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Furlough Compact
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| Furlough Compact | |
| Member jurisdictions: | 1 |
| Issue(s): | Corrections |
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The Furlough Compact is a proposed interstate compact that would allow select prison inmates to visit home in the event of a family death or illness. 33 states have interstate furlough laws, but Utah is the only state to have enacted this particular compact. Tennessee adopted a similar compact, the Tennessee Interstate Furlough Compact, that established procedures to govern interstate furloughs of prisoners. Neither compact will take effect until additional state legislatures adopt legislation that authorizes the state to join the compact.[1][2][3]
Text of the compact
The legislature of each member state passes the laws with certain modifications, but the core of the legislation remains the same.
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- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Public safety & justice," accessed August 26, 2011
- ↑ Utah Code, "Chapter 34 Uniform Interstate Furlough Compact," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ Justia U.S. Law, "Part 2: Tennessee code, Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates, Chapter 23 - Interstate Compacts, Part 2 - Tennessee Interstate Furlough Compact," accessed February 11, 2016
