No contract for private correctional facilities or services shall authorize, allow, or imply a delegation of the authority or responsibility of the state to a prison contractor to:(a) Classify inmates or place inmates in less restrictive custody or more restrictive custody;(b) Transfer an inmate, although the contractor may recommend in writing that the department transfer a particular inmate;(c) Grant, deny, or revoke sentence credits;(d) Recommend that the parole board either deny or grant parole, although the contractor may submit written reports that have been prepared in the ordinary course of business;(e) Develop and implement procedures for calculating sentence credits or inmate release and parole eligibility dates;(f) Require an inmate to work, except on department-approved projects; approve the type of work that inmates may perform; or award or withhold wages or sentence credits based on the manner in which individual inmates perform such work; or(g) Determine inmate eligibility for furlough and work release.Laws, 1994, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 26, § 14, eff. 8/23/1994.
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