(E) TREATMENT OF INMATES; NO DEPRIVATION OF LEGAL RIGHTS.
ALL INMATES WHO MAY BE CONFINED IN AN INSTITUTION PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT SHALL BE TREATED IN A REASONABLE AND HUMANE
MANNER AND SHALL BE TREATED EQUALLY WITH SUCH SIMILAR INMATES OF THE
RECEIVING STATE AS MAY BE CONFINED IN THE SAME INSTITUTION. THE FACT OF
CONFINEMENT IN A RECEIVING STATE SHALL NOT DEPRIVE ANY INMATE SO
CONFINED OF ANY LEGAL RIGHTS WHICH THE INMATE WOULD HAVE HAD IF
CONFINED IN AN APPROPRIATE INSTITUTION OF THE SENDING STATE.
(F) HEARINGS.
ANY HEARING OR HEARINGS TO WHICH AN INMATE CONFINED PURSUANT TO
THIS COMPACT MAY BE ENTITLED BY THE LAWS OF THE SENDING STATE MAY BE
HAD BEFORE THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES OF THE SENDING STATE, OR OF THE
RECEIVING STATE IF AUTHORIZED BY THE SENDING STATE. THE RECEIVING STATE
SHALL PROVIDE ADEQUATE FACILITIES FOR SUCH HEARINGS AS MAY BE
CONDUCTED BY THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OF A SENDING STATE. IN THE EVENT
SUCH HEARING OR HEARINGS ARE HAD BEFORE OFFICIALS OF THE RECEIVING
STATE, THE GOVERNING LAW SHALL BE THAT OF THE SENDING STATE AND A
RECORD OF THE HEARING OR HEARINGS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE SENDING STATE
SHALL BE MADE. THE RECORD, TOGETHER WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
HEARING OFFICIALS, SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE OFFICIAL OR OFFICIALS
BEFORE WHOM THE HEARING WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD IF IT HAD TAKEN PLACE IN
THE SENDING STATE. IN ANY AND ALL PROCEEDINGS HAD PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE OFFICIALS OF THE RECEIVING STATE SHALL ACT
SOLELY AS AGENTS OF THE SENDING STATE AND NO FINAL DETERMINATION SHALL
BE MADE IN ANY MATTER EXCEPT BY THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OF THE
SENDING STATE.
(G) RELEASE OF INMATES.
ANY INMATE CONFINED PURSUANT TO THIS COMPACT SHALL BE RELEASED
WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF THE SENDING STATE UNLESS THE INMATE, AND THE
SENDING AND RECEIVING STATES, SHALL AGREE UPON RELEASE IN SOME OTHER
PLACE. THE SENDING STATE SHALL BEAR THE COST OF SUCH RETURN TO ITS
TERRITORY.
(H) EFFECT ON RIGHTS, BENEFITS, AND OBLIGATIONS OF INMATE.
ANY INMATE CONFINED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THIS COMPACT SHALL
HAVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN AND DERIVE ANY BENEFITS OR
INCUR OR BE RELIEVED OF ANY OBLIGATIONS OR HAVE SUCH OBLIGATIONS
MODIFIED OR THE INMATE'S STATUS CHANGED ON ACCOUNT OF ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN WHICH THE INMATE COULD HAVE PARTICIPATED IF CONFINED IN
ANY APPROPRIATE INSTITUTION OF THE SENDING STATE LOCATED WITHIN SUCH
STATE.
(I) POWERS OF PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR TRUSTEE NOT AFFECTED.
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