Humboldt County Municipal Code Ch. 1 Work Furlough Program

Sections: Authorization of Work Furlough Program. Sheriff as Work Furlough Administrator. Sheriff Given Authority to Enter into Inter-County Work or Education Furlough Agreements. 931-1. Authorization of Work Furlough Program. The Board of Supervisors finds, on the basis of employment conditions, the state of the County Jail facilities, and other pertinent circumstances considered by said Board, that the operation of § 1208 of the Penal Code of the State of California, providing for a work furlough program for County Jail prisoners, is feasible in the County of Humboldt. (Ord. 576, § 1, 11/1/1966) 931-2. Sheriff as Work Furlough Administrator. The Sheriff is hereby designated as the officer who shall perform the functions of the Work Furlough Administrator. (Ord. 576, § 2, 11/1/1966)

931-3. Sheriff Given Authority to Enter into Inter-County Work or Education Furlough Agreements. Pursuant to Penal Code § 1208.5, the Board of Supervisors delegates to the Sheriff the authority to enter into agreements whereby a person sentenced to, or imprisoned in, the jail of one county, but residing in another county, may be transferred by the Sheriff of the county in which he or she is confined to the jail of the county in which he or she resides in or is employed, in order that he or she may be enabled to continue I his or her regular employment or education in such other county through such county’s work furlough program. Such agreement may make provision for the support of transferred persons by the county from which they are transferred. (Ord. 1859, § 1, 4/4/1989) § 932-1 through 932-10.