§ 153A-230 – Legislative policy.
153A-230. Legislative policy. The policy of the General Assembly with respect to satellite jail/work release units is: (1) To encourage counties to accept responsibility for incarcerated misdemeanants thereby relieving the State prison system of its misdemeanant population; (2) To assist counties in providing suitable facilities for certain misdemeanants who receive active sentences; (3) To allow […]
§ 153A-230.1 – Definitions[Effective until January 1, 2023]
153A-230.1. Definitions. [Effective until January 1, 2023] Unless otherwise clearly required by the context, the words and phrases defined in this section have the meanings indicated when used in this Part: (1) "Office" means the Office of State Budget and Management. (2) "Satellite Jail/Work Release Unit" means a building or designated portion of a building […]
§ 153A-230.2 – Creation of Satellite Jail/Work Release Unit Fund[Effective until January 1, 2023]
153A-230.2. Creation of Satellite Jail/Work Release Unit Fund. [Effective until January 1, 2023] (a) There is created in the Office of State Budget and Management the County Satellite Jail/Work Release Unit Fund to provide State grant funds for counties or groups of counties for construction of satellite jail/work release units for certain misdemeanants who receive […]
§ 153A-225.1 – Duty of custodial personnel when prisoners are unconscious or semiconscious.
153A-225.1. Duty of custodial personnel when prisoners are unconscious or semiconscious. (a) Whenever a custodial officer of a local confinement facility takes custody of a prisoner who is unconscious, semiconscious, or otherwise apparently suffering from some disabling condition and unable to provide information on the causes of the condition, the officer should make a reasonable […]
§ 153A-225.2 – Payment of medical care of prisoners.
153A-225.2. Payment of medical care of prisoners. (a) Counties shall reimburse those providers and facilities providing requested or emergency medical care outside of the local confinement facility the lesser amount of either a rate of seventy percent (70%) of the provider’s then-current prevailing charge or two times the then-current Medicaid rate for any given service. […]
§ 153A-219 – District confinement facilities.
153A-219. District confinement facilities. (a) Two or more units of local government may enter into and carry out an agreement to establish, finance, and operate a district confinement facility. The units may construct such a facility or may designate an existing facility as a district confinement facility. In addition, two or more units of local […]
§ 153A-220 – Jail and detention services.
153A-220. Jail and detention services. The Commission has policy responsibility for providing and coordinating State services to local government with respect to local confinement facilities. The Department shall: (1) Consult with and provide technical assistance to units of local government with respect to local confinement facilities. (2) Develop minimum standards for the construction and operation […]
§ 153A-221 – Minimum standards.
153A-221. Minimum standards. [Effective until January 1, 2023] (a) The Secretary shall develop and publish minimum standards for the operation of local confinement facilities and may from time to time develop and publish amendments to the standards. The standards shall be developed with a view to providing secure custody of prisoners and to protecting their […]
§ 153A-221.1 – Standards and inspections[Effective until January 1, 2023]
153A-221.1. Standards and inspections. [Effective until January 1, 2023] The legal responsibility of the Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety for State services to county juvenile detention homes under this Article is hereby confirmed and shall include the following: development of State standards […]
§ 153A-222 – Inspections of local confinement facilities.
153A-222. Inspections of local confinement facilities. Department personnel shall visit and inspect each local confinement facility at least semiannually. The purpose of the inspections is to investigate the conditions of confinement, the treatment of prisoners, the maintenance of entry level employment standards for jailers and supervisory and administrative personnel of local confinement facilities as provided […]