§ 4-6-142. Interstate Traveling Expenses
No expenditures for traveling expenses to other states, or for attending an interstate or national convention or association, shall be made by any member or employee of the department of correction or by any officer of an institution under its control, unless authority is granted by the commissioner of correction, by a writing, stating the […]
§ 4-6-143. Special School District of Penal and Reformatory Institutions
The penal and reformatory institutions under the control of the commissioner of correction shall be a special school district, which shall be given the same funding consideration for federal funds that special schools within the state are given. The schools within such institutions shall be under the control of the commissioner who shall serve as […]
§ 4-6-144. Library Region for Penal and Reformatory Institutions
There is created a library region to be composed of the penal and reformatory institutions under the control of the department of correction. The library shall have a branch library at each of the penal and reformatory institutions. A librarian shall be appointed who shall serve as a consultant in the state library and archives, […]
§ 4-6-145. Information From Clerks, Superintendents, and Jailers
The clerks of all trial courts exercising criminal jurisdiction, the superintendents of all local workhouses, and all jailers shall, upon the request of the department of correction, furnish to the department pertinent information relating to felony offenders committed to local workhouses and jails, including the names of offenders, offenses committed, sentences imposed, presentence reports and […]
§ 4-6-146. Confiscation of Contraband
The commissioner of correction is authorized to permanently confiscate weapons, alcohol, controlled substances, controlled substance analogues, cash and other items that could be detrimental to institutional security or adversely affect an inmate’s rehabilitation, if such items have been specifically designated as contraband by the commissioner, and such items are found on the grounds of any […]
§ 4-6-147. Confiscated Cash Fund
There is established a separate department of correction confiscated cash fund. All moneys collected as contraband from the inmate population at any of the facilities operated by or under the authority of the department of correction shall be paid over to the department of correction for deposit into the fund established by this section. The […]
§ 4-6-148. Temporary Retention of Disabled Correctional Officer or Youth Service Worker
Whenever a correctional officer or youth service worker is injured in the line of duty and such injury disables such person from performing such person’s regular duties, whether such disability is temporary or permanent, it is lawful for the commissioner of correction, or the commissioner of children’s services, as appropriate, in such commissioner’s sound discretion […]
§ 4-6-149. Eligibility to Receive Credit Towards Receipt of Occupational License for Occupational, Career, or Technical Training in Schools or Correctional Institution
Persons who receive certified occupational, career, or technical training in schools or correctional institutions pursuant to this chapter are eligible to receive equivalent credit towards the receipt of an occupational license relating to the training received. The occupational, career, or technical training received pursuant to this chapter must be consistent with the requirements for licensure […]
§ 4-6-139. Unlawful Use of Inmates — Class E Felony
A violation of § 4-6-138 is a Class E felony.
§ 4-6-140. Records of Inmates
The commissioner of correction shall keep in the commissioner’s own office, accessible only to the commissioner’s secretary, and proper clerks, except by the commissioner’s consent, or the orders of the judge of a court of record, a record showing the name, residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, condition and date of entrance or commitment of every […]