Section 41-21-504 - Duties of director(a) The director of rehabilitative services, under the supervision and authority of the commissioner of correction, shall formulate an overall plan for the rehabilitation of first term inmates and second term inmates considered corrigible and shall coordinate individual rehabilitative programs conducted by a staff of counselors appointed to carry out the plan. The various methods of rehabilitation shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Proper classification of inmates as to attitude and morale;(2) Potentials and work skill improvements during periods of confinement;(3) Adequate work training and vocational-technical programs designed to improve employment potentials;(4) Moral upgrading programs;(5) Formal education classes;(7) Religious instruction;(9) Employment aid to include a work release program for certain first term inmates and second term inmates.(b) The director, with the approval of the commissioner, shall prepare and issue appropriate rules and regulations governing the rehabilitation program and shall coordinate all activities with wardens' offices to assure that prison security is not compromised by the program. The director shall maintain complete records and submit quarterly progress reports to the commissioner.(c) The director, under the supervision and authority of the commissioner, has the authority to establish special alternative incarceration sites for the domicile of first term inmates and second term inmates considered eligible for rehabilitative programs under this part.Acts 1970, ch. 471, § 4; 1972, ch. 538, § 3; T.C.A., § 41-1804; Acts 1988, ch. 994, § 1.