§ 759 -   Employment and furlough of an inmate during the pendency of prosecution

§ 759. Employment and furlough of an inmate during the pendency of prosecution

(a) A person confined at a correctional facility during the pendency of a prosecution against him may request to be employed pursuant to the provisions of section 751 of this title. Upon receipt of the request, the supervising officer may so employ the inmate, subject to all the rules and regulations of section 751.

(b) A person so confined may be allowed access to the work release and furlough programs pursuant to the provisions of sections 753 and 808 of this title with the consent of the prosecuting state's attorney and the judge of the court in which the person is being prosecuted. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)