Maine Revised Statutes
Article 2: COMMITTED OFFENDERS GENERALLY
34-A §3036-B. Reentry houses

§3036-B. Reentry houses
1.  Reentry house defined; requirement.  For purposes of this section, "reentry house" means a correctional program provided by the department through a written contract with one or more private employers under which the employers provide and maintain housing for specified prisoners, employ those prisoners and provide to those prisoners all meals, laundry facilities and transportation to and from job sites. A reentry house is not a correctional facility. A reentry house must meet all state and local building and life safety codes for the type of building in which the reentry house is located.  
[PL 2019, c. 396, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Contract.  The commissioner may enter into contracts for the establishment of reentry houses for the purpose of providing housing and other assistance to prisoners transferred to supervised community confinement under section 3036‑A.  
[PL 2019, c. 396, §1 (NEW).]
3.  Other assistance.  The department shall employ, or contract for, program staff to provide other assistance to prisoners housed at a reentry house, including, but not limited to, assistance with reentry planning.  
[PL 2019, c. 396, §1 (NEW).]
4.  Transfer.  A prisoner may be transferred to supervised community confinement to be housed in a reentry house only if the prisoner meets all of the eligibility requirements of section 3036‑A and the rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 3036‑A, has successfully participated in a work release program at a department facility and has the skills necessary to perform a job available from a private employer with which the department has contracted.  
[PL 2019, c. 396, §1 (NEW).]
5.  Supervision.  All of the provisions of section 3036‑A and the rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 3036‑A apply to a prisoner housed at a reentry house, and supervision of the prisoner must be conducted by a probation officer in the same manner as for any other prisoner transferred to supervised community confinement.  
[PL 2019, c. 396, §1 (NEW).]
6.  Escape.  A prisoner who is transferred to supervised community confinement who intentionally violates a requirement to reside at a reentry house or otherwise escapes is guilty of escape under Title 17‑A, section 755.  
[PL 2019, c. 396, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 396, §1 (NEW).

Structure Maine Revised Statutes

Maine Revised Statutes

TITLE 34-A: CORRECTIONS

Chapter 3: CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2: COMMITTED OFFENDERS GENERALLY

34-A §3031. Rights

34-A §3031-A. Transportation outside the State for medical care

34-A §3031-B. Limitation on reimbursement rate to medical service providers for services outside department facility

34-A §3032. Disciplinary action

34-A §3033. Work assignments

34-A §3034. Prisoner labor (REPEALED)

34-A §3035. Rehabilitative programs

34-A §3035-A. Solid waste recycling program (REPEALED)

34-A §3036. Halfway house program (REPEALED)

34-A §3036-A. Supervised community confinement program

34-A §3036-B. Reentry houses

34-A §3037. Physical and mental examination

34-A §3038. Administration of medication (REPEALED)

34-A §3038-A. Care of children of committed offenders

34-A §3039. Clients' money

34-A §3039-A. Family support

34-A §3040. Clients' property presumed abandoned

34-A §3040-A. Property of deceased clients

34-A §3041. Reduction of sentence (REPEALED)

34-A §3042. Disposition of detainers

34-A §3043. Aliens

34-A §3044. Escapees; fugitives; apprehension

34-A §3045. Death of client

34-A §3046. Funeral and deathbed visits (REPEALED)

34-A §3046-A. Funeral and deathbed visits

34-A §3047. Discharge or parole

34-A §3048. Religious services

34-A §3049. Involuntary medication of person with mental illness

34-A §3050. Report regarding juveniles in custody

34-A §3051. Transportation of female clients to and from medical appointments

34-A §3052. Comprehensive substance use disorder treatment program (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 34-A, SECTION 3050)