(a)      The Commissioner shall:

            (1)      develop comprehensive rehabilitative prerelease services; and

            (2)      make these services available to inmates of a prerelease unit for women.

      (b)      The comprehensive rehabilitative prerelease services shall:

            (1)      assist inmates in improving their education, upgrading vocational skills, and obtaining suitable employment;

            (2)      provide inmates with the opportunity to strengthen family and community relationships through extended family leave;

            (3)      assist inmates in improving their physical and mental health and reducing any tendency to abuse alcohol or drugs; and

            (4)      provide appropriate counseling, instruction, supervision, and medical and psychological treatment as necessary to help inmates achieve stable and productive roles in society.