§ 10A:31-25.3 Benefit to inmates
(a) Participation in the Work Release Program provides the following benefits to inmates:
1. Provides inmates the opportunity to participate in full time normal employment or vocational training in the community;
2. Permits inmates the opportunity to develop or strengthen good work habits and skills;
3. Affords inmates opportunities to continue or strengthen constructive ties with family, friends and the community;
4. Permits the pre-release preparation of inmates and the opportunity to evaluate the readiness of these inmates for release to the community;
5. Permits disbursements to be made from inmate earnings to help defray the cost of incarceration, support dependents, reduce debts and pay court fines;
6. Enables inmates to accumulate savings to help meet financial needs or burdens after release from confinement;
7. Provides inmates the opportunity to meet family needs; and
8. Provides inmates the opportunity to earn credits which will reduce the time to be served on the inmate's sentence.
