§1651. Examination of jails; board of visitors 1. Examination. At the commencement of each session required by law, the county commissioners shall examine the jail in their county and take necessary precautions for the security of prisoners, for the prevention of infection and sickness and for the accommodations of the prisoners. [PL 2003, c. […]
§1652. Jails to be clean and healthful The sheriff shall see that the county jail is kept clean and healthful and pay strict attention to the personal cleanliness of the prisoners. [PL 1997, c. 623, §6 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, […]
§1653. Bible, books and instruction for prisoners The jailer, at the county’s expense, shall have available to each prisoner who is able to read a copy of the Bible, and to all, on Sundays, such religious instruction as may be obtained without expense, and to those who may be benefited hereby, instruction in reading, writing […]
§1654. Supplies for jails; accounts audited The county commissioners of the several counties shall, without extra charge or commission to themselves or to any other person, procure all necessary supplies, including necessary food, potable water, fuel, bedding and clothing for the jails and the prisoners in the jails, to be furnished and purchased under their […]
§1655. Cumberland commissioners annually advertise for supplies The county commissioners of the County of Cumberland may each year, as soon after January 1st as possible, estimate the amount of food, fuel, clothing and supplies as far as practicable which will be required by the county jail and for the support of the prisoners in the […]
§1656. Transfer of prisoners when jail unfit or insecure (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 887, §4 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 368, §R7 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 464, §6 (AMD). PL 2001, […]
§1657. Fines applied to building and repair of jail All fines imposed by this chapter and chapter 1, subchapter VI; Title 14, section 555; and Title 14, chapter 203, subchapter IV, not otherwise appropriated, shall be applied to building and repairing the jails in the county where the offense is committed. [PL 1987, c. […]
§1658-A. Regional county facilities The county commissioners of 2 or more counties jointly may plan, finance, construct and operate regional correctional facilities. County commissions that jointly act pursuant to this section shall adhere to the provisions of chapter 115 to the extent those provisions are applicable. [PL 2001, c. 489, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY […]
§1658. Additional accommodations The county commissioners may make such additions in workshops, fences and other suitable accommodations in, adjoining or appurtenant to the jails in the several counties as may be found necessary for the safekeeping, governing and employing of offenders committed to the jails by authority of the State or the United States. For […]
§1659-A. Community confinement monitoring program The sheriff of each county shall establish a program to permit certain inmates to serve a portion of their sentence of imprisonment in community confinement monitored by the county or a contract agency or another county or its contract agency. The county may contract only with a community confinement monitoring […]
§1659. Home-release monitoring program (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 224 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 783, §2 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 247, §§1-7 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 171, §§10-14 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 413, §§10-13 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 68, §1 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 391, §5 (RP).
§1660. Report 1. Annual report. Annually by January 15th, beginning in 2003, the Commissioner of Corrections shall submit a report in accordance with this section to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice matters. [PL 2001, c. 171, §15 (NEW).] 2. Information on releases. The report required in this […]
§1661. Collaboration among counties A county may collaborate with another county or counties to seek grants or establish community corrections programs or initiatives. [PL 2015, c. 335, §21 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2015, c. 335, §21 (NEW).
§1662. County jail and regional jail reporting 1. County jail and regional jail interjail boarding rates. Beginning November 1, 2017, a county jail or regional jail shall report to the Department of Corrections on a form provided by and on a schedule established by the department regarding interjail boarding rates. The county jail or regional […]
