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Mr. David Wagner Alachua County Attorney Post Office Box 2877 Gainesville, Florida 32602-2877

Dear Mr. Wagner:

You ask substantially the following questions:

1. May a charter county enact an ordinance to extend the limits of confinement beyond those enumerated in section 951.24, Florida Statutes, to allow a county prisoner to participate in a drug or alcohol abuse treatment program in which the inmate is not confined to the county jail?

2. May the county ordinance extend the limits of confinement to the county's work-release facility for pre-trial defendants who are detained at the jail?

3. May…