§ 42-56-20.5 - Establishment of a women's transitional housing facility.
SECTION 42-56-20.5
§ 42-56-20.5 Establishment of a women'stransitional housing facility. – (a) There is established within the department of corrections a women'stransitional housing facility that shall operate as a re-entry program forwomen as part of their prison sentence, available only to women who participatein treatment while incarcerated. The house will be a staff secure facility withtwenty-four (24) hour seven (7) day per week supervision. Security measureswill include an alarm system, bed checks, work/school/home visits, random urinetests and room searches. While in the program, offenders will work with staffand probation counselors to develop plans for follow-up service and activitiesafter release. Upon discharge, probation counselors will monitor follow-upplans in conjunction with case managers.
(b) The re-entry program shall consist of life trainingskills including, but not limited to, parenting, money management, housing andemployment, with an emphasis on vocational and educational assessmentcounseling, training, and job development and placement. In addition, theprogram shall offer alcoholism/addictive treatment, health education, group andfamily counseling, parenting education, counseling for sexual abuse, anddomestic violence and mental health care.
(c) There shall be acquired an appropriate residential unitto house twelve (12) to fifteen (15) women, consisting of at least eight (8)bedrooms sufficient to house two (2) women each, a dining area and kitchen toseat up to fifteen (15) women, visiting areas, children's visiting space, groupand individual treatment rooms, and administrative areas for staff and records.