P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 1201
The Administrator shall establish halfway houses (hereinafter “houses”) where members of the correctional population may be transferred to enable their return to the free community pursuant to the provisions of § 1136a of this title.
The members of the correctional population shall reside in said houses to expedite the development of special programs in the free community such as vocational and occupational counseling, psychological services, counseling on family problems, counseling prior to release, job interviews and job placement through the latter, after having served their sentence or being released on parole, in applicable cases, and any other rehabilitation programs.
The design of the facilities of these houses that are needed to offer such services shall be undertaken with the advice of the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration, attached to the Department of Health to guarantee that even though the necessary security measures are maintained, the prevailing environment shall be propitious for their psychosocial health thus enabling the rehabilitation of the client.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 116, Part 1, p. 501, § 27; June 4, 1980, No. 102, p. 331, § 1; May 26, 1995, No. 49, § 3; July 18, 2001, No. 60, § 17.