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LD 1017 Title Page An Act to Allow Compassionate Leave to State Prisoners LD 1017 Title Page
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LR 1392
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §3048 is enacted to read:

 
§3048.__Compassionate leave

 
The commissioner, at the commissioner's discretion, may extend
the limits of the place of confinement of a client by allowing
the client, under prescribed conditions, to visit a specifically
designated place, within or without the State, for a period not
exceeding 15 days and return to the same or another institution
or facility.__This period may be renewed at the discretion of the
commissioner.__The leave may be granted only to permit a visit to
a dying spouse or natural or adoptive mother, father, son,
daughter, grandfather or grandmother, grandchild, brother or
sister; attendance at the funeral of a spouse or natural or
adoptive mother, father, son, daughter, grandfather or
grandmother, grandchild, brother or sister; the obtaining of
medical services not otherwise available; or the contacting of
prospective employers or for a compelling reason consistent with
rehabilitation.__A client who fails to return from the leave as
provided under the prescribed conditions is guilty of the crime
of escape.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill allows a prisoner compassionate leave to visit a
dying relative, attendance at the funeral of a relative, obtain
of medical services not otherwise available or contact a
prospective employer. The bill also states that if a prisoner
does not return from the leave the prisoner is guilty of escape.


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