, Sec. I, O.C.G.A. Secs. 34-9-15 , 42-2-4 , 42-2-11 , 42-5-14 , 42-5-51 to 42-5-53 , 42-5-59 , 42-5-60 , 42-10-2 . History. . Rule entitled "Purpose" adopted as R. 415-3-6-.02. F. Nov. 14, 1984; eff. Dec. 4, 1984, renumbered as R. 125-3-6-.02. F. June 28, 1985; eff. July 20, 1985, as specified by the Agency.