(a) The commissioner shall establish correctional restitution centers in the state. The purpose of the centers is to provide certain offenders with rehabilitation through comprehensive treatment for substance abuse, cognitive behavioral disorders, and other criminal risk factors, including aftercare support, community service, and employment, while protecting the community through partial incarceration of the offender, and to create a means to provide restitution to victims of crimes.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations setting standards for the operation of the centers including
(1) requirements that the centers be secure and in compliance with state and local safety laws;
(2) standards for disciplinary rules to be imposed on prisoners confined to the centers;
(3) standards for the granting of emergency absence to prisoners confined to the centers;
(4) standards for classifying prisoners to centers;
(5) standards for mandatory employment and participation in community service programs in each center;
(6) standards for periodic review of the performance of prisoners confined to the centers and quality assurance measures to ensure centers are meeting state standards and contractual obligations;
(7) standards for the provision of treatment, including substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, and aftercare designed to address an offender's individual criminogenic needs; and
(8) standards and a process to assess an offender's risk of recidivating and the criminal risk factors and needs that reduce the risk of recidivating and ensure that
(A) high risk offenders with moderate to high needs are a priority for acceptance into a correctional restitution center; and
(B) centers establish internal procedures to limit the mixing of low and high risk prisoners.