(a)
The sheriff may offer a voluntary program under which any person committed to the
county jail may perform eight hours of labor on public facilities or in support of
nonprofit organizations in lieu of each one day of confinement, subject to the court's
right to restrict or deny eligibility for the work release program to a defendant
sentenced to confinement for a period of fifteen days or more. A person shall be eligible
for work release under this ordinance only if the sheriff concludes that such a person
is a fit subject therefor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the
sheriff to assign labor to a person pursuant to this section if it appears from the
record that such person has refused to satisfactorily perform labor as assigned or
has not satisfactorily complied with the reasonable rules and regulations governing
such assignment. As used in this section 2-93, "labor on public facilities or in support of nonprofit organizations" means manual
labor pursuant to the provisions of Penal Code Section 4024.2, as it may from time
to time be amended. "Nonprofit organizations" means organizations as described in
Penal Code Section 4024.2 which are established or operated for the benefit of the
public or in support of a significant public interest, as set forth in Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code. Organizations established or operated for the primary
purpose of benefiting their own memberships are specifically excluded.
(b)
The rules and regulations under which such labor is to be performed are as follows:
(1)
After a person is sentenced to the county jail and qualifies for the work release
program, he may make application for the program through the work furlough facility
staff after being booked into the main jail. After admission to the program, he will
be assigned to a job with a county, state or city agency, or a nonprofit organization.
(2)
The person will wear his own items of clothing while participating in the program.
(3)
The person will bring a sack lunch with him.
(4)
The person will be supervised by the personnel of the public entity or nonprofit organization
to which he is assigned.
(5)
The person will be given a break every two hours and a one hour lunch and will go
home after the normal work day is concluded.
(6)
The county jail's rules of conduct for inmates will be adhered to by persons involved
in this work release program.
(7)
If a person fails to report for his work assignment, it will be considered as an "escape"
and a warrant will be issued for his arrest.
(8)
A program administrative fee not to exceed the pro rata cost of administration, shall
be paid by each person admitted into the work release program under this section 2-93.
(c)
This section 2-93 is enacted pursuant to Penal Code Section 4024.2 as it may from time to time be amended.
