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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the department a motivational boot camp program.
(b) Program objectives.--The objectives of the program are:
(1) To protect the health and safety of the Commonwealth by providing a program which will reduce recidivism and promote characteristics of good citizenship among eligible inmates.
(2) To divert inmates who ordinarily would be sentenced to traditional forms of confinement under the custody of the department to motivational boot camps.
(3) To provide discipline and structure to the lives of eligible inmates and to promote these qualities in the postrelease behavior of eligible inmates.
(c) Rules and regulations.--
(1) The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall include, but not be limited to, inmate discipline, selection criteria, programming and supervision and administration.
(2) The department shall provide four weeks of intensive training for all staff prior to the start of their involvement with the program.
(d) Approval.--Motivational boot camp programs may be established only at correctional institutions classified by the secretary as motivational boot camp institutions.
(e) Deleted by 2019, Dec. 18, P.L. 776, No. 115, § 8, imd. effective.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 61 Pa.C.S.A. Prisons and Parole § 3905. Motivational boot camp program - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-61-pacsa-prisons-and-parole/pa-csa-sect-61-3905/
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