Sacramento County Municipal Code Art. 1 Work Furlough Program

The Board of Supervisors of the County finds, on the basis of employment and education conditions, the state of the County Jail facilities, and other pertinent circumstances, that it is feasible to make the provisions of California Penal Code Section 1208 relating to the employment and education of persons imprisoned in the County Jail operative in the County of Sacramento.

(SCC 55 § 1, 1971; SCC 449 § 1, 1981; SCC 705 § 2, 1987)

The functions of the work furlough administrator as provided in California Penal Code Section 1208 shall be performed by the Sheriff of Sacramento County.

(SCC 55 § 1, 1971; SCC 449 § 1, 1981; SCC 705 § 2, 1987)

Pursuant to Section 1208.5 of the Penal Code, authority is hereby delegated to the Sheriff of Sacramento County, as the work furlough administrator, to enter into agreements with any other County having a work furlough program for the transfer of any prisoner from the jail of one County to the jail of the other County in which he or she is regularly employed so that the prisoner may continue employment in the other County through that County's work furlough program. The Sheriff of Sacramento County may establish standards and make reasonable charges for participation in the local work furlough program under any such agreement.

(SCC 55 § 1, 1971; SCC 449 § 1, 1981; SCC 705 § 2, 1987)

The Sheriff shall collect all moneys chargeable to the furloughed prisoner for board and personal expenses and the prisoner's pro rata share of the costs of administration of the work furlough program, pursuant to Penal Code Section 1208, and transmit those moneys on a monthly basis to the County Treasurer for deposit into the general fund.

(SCC 705 § 2, 1987)