20.7.813    REQUIREMENTS AFFECTING PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND VISITORS

(1) The department and the contractor shall adhere to the following provisions that pertain to program participants and visitors:

(a) program participants must wear clothing of an easily identifiable style and color, of which the contractor shall notify the public;

(b) the transport of program participants to the program may only be conducted by law enforcement or other supervised form of transportation approved by the department, including but not limited to the contractor, department staff, state or local law enforcement agencies or contracted transportation providers; and

(c) approved visitors may only visit program participants on Sundays unless otherwise approved by the department.  Approved visitors may only access the facilityvia transportation provided by the contractor from an approved central Glendive city location.

(2) In the event a program participant is unaccounted for within the facility and is alleged to have escaped from the facility, program staff shall immediately:

(a) notify appropriate law enforcement and corrections agencies;

(b) activate an alarm audible to residences in the Georgetown/Hillcrest areas; and

(c) notify all radio and television stations broadcasting in the area in order to alert the public.

History: 53-1-203, MCA; IMP, 53-1-210 and 61-8-731, MCA; NEW, 2004 MAR p. 3019, Eff. 12/17/04.