§ 41-1-603. Designation of Judicial Districts — Maximum Number of Inmates
The commissioner of correction may designate the judicial district or districts from which each regional workhouse may accept commitments. The commissioner may further determine the number of inmates each institution may adequately house and may prorate the number among those judicial districts served by the institution. This prorated number shall be the maximum number of […]
§ 41-1-604. Advisory Board
The sheriff or sheriffs and district attorney general or district attorneys general or their designees of judicial districts designated in § 41-1-603 shall form an advisory board to periodically review the management and operation of the regional workhouses and to make recommendations to the commissioner relative to the management and operation of the facilities.
§ 41-1-605. Manner of Service of Sentence — Application to Alter
Confinement in a regional workhouse shall be considered a sentence to the department; provided, that the court shall retain full jurisdiction over the defendant during the term of the sentence and may modify or reduce the sentence or may place the defendant on probation supervision where otherwise eligible. Following the first application, applications to alter […]
§ 41-1-602. Establishment
The commissioner of correction is authorized to designate certain institutions as regional state workhouses that may be operated by the department of correction to house prisoners sentenced to confinement for six (6) years or less. Regional state workhouses may be established in one (1) or more development districts created pursuant to title 13, chapter 14. […]
§ 41-1-502. Report to General Assembly on Designated Capacities and In-House Populations — Construction of Part
On February 1 of each year, or on more frequent occasions during periods of construction or when there is a change in designated capacity, the commissioner shall inform the speakers of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the judiciary and state and local government committees of the senate, the chair of the […]
§ 41-1-503. Certification of Excess Population — Declaration of Prison Overcrowding Emergency
When the commissioner determines that the in-house population has for thirty (30) consecutive days exceeded ninety-five percent (95%) of the relevant designated capacity, or has reasonable grounds to believe that within thirty (30) days the in-house population will, for at least thirty (30) consecutive days, exceed ninety-five percent (95%) of the relevant designated capacity, the […]
§ 41-1-504. Governor’s Powers to Reduce Overcrowding
Upon declaring that an overcrowding emergency exists, the governor shall invoke one (1) or both of the following powers to reduce overcrowding: Direct the board, in writing, to reduce the release eligibility dates of all male or female inmates, or both, excluding any inmate convicted by a court of escape, by a percentage sufficient to […]
§ 41-1-505. Selection and Release of Inmates by Board — Powers of Board
Upon receipt of the written directive transmitted by the governor pursuant to § 41-1-504(a)(1) and any restrictions that may be imposed by the governor, the board shall promptly select and release on supervised parole a sufficient number of inmates to comply with the directive of the governor. Upon the board’s release of the inmates and […]
§ 41-1-506. Delayed Commitment of Felons to Department of Correction
The directive invoking the power granted pursuant to § 41-1-504(a)(2) shall include any conditions the governor may wish to impose as to which inmates or types of inmates will immediately be accepted by the department of correction or which inmates or types of inmates will be subject to the delayed intake directive, or both. The […]
§ 41-1-507. Governor’s Report to Legislative Committees and Attorney General and Reporter
Each month or part of a month that a state of prison overcrowding exists that results in the invocation of powers authorized by this part, the governor shall transmit to the state and local government committee of the senate, the committee of the house of representatives having oversight over corrections, and the attorney general and […]