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Work Release
OPERATIONS ORDER
Failure to Comply Roll-Ups
The purpose of this Order is to standardize and provide policy, format, and
specifications for the removal of Sheriff’s Work Release Progra m participants for failure
to comply with the terms and c onditions of the signed promissor y note.
I. Authorization to Collect Fees
A. Penal Code Section 4024.2(e) authorizes the collection of fe es from
participants to defray the costs of administrating the Work Pro ject
Program.
B. Penal Code Section 4024.2(d) e mpowers the program to exclude any
participant “. . . if it appears fr om the record that the perso n has not
satisfactorily complied with t he reasonable rul es and regulatio ns governing
the assignment (including the pa yment of fees prescribed in Par agraph
(e).”
II. Determination of Ability to Pay
A. A financial interview will be conducted in the Revenue Colle ction Unit by
Collection Services Agents to determine the participant’s finan cial
obligations and ability to pay. T he following criteria are use d for this
determination:
1. Source and amount of income 2. Monthly expenditures 3. Number of dependents B. Operations Order 6/03.0 prov ides further information for det ermination of
ability to pay.
III. Documentation
A. The Revenue Collection Unit s hall ensure the program partici pant signs a
“promissory note” (see 6/05.1), a nd is informed that this note is a binding
agreement.
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Work Release B. The program participant shall be advised that refusal to pay will result in
removal from the program and taken to jail.
C. One “site notice” will be s ent to the job site requesting th e participant’s
signature, and informing them of the amount past due on their a ccount.
D. One phone call will be m ade to the participant.
E. The Revenue Collection Unit w ill keep a computer record of a ll
correspondence with the particip ant regarding the status of the ir account.
F. If the participant provides p roof of inability to pay due to changed
circumstances, then the account will be adjusted accordingly.
IV. Removal for Willful Refusal to Pay
A. Removal from the Work Releas e Program for willful refusal to pay will
include the following violations:
1. Failure to respond to “site notices”
2. Failure to return phone calls
3. Failure to bring account current
V. Appeals
A. The participant may file a w ritten appeal to the Division Co mmander within
five (5) days of being re moved from the program.
VI. Reinstatement
A. An individual may apply for reinstatement to the Work Releas e Program
when the account is no longer delinquent.
References: Penal Code Section 4024.2(d); P enal Code Secti on 4024.2(e)
Related Orders: Operations Order 6/03.0