Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1811

place of confinement so designated at the time specified in such plan,
he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be
subject to the penalties provided in Section 139 of Article 27.

(d)    A prisoner employed in the community under a "work re-
lease" plan shall surrender to the Department of Correction his total
earnings, less payroll deductions required by law. The Department
shall deduct from such earnings, in the following order of priority,
an amount determined to be the cost to the State of providing food,
lodging and clothing for such prisoner; the actual and necessary food,
travel and other expenses of such prisoner when released from actual
confinement under the programs and such amount as the prisoner
may be legally obligated to pay for the support of his dependents,
which amount shall be paid to such dependents through the local
[department of welfare] Social Services Administration in the
county or city in which such dependents reside. Any balance remain-
ing after such deductions and payments shall be credited to the
prisoner's account and shall be paid to him upon release.

(e)    No prisoner employed in the community under the provi-
sions of this section shall be deemed to be an agent, employee or in-
voluntary servant of the Department of Correction while released
from confinement pursuant to the terms of any "work release" plan.
The provisions of Section 188A of Article 41 shall not apply in the
event of any injuries sustained in the gainful private employment of
any prisoner released under a "work release" plan.

(f)    Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect eligibil-
ity for parole, as provided in Article 41, or diminution of confine-
ment, as provided in Section 700 of this article, of any prisoner
released under a "work release" plan.

700B.

(a)    The Commissioner of Correction may authorize compassion-
ate leave in accordance with the provisions of this section for any
inmate confined in any of the institutions enumerated in Section 689
of this Article.

(b)    Leave for an inmate shall be authorized only for the pur-
pose of visiting a member of his immediate family who is seriously
ill or attending the funeral of a member of his immediate family.

(c)    Leave shall be granted only upon the written approval of the
Commissioner and may be conditioned upon the inmate's agreement
to waive his right to contest extradition proceedings. When he ap-
proves a leave, he shall issue an authorization to the inmate for the
leave which shall specify the conditions of the leave. At the same
time, a copy of the leave authorization shall be filed by the Commis-
sioner in his office s AS a public record. At all times while on leave,
the inmate shall have in his possession a copy of the leave authori-
zation.

(d)    The duration of any leave shall include reasonable travel
time and reasonable time for fulfilling the purpose of the leave. The
inmate to whom leave is granted or anyone acting in his behalf, may
be required by the Commissioner of Correction to reimburse the De-
partment of Correction for the expense incurred by the Department
in granting the leave.