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Code · Maine · Title 34-A: CORRECTIONS · Chapter 3: CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

§4118. Prisoners generally

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1. Evaluation. Before assignment to the Mountain View Correctional Facility, prisoners must be evaluated for security status, program needs and emotional stability by the classification process approved by the commissioner.
[PL 2017, c. 148, §27 (NEW).]
2. Transferred prisoners. All prisoners transferred to the Mountain View Correctional Facility must be detained and confined in accordance with the sentences of the court and the rules of the department.
[PL 2017, c. 148, §27 (NEW).]
3. Education. The warden shall maintain suitable courses for academic and career and technical education of the prisoners.
A. The warden shall maintain necessary equipment and employ suitable qualified instructors as necessary to carry out the objectives of the Mountain View Correctional Facility's programs. [PL 2023, c. 135, §22 (AMD).]
B. Before employing instructors in career and technical education, the warden shall obtain the approval of the Department of Education. [PL 2023, c. 135, §22 (AMD).]
[PL 2023, c. 135, §22 (AMD).]
4. Employment. The commissioner may authorize the employment of prisoners of the Mountain View Correctional Facility on public works with any department, agency or entity of the State or county or local government and may authorize the use of prisoners to provide assistance in the improvement of property owned by nonprofit organizations.
A. The commissioner shall adopt rules that the commissioner considers proper to ensure the care and treatment of the prisoners and the safe working conditions of prisoners and department employees. [PL 2017, c. 148, §27 (NEW).]
B. The purpose of the employment authorized in this subsection is to provide training to the prisoner and to be a form of public restitution for the crime or crimes committed by the prisoner. [PL 2017, c. 148, §27 (NEW).]
C. The prisoners employed under this subsection may not be compensated monetarily for the work performed. [PL 2017, c. 148, §27 (NEW).]
D. The commissioner may request that nonprofit organizations pay for the transportation of the prisoners and pay the per diem compensation of correctional officers or instructors who must accompany the prisoners or oversee the work to be performed. [PL 2017, c. 148, §27 (NEW).]
[PL 2017, c. 148, §27 (NEW).]
5. Escape. A prisoner who escapes from the Mountain View Correctional Facility, or from any assignment beyond the grounds of the facility, is guilty of escape under Title 17‑A, section 755 .
[PL 2017, c. 148, §27 (NEW).]
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