Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-87k — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-87k
Sec. 18-87k. Powers and duties of commission.
Status: in_force

(b) The commission shall establish a subcommittee on corrections behavioral health composed of the Commissioner of Correction, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and a representative of The University of Connecticut Health Center having responsibility for the administration of the contract with the Department of Correction concerning the provision of health care services to inmates of the department. The subcommittee shall make recommendations to the commission concerning the provision of behavioral health services to inmates of the Department of Correction.

(c) The commission shall establish a subcommittee on correctional staff health and safety composed of the Commissioner of Correction, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or their designees, eight persons appointed one each by the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and public safety, one representative from each of the three local chapters of labor organizations representing correction officers appointed by such local chapter and one representative from each of the labor organizations representing hazardous duty staff of the Department of Correction appointed by such labor organization. The subcommittee shall review the policies and procedures of the Department of Correction with respect to staff health and safety including, but not limited to, the manner in which: (1) Inmate assaults are investigated, classified and assigned points, (2) data on inmate assaults is collected and compiled, and (3) data on inmate assaults is reported to persons and agencies outside the department. The subcommittee shall submit any recommendations it may have to the commission concerning revisions to such policies and procedures.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-101 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-101
Sec. 18-101. Disposition of inmate compensation.
Status: in_force

(b) On granting privileges to any inmate under section 18-100 , the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall disburse any compensation earned by such inmate in accordance with the following priorities: (1) Federal taxes due; (2) restitution or payment of compensation to a crime victim ordered by any court of competent jurisdiction; (3) payment of a civil judgment rendered in favor of a crime victim by any court of competent jurisdiction; (4) victims compensation through the criminal injuries account administered by the Office of Victim Services; (5) state taxes due; (6) support of such inmate's dependents, if any; (7) such inmate's necessary travel expense to and from work and other incidental expenses; and (8) costs of such inmate's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section. The commissioner shall pay any balance remaining to such inmate upon the inmate's release from incarceration. Each inmate gainfully self-employed shall pay to the commissioner the costs of such inmate's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section, and on default in payment thereof the inmate's participation under section 18-100 shall be revoked.

(c) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall notify the Commissioner of Social Services and the welfare department of the town where the dependents of any inmate employed under the provisions of section 18-90b or 18-100 reside of the amounts of any payments being made to such dependents.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-99a — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-99a
Sec. 18-99a. Creation and administration of school district within the Department of Correction. Unified School District #1.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Correction shall administer, coordinate and control the operations of the school district and shall be responsible for the overall supervision and direction of all courses and activities of the school district and shall establish such vocational and academic education, research and statistics, training and development services and programs as he considers necessary or advisable in the best interests of the persons benefiting therefrom.

See Sec. 10-15d re applicability of education general statutes to special school district.

Section places responsibility of tending to educational needs of those incarcerated with the special school district within Department of Correction and requires that it identify students in need of special education. 64 CA 273.

Cited. 45 CS 57.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-86 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-86
Sec. 18-86. Transfers between institutions of department.
Status: in_force

Transfer of inmate from state prison at Wethersfield to new prison at Somers and Enfield legitimized by former Sec. 18-1; convict sentenced to one penal institution can be transferred or taken to another with statutory or judicial authority. 156 C. 339. Cited. 195 C. 303; 196 C. 309.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-98b — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-98b
Sec. 18-98b. Outstandingly meritorious performance award.
Status: in_force

Cited. 216 C. 220; 217 C. 568; 219 C. 269.

Cited. 24 CA 612; 34 CA 503; 36 CA 440; 39 CA 455.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81h — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81h
Sec. 18-81h. Public safety committees established in municipalities with correctional facilities. Reports.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before November 1, 1995, and annually thereafter, each public safety committee established under subsection (a) of this section shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and the judiciary which outlines issues of concern in each municipality in which a correctional facility is located and makes recommendations to mitigate such concerns.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81nn — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81nn
Sec. 18-81nn. Intervention in or reporting of use of unreasonable, excessive or illegal force by a witnessing officer. Whistle blower protections.
Status: in_force

(b) Any correction officer who witnesses another correction officer use what the witnessing correction officer objectively knows to be unreasonable, excessive or illegal use of force or is otherwise aware of such use of force by another correction officer shall report, as soon as is practicable, such use of force to the witnessing correction officer's immediate supervisor. Such supervisor shall immediately report such use of force to the immediate supervisor of the correction officer who is reported to have used such force. Any correction officer required to report such an incident who fails to do so may be prosecuted and punished in accordance with the provisions of sections 53a-165 to 53a-167 , inclusive.

(c) The Department of Correction or any employee of the department shall not take any retaliatory personnel action or discriminate against a correction officer because such correction officer intervened in an incident pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or reported an incident pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Such intervening or reporting correction officer shall be protected by the provisions of section 4-61dd .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81jj — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81jj
Sec. 18-81jj. Correction Advisory Committee.
Status: in_force

(1) One who is directly impacted, appointed by the Senate chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Correction;

(2) One who has expertise in law, specifically the rights of incarcerated persons, appointed by the House chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Correction;

(3) One who has a demonstrated interest in advancing the rights and welfare of incarcerated persons, appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;

(4) One who has a demonstrated interest in advancing the rights and welfare of incarcerated persons, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

(5) One who has expertise in the provision of mental health care to incarcerated persons or formerly incarcerated persons, appointed by the minority leader of the Senate;

(6) One who has expertise in the provision of medical care to incarcerated persons or formerly incarcerated persons, appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

(7) One of whom is a victim of a violent crime, a person who advocates for victims' rights or an attorney who has represented a victim of a violent crime, appointed by the House ranking member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Correction;

(8) One who has an expertise in corrections, appointed by the Senate ranking member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Correction; and

(9) Three who are appointed by the Governor, one of whom has expertise in corrections, one of whom has expertise in medication in a correctional setting and one of whom is directly impacted.

(b) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, “directly impacted” means (1) a person who was previously incarcerated within a facility operated by the department and is no longer under probation or any supervision by the department, or (2) a family member of a person described in subdivision (1) of this subsection or of a person who is in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction.

(c) All appointments to the committee, including vacancy appointments which shall be filled by the appointing authority having the power to make the original appointment, shall be made as follows:

(1) Not later than thirty days after May 10, 2022, or after any vacancy, each appointing authority or any such authority filling a vacancy shall submit a letter designating such authority's appointment or appointments to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Correction. Such joint standing committee shall post such letters on its Internet web site. The Senate and House chairpersons of such joint standing committee shall schedule a public hearing of such proposed appointments to be conducted not later than forty days after May 10, 2022, or ten days after the submission of a letter in the case of a vacancy.

(2) After such hearing, each appointing authority shall confirm or withdraw such authority's appointment or appointments. Any appointing authority who withdraws an appointment shall, not later than ten days after such withdrawal, submit a new letter to such joint standing committee of the General Assembly designating a different appointment or appointments, which shall initiate the hearing and approval or withdrawal process pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection and this subdivision for such appointment or appointments.

(d) The chairpersons of the Correction Advisory Committee shall be the members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of said committee, which shall be held not later than sixty days after May 10, 2022.

(e) Each committee member shall serve a four-year term, except that each initial term shall run for four years from February 1, 2023. Each committee member may serve up to two terms. In the event of a vacancy appointment, the member appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve the remainder of the original member's four-year term and may be reappointed for up to two more terms.

(f) Each member shall serve without compensation but shall, within available appropriations, be reimbursed for necessary expenses that such member may incur through service on the Correction Advisory Committee.

(g) Each member shall, not later than ten days after the first meeting of the Correction Advisory Committee in which such member participates, take an oath of office to diligently and honestly administer the affairs of said committee. The oath shall be administered by a chairperson of said committee.

(h) A majority of the members appointed to the Correction Advisory Committee shall constitute a quorum, which shall be necessary for the committee to conduct business. A majority vote of the members present shall be required for action of the committee.

(i) Any committee member shall be indemnified and represented by the Attorney General pursuant to section 5-141d .

(j) The Correction Advisory Committee shall perform the following functions:

(1) Submit a list of candidates for Correction Ombuds for the Governor's consideration, pursuant to subsection (k) of this section;

(2) Review the actions of the Correction Ombuds pursuant to section 18-81qq ;

(3) Meet not less than quarterly to bring matters to the Correction Ombuds' attention and to consult on the Correction Ombuds' services, findings and recommendations; and

(4) Convene semiannual public hearings to discuss the Correction Ombuds' services, findings and recommendations.

(k) Not later than eighty days after May 10, 2022, or not later than sixty days after any vacancy in the position of Correction Ombuds, the Correction Advisory Committee shall solicit applications for such position and meet to consider and interview the most qualified candidates who are residents of this state for such position. Said committee shall select not fewer than three and not more than five of the most outstanding candidates, publish the names of such selected candidates on said committee's Internet web site and hold a public hearing allowing testimony from members of the public concerning the selected candidates. Said committee shall submit to the Governor a list of selected candidates. Such list shall rank the candidates in the order of committee preference.

(l) Not later than thirty days after receiving the list submitted under subsection (k) of this section, the Governor, with the approval of the General Assembly, shall appoint a person qualified by training and experience as the Correction Ombuds. If at any time any of the candidates withdraw from consideration prior to confirmation by the General Assembly, the designation shall be made from the remaining candidates on the list submitted to the Governor. If, not later than thirty days after receiving the list, the Governor fails to designate a candidate from the list, the candidate ranked first shall receive the designation and be referred to the General Assembly for confirmation. If the General Assembly is not in session, the designated candidate shall serve as acting Correction Ombuds and be entitled to the compensation, privileges and powers of the Correction Ombuds until the General Assembly meets to take action on said appointment.

(m) The person appointed as Correction Ombuds shall serve for an initial term of two years and may serve until a successor is appointed and confirmed in accordance with this section. Such person may be reappointed for succeeding terms.

(n) Upon any vacancy in the position of Correction Ombuds and until such time as a candidate has been confirmed by the General Assembly or, if the General Assembly is not in session, has been designated by the Governor, the Associate Correction Ombuds, as designated by the Correction Advisory Committee, shall serve as the acting Correction Ombuds and be entitled to the compensation, privileges and powers of the Correction Ombuds until the General Assembly meets to take action on said appointment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-96b — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-96b
Sec. 18-96b. Restrictive housing status and isolated confinement for incarcerated persons. Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) “Administrative segregation status” means the Department of Correction's practice of placing an incarcerated person on restrictive housing status following a determination that such incarcerated person can no longer be safely managed within the general population of the correctional facility;

(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Correction;

(3) “De-escalation” means attempting to defuse a crisis without the use of force;

(4) “Department” means the Department of Correction;

(5) “Grievance” means a formal complaint filed by any incarcerated person with the internal grievance system or the department;

(6) “Incarcerated person” means a person confined and in the custody and care of the commissioner, including persons in pretrial, presentencing or post-conviction confinement;

(7) “Isolated confinement” means any form of confinement of an incarcerated person within a cell, except during a facility-wide emergency, lockdown or for the purpose of providing medical or mental health treatment, with less than the following time out of cell:

(A) For all incarcerated persons, four hours per day, on and after July 1, 2022;

(B) For all incarcerated persons in the general population, four and a half hours per day, on and after October 1, 2022; and

(C) For all incarcerated persons in the general population, five hours per day, on and after April 1, 2023;

(8) “Lockdown” means the enforced detainment of all incarcerated persons within such persons' cells imposed upon an entire correctional facility or part of such facility, other than for the purpose of administrative meetings;

(9) “Medical professional” means (A) a physician licensed under chapter 370; (B) a physician assistant licensed under chapter 370; or (C) an advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse or practical nurse licensed under chapter 378;

(10) “Restrictive housing status” means any classification of an incarcerated person by the Department of Correction that requires closely regulated management and separation of such incarcerated person from other incarcerated persons, including, but not limited to, administrative segregation status, punitive segregation status, transfer detention status, administrative detention status, security risk group status, chronic discipline status, special needs status and protective custody status;

(11) “Therapist” means any (A) physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 who specializes in psychiatry; (B) psychologist licensed pursuant to chapter 383; (C) an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 387; (D) clinical social worker or master social worker licensed pursuant to chapter 383b; or (E) professional counselor licensed pursuant to chapter 383c; and

(12) “Use of force” means the use of physical force or deadly physical force, as defined in section 53a-3 , by a department employee to compel compliance by an incarcerated person. Use of force includes, but is not limited to, the use of restraints, chemical agents, canines or munitions or forcible extraction from a cell, other than in response to a psychiatric emergency.

(b) The department shall not hold any person under eighteen years of age in isolated confinement.

(c) Any use of isolated confinement shall maintain the least restrictive environment necessary for the safety of incarcerated persons and staff, and the security of the facility.

(d) If holding an incarcerated person in isolated confinement, the department shall:

(1) Not later than twenty-four hours after initiating the process of holding such person in isolated confinement, ensure that a medical professional conducts a physical examination and a therapist conducts a mental health evaluation of such person;

(2) Ensure regular monitoring to ensure such person's safety and well-being, including a daily check-in from a therapist;

(3) Continue de-escalation efforts when applicable and appropriate to the situation; and

(4) Provide to such person access to the following:

(A) Reading materials, paper, and a writing implement;

(B) Not less than three showers per week; and

(C) Not less than two hours out of cell per day, including at least one hour for recreational purposes.

(e) Placement of an incarcerated person in isolated confinement shall be subject to the following:

(1) The department may place a person in isolated confinement only after consideration of less restrictive measures;

(2) No person may be placed in isolated confinement for longer than necessary and no more than fifteen consecutive days or thirty total days within any sixty-day period, after which period, such person shall be released from isolated confinement; and

(3) No person may be placed in isolated confinement based on the same incident that was previously used as the basis for such placement.

(f) No person may be held in isolated confinement for protective custody, except that isolated confinement may be used while the department is determining whether protective custody status is appropriate. The department shall limit the time period for such determination to not more than five business days.

(g) The department shall not impose a lockdown upon an entire correctional facility or part of a correctional facility for purposes of training department staff for more than twenty-four cumulative hours during any thirty-day period.

(h) Not later than January 1, 2024, the department shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Correction and the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division established under section 4-68m concerning measures taken by the department to address the following:

(1) The frequency, cause and duration of lockdowns;

(2) The presence of persons with serious mental illness or developmental and intellectual disabilities in isolated confinement or on restrictive housing status;

(3) Efforts to increase the time an incarcerated person spends outside of such person's cell;

(4) The provision of therapeutic and other pro-social programming for persons on restrictive housing status;

(5) The use of in-cell restraints; and

(6) Fostering cooperation and engagement with the Correction Ombuds pursuant to section 18-81qq and the Correction Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 18-81jj .

(i) The department shall annually on or before January first submit to the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division established under section 4-68m a report containing, in a disaggregated and anonymized format, the following data, which shall be broken down by facility and the age, race and sex of incarcerated persons included in the data:

(1) The number of incarcerated persons in isolated confinement in this state's correctional facilities, as of the first day of each of the twelve months preceding the date of the submission of the report and the total number of persons subjected to isolated confinement during the twelve months preceding the date of submission of the report;

(2) The number of incarcerated persons who were in isolated confinement for more than fifteen cumulative days in the previous calendar year as categorized by the following periods of time:

(A) Sixteen to thirty days;

(B) Thirty-one to sixty days;

(C) Sixty-one to ninety days; and

(D) More than ninety days;

(3) The number of incidents broken down by month during the previous calendar year in the department's facilities categorized as:

(A) Suicides by incarcerated persons;

(B) Attempted suicides by incarcerated persons;

(C) Self-harm by incarcerated persons;

(D) Assaults by incarcerated persons on staff members; and

(E) Assaults and fights between incarcerated persons;

(4) Monthly reports showing the total number of incarcerated persons against whom the department has used force, including use of the following:

(A) Chemical agent devices;

(B) Full stationary restraints;

(C) Deadly physical force;

(D) In-cell restraints;

(E) Less than lethal munitions;

(F) Lethal munitions;

(G) Medical restraints;

(H) Physical force;

(I) Therapeutic restraints;

(J) Cell extraction; and

(K) Canines;

(5) Grievances filed by incarcerated persons, broken down by month, including the number of grievances filed, dismissed, affirmed or otherwise resolved;

(6) Programs offered to incarcerated persons, including the program title and a brief description of the program, the number of spots available in each program and the number of persons enrolled in each program as of the first of each month;

(7) Internal department work assignments held by incarcerated persons, including the work assignment title, the daily wage paid and the number of such persons in each position as of the first of each month; and

(8) External jobs held by incarcerated persons working for outside employers, including the job title, hourly wage paid, the number of such persons in each position as of the first of each month and the name of each employer.

(j) The provisions of this section do not apply to any incarcerated person described in subsection (a) of section 18-10b .

(k) The department shall publish on its Internet web site the formula for calculating an incarcerated person's mental health score and any report pursuant to subsection (i) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-86e — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-86e
Sec. 18-86e. Reentry employment advisory committee.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The reentry employment advisory committee shall consist of:

(A) The Commissioner of Correction, or the commissioner's designee;

(B) The superintendent of Unified School District #1;

(C) The superintendent of institution industries within the Department of Correction; and

(D) One representative appointed by the Commissioner of Correction from each of the following:

(i) An association representing businesses and industries in this state;

(ii) An association representing construction industries in this state;

(iii) The state affiliate of a national organization representing human resource professionals;

(iv) A state council of building and construction trades;

(v) The workforce council established pursuant to Executive Order Number 4 of Governor Ned Lamont; and

(vi) A regional workforce development board established pursuant to section 31-3k of the general statutes.

(2) In addition to the membership provided for under subdivision (1) of this subsection, the Commissioner of Correction may appoint up to three additional members who shall be representatives of business or business associations.

(c) The Commissioner of Correction shall appoint a chairperson from amongst the membership of the reentry employment advisory committee. The committee shall meet not fewer than two times per year, and at such other times as the committee deems necessary.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-100d — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-100d
Sec. 18-100d. Supervision of persons convicted of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1994, required until expiration of sentence.
Status: in_force

Section may be harmonized with Sec. 53a-38(b)(1) re determining controlling sentence where prisoner serving concurrent sentences for crimes committed both on or after October 1, 1994, and before October 1, 1994, and where pre-October 1, 1994 sentence subject to good time credit under Sec. 18-7a(c); determination of controlling sentence not a static concept. 261 C. 806. Where petitioner was convicted for offenses that occurred from 1993 to 1995, which therefore occurred both before and after October 1, 1994, petitioner was not eligible for good time credits under section or Sec. 18-7a. 290 C. 653.

Habeas court found to have improperly determined that petitioner was not eligible for good time credits; court's interpretation of good time statutes has the potential of burdening defendant in such a manner so as to conclude that the statutes are penal in nature; in resolving a latent ambiguity as to whether defendant was eligible for good time credits, the rule of lenity applied. 101 CA 52.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-102 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 326 / Section 18-102
Sec. 18-102. New England Interstate Corrections Compact.
Status: in_force

NEW ENGLAND INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT

ARTICLE I

The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their institutional facilities and provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities and programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests of such offenders and of society and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the mutual development and execution of such programs of cooperation for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of offenders with the most economical use of human and material resources.

ARTICLE II

As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: “State” means a state of the United States, located in New England; to wit, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island; “sending state” means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had; “receiving state” means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had; “inmate” means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution; “institution” means any penal or correctional facility, including but not limited to a facility for the mentally ill or mentally defective, in which inmates as defined above may lawfully be confined.

ARTICLE III

(a) Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the other party states for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in institutions situated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for: (1) Its duration; (2) payments to be made to the receiving state by the sending state for inmate maintenance, extraordinary medical and dental expenses, and any participation in or receipt by inmates of rehabilitative or correctional services, facilities, programs or treatment not reasonably included as part of normal maintenance; (3) participation in programs of inmate employment, if any; the disposition or crediting of any payments received by inmates on account thereof, and the crediting of proceeds from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom; (4) delivery and retaking of inmates and (5) such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities and rights of the sending and receiving states.

(b) Subject to legislative approval by the states concerned and prior to the construction or completion of construction of any institution or addition thereto by a party state, any other party state or states may contract therewith for the enlargement of the planned capacity of the institution or addition thereto or for the inclusion therein of particular equipment or structures, and for the reservation of a specific percentum of the capacity of the institution to be kept available for use by inmates of the sending state or states so contracting. Any sending state so contracting may, to the extent that moneys are legally available therefor, pay to the receiving state, a reasonable sum as consideration for such enlargement of capacity, or provision of equipment or structures, and reservation of capacity. Such payment may be in a lump sum or in installments as provided in the contract.

(c) The terms and provisions of this compact shall be a part of any contract entered into by the authority of or pursuant thereto, and nothing in any such contract shall be inconsistent therewith.

ARTICLE IV

(a) Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party to this compact, and which has entered into a contract pursuant to Article III, shall decide that confinement in, or transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of another party state is necessary or desirable in order to provide adequate quarters and care or an appropriate program of rehabilitation or treatment, said officials may direct that the confinement be within an institution within the territory of said other party state, the receiving state to act in that regard solely as agent for the sending state.

(b) The appropriate officials of any state party to this compact shall have access, at all reasonable times, to any institution in which it has a contractual right to confine inmates for the purpose of inspecting the facilities thereof and visiting such of its inmates as may be confined in the institution.

(c) Inmates confined in an institution pursuant to the terms of this compact shall at all times be subject to the jurisdiction of the sending state and may at any time be removed therefrom for transfer to a prison or other institution within the sending state, for transfer to another institution in which the sending state may have a contractual or other right to confine inmates, for release on probation or parole, for discharge, or for any other purpose permitted by the laws of the sending state; provided that the sending state shall continue to be obligated to such payments as may be required pursuant to the terms of any contract entered into under the terms of Article III.

(d) Each receiving state shall provide regular reports to each sending state on the inmates of that sending state in institutions pursuant to this compact, including a conduct record of each inmate, and certify said record to the official designated by the sending state, in order that each inmate may have official review of his or her record in determining and altering the disposition of said inmate in accordance with the law which may obtain in the sending state and in order that the same may be a source of information for the sending state.

(e) All inmates who may be confined in an institution pursuant to the provisions of this compact shall be treated in a reasonable and humane manner and shall be treated equally with such similar inmates of the receiving state as may be confined in the same institution. The fact of confinement in a receiving state shall not deprive any inmate so confined of any legal rights which said inmate would have had if confined in an appropriate institution of the sending state.

(f) Any hearing or hearings to which an inmate confined pursuant to this compact may be entitled by the laws of the sending state may be had before the appropriate authorities of the sending state, or of the receiving state, if authorized by the sending state. The receiving state shall provide adequate facilities for such hearings as may be conducted by the appropriate officials of a sending state. In the event such hearing or hearings are had before officials of the receiving state, the governing law shall be that of the sending state and a record of the hearing or hearings as prescribed by the sending state shall be made. Said record, together with any recommendations of the hearing officials, shall be transmitted forthwith to the official or officials before whom the hearing would have been had if it had taken place in the sending state. In any and all proceedings had pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, the officials of the receiving state shall act solely as agents of the sending state and no final determination shall be made in any matter except by the appropriate officials of the sending state.

(g) Any inmate confined pursuant to this compact shall be released within the territory of the sending state unless the inmate, and the sending and receiving states, shall agree upon release in some other place. The sending state shall bear the cost of such return to its territory.

(h) Any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact shall have any and all rights to participate in and to derive any benefits or to incur or to be relieved of any obligations or to have such obligations modified or to have his status changed on account of any action or proceeding in which he could have participated if confined in any appropriate institution of the sending state located within such state.

(i) The parent, guardian, trustee, or other person or persons entitled under the laws of the sending state to act for, advise, or otherwise function with respect to any inmate shall not be deprived of or restricted in his exercise of any power in respect of any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact.

ARTICLE V

(a) Any decision of the sending state in respect of any matter over which it retains jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall be conclusive upon and not reviewable within the receiving state, but if at the time the sending state seeks to remove an inmate from an institution in the receiving state there is pending against the inmate within such state any criminal charge or if the inmate is formally accused of having committed within such state a criminal offense, the inmate shall not be returned without the consent of the receiving state until discharged from prosecution or other form of proceeding, imprisonment or detention for such offense. The duly accredited officers of the sending state shall be permitted to transport inmates pursuant to this compact through any and all states party to this compact without interference.

(b) An inmate who escapes from an institution in which he is confined pursuant to this compact shall be deemed a fugitive from the sending state and from the state in which the institution is situated. In the case of an escape to a jurisdiction other than the sending or receiving state, the responsibility for institution of extradition or rendition proceedings shall be that of the sending state, but nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent or affect the activities of officers and agencies of any jurisdiction directed toward the apprehension and return of an escapee.

ARTICLE VI

Any state party to this compact may accept federal aid for use in connection with any institution or program, the use of which is or may be affected by this compact or any contract pursuant hereto and any inmate in a receiving state pursuant to this compact may participate in any such federally aided program or activity for which the sending and receiving states have made contractual provision; provided that, if such program or activity is not part of the customary correctional regimen, the express consent of the appropriate official of the sending state shall be required therefor.

ARTICLE VII

This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding upon the state so acting when it has been enacted into law by any two states from among the states of New England. Thereafter, this compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding as to any other of said states upon similar action by such state.

ARTICLE VIII

This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon a party state until it shall have enacted a statute repealing the same and providing for the sending of formal written notice of withdrawal from the compact to the appropriate officials of all other party states. An actual withdrawal shall not take effect until one year after the notices provided in said statute have been sent. Such withdrawal shall not relieve the withdrawing state from its obligations assumed hereunder prior to the effective date of withdrawal. Before the effective date of withdrawal, a withdrawing state shall remove to its territory, at its own expense, such inmates as it may have confined pursuant to the provisions of this compact.

ARTICLE IX

Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to abrogate or impair any agreement or other arrangement which a party state may have with a nonparty state for the confinement, rehabilitation or treatment of inmates nor to repeal any other laws of a party state authorizing the making of cooperative institutional arrangements.

ARTICLE X

The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed and shall be severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.

Cited. 196 C. 309.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-98c — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-98c
Sec. 18-98c. Good conduct credit for presentence confinement prior to July 1, 1981.
Status: in_force

Cited. 196 C. 309.

Cited. 24 CA 612; 30 CA 190.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-98e — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-98e
Sec. 18-98e. Earned risk reduction credit.
Status: in_force

(b) An inmate may earn risk reduction credit for adherence to the inmate's offender accountability plan, for participation in eligible programs and activities, and for good conduct and obedience to institutional rules as designated by the commissioner, provided (1) good conduct and obedience to institutional rules alone shall not entitle an inmate to such credit, and (2) the commissioner or the commissioner's designee may, in his or her discretion, cause the loss of all or any portion of such earned risk reduction credit for any act of misconduct or insubordination or refusal to conform to recommended programs or activities or institutional rules occurring at any time during the service of the sentence or for other good cause. If an inmate has not earned sufficient risk reduction credit at the time the commissioner or the commissioner's designee orders the loss of all or a portion of earned credit, such loss shall be deducted from any credit earned by such inmate in the future.

(c) The award of risk reduction credit earned for conduct occurring prior to July 1, 2011, shall be phased in consistent with public safety, risk reduction, administrative purposes and sound correctional practice, at the discretion of the commissioner, but shall be completed not later than July 1, 2012.

(d) Any credit earned under this section may only be earned during the period of time that the inmate is sentenced to a term of imprisonment and committed to the custody of the commissioner and may not be transferred or applied to a subsequent term of imprisonment. In no event shall any credit earned under this section be applied by the commissioner so as to reduce a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment such inmate is required to serve by statute.

(e) Prior to release of any inmate whose sentence is being reduced due to risk reduction credits earned pursuant to this section, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall review such inmate's records and verify that the inmate earned the risk reduction credits being applied to reduce such inmate's sentence.

(f) The commissioner shall adopt policies and procedures to determine the amount of credit an inmate may earn toward a reduction in his or her sentence and to phase in the awarding of retroactive credit authorized by subsection (c) of this section.

Section is plain and unambiguous and shows that the legislature intended for only sentenced inmates to be eligible to earn risk reduction earned credits. 175 CA 460. An inmate has no liberty interest in risk reduction credits, as commissioner has broad discretion to implement the program. 184 CA 76.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-85 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-85
Sec. 18-85. Compensation of persons who are incarcerated. Deposit in account. Disbursement priorities.
Status: in_force

(b) Compensation so earned shall be deposited, under the direction of the Commissioner of Correction, in an account in a savings bank or state bank and trust company in this state or an account administered by the State Treasurer. Any compensation so earned shall be paid to the incarcerated person upon such person's release from incarceration in the form of a debit card, except that the commissioner may, while such person is in custody, disburse any compensation earned by such person in accordance with the following priorities: (1) Federal taxes due; (2) restitution or payment of compensation to a crime victim ordered by any court of competent jurisdiction; (3) payment of a civil judgment rendered in favor of a crime victim by any court of competent jurisdiction; (4) victims compensation through the criminal injuries account administered by the Office of Victim Services; (5) state taxes due; (6) support of the incarcerated person's dependents, if any; (7) the incarcerated person's necessary travel expense to and from work and other incidental expenses; (8) costs of such person's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section; and (9) payment to the clerk of the court in which an incarcerated person, confined in a correctional facility only for payment of a fine, was convicted, such portion of such compensation as is necessary to pay such fine. Any interest that accrues shall be credited to any institutional fund established for the welfare of incarcerated persons. Compensation under this section shall be in addition to any compensation received or credited under section 18-50 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-100h — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-100h
Sec. 18-100h. Release of persons convicted of certain motor vehicle and drug offenses to their residences.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, whenever a person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a violation of section 21a-267 , 21a-279 or 21a-279a , and committed by the court to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, the commissioner may, after admission and a risk and needs assessment, release such person to such person's residence subject to the condition that such person not leave such residence unless otherwise authorized. Based upon the assessment of such person, the commissioner may require such person to be subject to electronic monitoring, which may include the use of a global positioning system and continuous monitoring for alcohol consumption, to drug testing on a random basis, and to any other conditions that the commissioner may impose. Any person released pursuant to this subsection shall remain in the custody of the commissioner and shall be supervised by employees of the department during the period of such release. Upon the violation by such person of any condition of such release, the commissioner may revoke such release and return such person to confinement in a correctional facility. For purposes of this subsection, “continuous monitoring for alcohol consumption” means automatically testing breath, blood or transdermal alcohol concentration levels and tamper attempts at least once every hour regardless of the location of the person being monitored.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-69d — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 323 / Section 18-69d
Sec. 18-69d. Establishment of prenatal, labor and postpartum supports. Availability of parenting support literature.
Status: in_force

(b) The Department of Correction shall establish and make available to women incarcerated at the York Correctional Institution parenting support literature, including information on child custody processes, child support and family reunification resources.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81i — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81i
Sec. 18-81i. Storage of weapons.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Correction shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section including, but not limited to, defining “secure location”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-106 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 327 / Section 18-106
Sec. 18-106. Compact.
Status: in_force

INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT

ARTICLE I

The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their institutional facilities and provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities and programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests of such offenders and of society and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the mutual development and execution of such programs of cooperation for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of offenders with the most economical use of human and material resources.

ARTICLE II

As used in this compact unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “State” means a state of the United States; the United States of America; a territory or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(b) “Sending state” means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had.

(c) “Receiving state” means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had.

(d) “Inmate” means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution.

(e) “Institution” means any penal or correctional facility, including but not limited to a facility for the mentally ill or mentally defective, in which inmates as defined in (d) above may lawfully be confined.

ARTICLE III

(a) Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the other party states for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in institutions situated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for:

(1) Its duration.

(2) Payments to be made to the receiving state by the sending state for inmate maintenance, extraordinary medical and dental expenses, and any participation in or receipt by inmates of rehabilitative or correctional services, facilities, programs or treatment not reasonably included as part of normal maintenance.

(3) Participation in programs of inmate employment, if any; the disposition or crediting of any payments received by inmates on account thereof; and the crediting of proceeds from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom.

(4) Delivery and retaking of inmates.

(5) Such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities and rights of the sending and receiving states.

(b) The terms and provisions of this compact shall be a part of any contract entered into by the authority of or pursuant thereto, and nothing in any such contract shall be inconsistent therewith.

ARTICLE IV

(a) Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party to this compact, and which has entered into a contract pursuant to Article III, shall decide that confinement in, or transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of another party state is necessary or desirable in order to provide adequate quarters and care or an appropriate program of rehabilitation or treatment, said officials may direct that the confinement be within an institution within the territory of said other party state, the receiving state to act in that regard solely as agent for the sending state.

(b) The appropriate officials of any state party to this compact shall have access, at all reasonable times, to any institution in which it has a contractual right to confine inmates for the purpose of inspecting the facilities thereof and visiting such of its inmates as may be confined in the institution.

(c) Inmates confined in an institution pursuant to the terms of this compact shall at all times be subject to the jurisdiction of the sending state and may at any time be removed therefrom for transfer to a prison or other institution within the sending state, for transfer to another institution in which the sending state may have a contractual or other right to confine inmates, for release on probation or parole, for discharge, or for any other purpose permitted by the laws of the sending state; provided that the sending state shall continue to be obligated to such payments as may be required pursuant to the terms of any contract entered into under the terms of Article III.

(d) Each receiving state shall provide regular reports to each sending state on the inmates of that sending state in institutions pursuant to this compact including a conduct record of each inmate and certify said record to the official designated by the sending state, in order that each inmate may have official review of his or her record in determining and altering the disposition of said inmate in accordance with the law which may obtain in the sending state and in order that the same may be a source of information for the sending state.

(e) All inmates who may be confined in an institution pursuant to the provisions of this compact shall be treated in a reasonable and humane manner and shall be treated equally with such similar inmates of the receiving state as may be confined in the same institution. The fact of confinement in a receiving state shall not deprive any inmate so confined of any legal rights which said inmate would have had if confined in an appropriate institution of the sending state.

(f) Any hearing or hearings to which an inmate confined pursuant to this compact may be entitled by the laws of the sending state may be had before the appropriate authorities of the sending state, or of the receiving state if authorized by the sending state. The receiving state shall provide adequate facilities for such hearings as may be conducted by appropriate officials of a sending state. In the event such hearing or hearings are had before officials of the receiving state, the governing law shall be that of the sending state and a record of the hearing or hearings as prescribed by the sending state shall be made. Said record together with any recommendations of the hearing officials shall be transmitted forthwith to the official or officials before whom the hearing would have been had if it had taken place in the sending state. In any and all proceedings had pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, the officials of the receiving state shall act solely as agents of the sending state and no final determination shall be made in any matter except by the appropriate officials of the sending state.

(g) Any inmate confined pursuant to this compact shall be released within the territory of the sending state unless the inmate, and the sending and receiving states, shall agree upon release in some other place. The sending state shall bear the cost of such return to its territory.

(h) Any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact shall have any and all rights to participate in and derive any benefits or incur or be relieved of any obligations or have such obligations modified or his status changed on account of any action or proceeding in which he could have participated if confined in any appropriate institution of the sending state located within such state.

(i) The parent, guardian, trustee, or other person or persons entitled under the laws of the sending state to act for, advise, or otherwise function with respect to any inmate shall not be deprived of or restricted in his exercise of any power in respect of any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact.

ARTICLE V

(a) Any decision of the sending state in respect of any matter over which it retains jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall be conclusive upon and not reviewable within the receiving state, but if at the time the sending state seeks to remove an inmate from an institution in the receiving state there is pending against the inmate within such state any criminal charge or if the inmate is formally accused of having committed within such state a criminal offense, the inmate shall not be returned without the consent of the receiving state until discharged from prosecution or other form of proceeding, imprisonment or detention for such offense. The duly accredited officers of the sending state shall be permitted to transport inmates pursuant to this compact through any and all states party to this compact without interference.

(b) An inmate who escapes from an institution in which he is confined pursuant to this compact shall be deemed a fugitive from the sending state and from the state in which the institution is situated. In the case of an escape to a jurisdiction other than the sending or receiving state, the responsibility for institution of extradition or rendition proceedings shall be that of the sending state, but nothing contained herein shall be constructed to prevent or affect the activities of officers and agencies of any jurisdiction directed toward the apprehension and return of an escapee.

ARTICLE VI

Any state party to this compact may accept federal aid for use in connection with any institution or program, the use of which is or may be affected by this compact or any contract pursuant hereto and any inmate in a receiving state pursuant to this compact may participate in any such federally aided program or activity for which the sending and receiving states have made contractual provision, provided that if such program or activity is not part of the customary correctional regimen, the express consent of the appropriate official of the sending state shall be required therefor.

ARTICLE VII

This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding upon the states so acting when it has been enacted into law by any two states. Thereafter, this compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding as to any other of said states upon similar action by such state.

ARTICLE VIII

This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon a party state until it shall have enacted a statute repealing the same and providing for the sending of formal written notice of withdrawal from the compact to the appropriate officials of all other party states. An actual withdrawal shall not take effect until one year after the notices provided in said statute have been sent. Such withdrawal shall not relieve the withdrawing state from its obligations assumed hereunder prior to the effective date of withdrawal. Before the effective date of withdrawal, a withdrawing state shall remove to its territory, at its own expense, such inmates as it may have confined pursuant to the provisions of this compact.

ARTICLE IX

Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to abrogate or impair any agreement or other arrangement which a party state may have with a nonparty state for the confinement, rehabilitation or treatment of inmates nor to repeal any other laws of a party state authorizing the making of cooperative institutional arrangements.

ARTICLE X

The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed and shall be severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-91a — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-91a
Sec. 18-91a. International transfer or exchange of prisoners.
Status: in_force

(b) In the event that a foreign national, incarcerated pursuant to the laws of the state, is barred from transferring pursuant to such a treaty due to the indeterminate nature of his sentence, the Board of Pardons and Paroles may, after full review of the foreign national's record, set a determined date. This date shall be considered only for purposes of facilitating international transfer of the foreign national and shall not be considered viable or actionable for any other purpose nor shall such date create any expectation or guarantee of release.

(c) The Commissioner of Correction may designate a person to administer the program for the international transfer of prisoners pursuant to this section.

See Sec. 54-130b re deportation of alien inmates.

Section does not provide for judicial review of commissioner's decision not to grant inmate's request to be transferred, and plainly does not grant an inmate a right to a transfer. 137 CA 135.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-7a — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 320 / Section 18-7a
Sec. 18-7a. Good conduct credit for prisoners.
Status: in_force

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for an offense committed on or after July 1, 1981, may, while held in default of bond or while serving such sentence, by good conduct and obedience to the rules which have been established for the service of his sentence, earn a reduction of his sentence in the amount of ten days for each month and pro rata for a part of a month of a sentence up to five years, and twelve days for each month and pro rata for a part of a month for the sixth and each subsequent year of a sentence which is more than five years. Misconduct or refusal to obey the rules which have been established for the service of his sentence shall subject the prisoner to the loss of all or any portion of such reduction by the commissioner or his designee.

(c) Any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for an offense committed on or after July 1, 1983, may, while held in default of bond or while serving such sentence, by good conduct and obedience to the rules which have been established for the service of his sentence, earn a reduction of his sentence as such sentence is served in the amount of ten days for each month served and pro rata for a part of a month served of a sentence up to five years, and twelve days for each month served and pro rata for a part of a month served for the sixth and each subsequent year of a sentence which is more than five years. Misconduct or refusal to obey the rules which have been established for the service of his sentence shall subject the prisoner to the loss of all or any portion of such reduction by the commissioner or his designee. In the event a prisoner has not yet earned sufficient good time to satisfy the good time loss, such lost good time shall be deducted from any good time earned in the future by such prisoner.

Section satisfies the rational basis test consistent with command of the equal protection clause. 176 C. 638. Held that credits be calculated according to statute in effect at time of resentencing rather than according to statute effective at time of original sentence. 185 C. 124. Cited. Id., 540; 205 C. 27; 207 C. 412; 209 C. 191; 216 C. 220. Aggregation of consecutive sentences in computation of good-time credit discussed. 217 C. 568. Cited. Id., 584; 219 C. 269; 230 C. 17.

Cited. 24 CA 612; 30 CA 190; 34 CA 503; 39 CA 455.

Applicable to confinements including commitment pursuant to Sec. 19-498(a). 35 CS 544. Cited. 44 CS 417.

Subsec. (b):

Prisoner's enhanced statutory good time commences at the 6th year of his sentence as imposed by the court, without regard to any presentence confinement time or presentence good time. 245 C. 423.

Subsec. (c):

Prospective forfeiture of unearned good time credit is not permitted. 209 C. 191. Statutory good time calculation and credit discussed. 219 C. 269. Two statements in Seno v. Commissioner of Correction were factually and legally inaccurate, thus trial court decision construing Subsec. (b) based in part on Seno was inaccurate. 245 C. 423. “One continuous term” language of Sec. 18-7 is applicable to Subsec. and good time credits earned on an earlier sentence must be credited towards a controlling, subsequently imposed concurrent sentence. 254 C. 214. Petitioner eligible to be considered for award of good time credit under Subsec. for duration of commitment to mental health facility. 258 C. 394.

Cited. 17 CA 827; 36 CA 695; 39 CA 674; 43 CA 176. Commissioner may promulgate rules that make an inmate ineligible to earn statutory good time. 50 CA 421. Good time credit received under section must be interpreted as credit earned in the year it should have been given and in this case, adjustment of respondent's time was not a retroactive adjustment, but rather a correction. 86 CA 777. Habeas court found to have improperly determined that petitioner was not eligible for good time credits; court's interpretation of good time statutes has the potential of burdening defendant in such a manner so as to conclude that the statutes are penal in nature; in resolving a latent ambiguity as to whether defendant was eligible for good time credits, the rule of lenity applied. 101 CA 52. Viewed within context of section, the phrase “term of imprisonment” is susceptible only to one reasonable interpretation, which is that it should be afforded its customary and primary meaning, describing the physical confinement of a person in a correctional facility; there is no basis in law or logic to conclude that it describes or encompasses time spent on probation. 105 CA 210. Subsec. contains no language providing that good time credit earned under Subsec. operates to reduce a person's parole eligibility date, and there is no language in Subsec. to suggest that legislature intended that a person's sentence, after it has been reduced by the application of good time credit, should serve as the sentence that is used to calculate his parole eligibility date under Sec. 54-125a(f). 199 CA 575.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-78a — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-78a
Sec. 18-78a. Applicability of Uniform Administrative Procedure Act to department. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(2) Not later than January 1, 1998, the Commissioner of Correction shall submit all regulations, as defined in section 4-166 , concerning disciplinary action or classification adopted prior to October 1, 1997, to the legislative regulation review committee at the designated office of the committee, and such regulations shall be available for public inspection at said office.

(3) The Commissioner of Correction shall submit all regulations concerning disciplinary action or classification adopted on or after October 1, 1997, to the legislative regulation review committee at the designated office of the committee not later than seven business days after the adoption thereof, and such regulations shall be available for public inspection at said office.

(4) Any regulation, as defined in section 4-166 , concerning riot control, security and emergency procedures, disciplinary action, classification or out-of-state transfers which was adopted by the Department of Correction prior to October 1, 1997, and which is otherwise valid except that such regulation was not adopted in accordance with chapter 54, is validated, and shall be deemed to have been adopted in compliance with chapter 54.

(b) In cases involving disciplinary action, classifications and out-of-state transfers, the Department of Correction shall not be required to follow the procedures of sections 4-176e to 4-182 , inclusive, provided all procedural safeguards are afforded at such hearings to insure due process of law.

(c) The Department of Correction may, in granting an opportunity for hearing requested by any prisoner or inmate pursuant to section 4-168 , reasonably restrict the time, location and frequency of such hearings.

Cited. 171 C. 691; 186 C. 153.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-69c — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 323 / Section 18-69c
Sec. 18-69c. Assessment of inmates for pregnancy. Care and treatment of pregnant inmates. Restrictions on the use of leg or waist restraints.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon admission to the York Correctional Institution, each inmate shall be assessed for pregnancy by a licensed health care provider. The licensed health care provider shall inform the inmate of any necessary medical tests associated with the pregnancy assessment prior to the administration of such tests.

(c) The York Correctional Institution shall provide each inmate who is pregnant with: (1) Counseling and written material, in a form that may be reasonably understood, concerning (A) the inmate's options with regard to her pregnancy, (B) prenatal nutrition, (C) maintaining a healthy pregnancy, (D) labor and delivery, (E) the postpartum period, (F) the institution's policies and practices regarding the care of an inmate during pregnancy, labor and delivery and the postpartum period, and (G) restrictions on the use of restraints on pregnant inmates, (2) medical care at the correctional institution, which shall include, but not be limited to: (A) Periodic health monitoring and evaluation during pregnancy, and (B) prenatal vitamins or supplements, as deemed necessary by a licensed health care provider, (3) a diet containing the nutrients necessary to maintain a healthy pregnancy, as determined by a licensed health care provider trained in prenatal care, (4) the clothing, undergarments and sanitary materials deemed appropriate by a licensed health care provider who has been trained in prenatal and postpartum medical care, (5) the opportunity for a minimum of one hour of ambulatory movement every day, and (6) access to treatment for postpartum depression by a qualified mental health professional, provided such treatment is deemed necessary by a licensed health care provider who has been trained in postpartum medical care. If a departmental or contracted licensed health care provider in prenatal medical care, or any other health care professional who evaluates or treats an inmate who is pregnant, determines that the inmate's pregnancy is high risk or involves any other medical complication for either the inmate or the baby, such inmate shall be immediately transferred to the medical infirmary setting or any hospital deemed appropriate, as determined by such health care provider or professional. The written material provided to an inmate pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be known as the “Pregnant Woman's Guide”.

(d) Except as provided in this subsection, correctional staff of the York Correctional Institution shall not use any leg or waist restraint on any inmate of the institution who is known to be pregnant or in the postpartum period. An inmate known to be pregnant may only be restrained using handcuffs that are placed on the wrists held in front of the inmate's body, except an inmate may be placed in wrist, leg or waist restraints if (1) there are compelling grounds to believe that an inmate presents (A) an immediate and serious threat of harm to herself, staff and others, or (B) a substantial flight risk and cannot be reasonably contained by other means, and (2) use of such restraints is approved by the unit administrator of the institution, or his or her designee, except under exigent circumstances. Such restraints shall be the least restrictive kind of restraints considering the circumstances. Correctional staff shall document, in writing, the reasons for such determination, the kind of restraints used and the reasons staff considered such restraints to be the least restrictive kind available and the most reasonable means of preventing harm or escape. The correctional staff of the York Correctional Institution shall ensure that any inmate, who is determined to be in the second or third trimester of a pregnancy by a licensed health care provider, is transported to and from visits to health care providers and court proceedings in a vehicle with seatbelts. If an attending physician or advanced practice registered nurse requests that the inmate's restraints be removed for medical reasons, correctional staff shall immediately remove the restraints. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the use of medical restraints by a licensed health care provider to ensure the medical safety of the inmate. As used in this subsection and subsection (e) of this section, “restraints” means metal handcuffs, metal leg restraints and waist and tether chains.

(e) Each pregnant inmate of the York Correctional Institution shall receive labor and delivery services in a hospital deemed appropriate by a departmental or contracted, licensed health care provider. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, an inmate who is in any stage of labor or delivery, as determined by a licensed health care provider, shall not be placed in restraints at any time, including, but not limited to, during transportation to the hospital. If a correction officer is present with the inmate during any stage of labor or delivery, such correction officer shall be female, if possible. Such correction officer shall be positioned in a location that ensures the inmate's privacy, to the extent possible.

(f) Any inmate in the postpartum period shall be assessed by a licensed health care provider upon return to the correctional institution. Each inmate in the postpartum period shall be housed in a medical or mental health housing unit at the correctional institution until discharged by a licensed health care provider.

(g) The York Correctional Institution shall provide a pregnant inmate, prior to the inmate's release, with counseling and discharge planning to ensure, to the extent feasible, the continuity of prenatal and pregnancy-related care, including substance abuse programs and treatment referrals when deemed appropriate.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-98a — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-98a
Sec. 18-98a. Deduction of time for periods of employment.
Status: in_force

Commissioner, provided he does not act illegally, arbitrarily or in abuse of discretion, need not deduct time to be served from prisoner's sentence under statute if prisoner fails to observe rules incident to requisite job assignment. 181 C. 286. Cited. 207 C. 412; 209 C. 191; 216 C. 220; 219 C. 269.

Cited. 17 CA 827; 24 CA 612; 39 CA 455.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81e — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81e
Sec. 18-81e. Notification of victim or immediate family member of person who is incarcerated when person is released from correctional facility or transferred to another correctional facility.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon the release of any person from a correctional facility, whether at the scheduled termination date of a determinate sentence or prior to such date on account of the transfer of such person to a public or private nonprofit halfway house, group home or mental health facility or approved community residence pursuant to section 18-100 , the reduction of such sentence due to good conduct and obedience to rules or receipt of an outstandingly meritorious performance award, or any other early release provision, the Commissioner of Correction or the commissioner's designee shall notify any victim of the crime for which such person is incarcerated of such person's release if such victim has requested notification and provided the commissioner with a current address.

(c) Upon the transfer of a person who is incarcerated from a correctional facility to another correctional facility, the Commissioner of Correction or the commissioner's designee shall notify (1) each victim of any crime for which such person is incarcerated, and (2) an immediate family member of the person who is incarcerated, of such person's transfer to another correctional facility if such victim or immediate family member has requested such notification and provided the commissioner with a current residential address or electronic mail address.

See Secs. 54-226 to 54-231, inclusive, re procedure for notification of victim when inmate seeks release or is scheduled to be released from correctional institution.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-97 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-97
Sec. 18-97. Confinement under a mittimus: Presentence confinement credit prior to July 1, 1981.
Status: in_force

Cited. 168 C. 389; 169 C. 247. “Jailtime” credit given only for time served by detainee prior to sentencing. Id., 540. In order for inmate to be entitled to presentence credit for time served pursuant to section, it must appear he was being confined under mittimus which resulted from offense for which sentence was imposed. 173 C. 312. Cited. 184 C. 434; 196 C. 309. Cannot be applied with Sec. 18-98 cumulatively to the same sentence. 201 C. 115. Cited. 202 C. 343; 215 C. 695.

Cited. 30 CA 190.

Inapplicable to life sentences. 30 CS 20.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81pp — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81pp
Sec. 18-81pp. Plan for the provision of health care services to inmates. Report.
Status: in_force

(1) “Advanced practice registered nurse” means an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under chapter 373;

(2) “Alcohol and drug counselor” means an alcohol and drug counselor licensed or certified under chapter 376b;

(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Correction;

(4) “Correctional institution” means a prison or jail under the jurisdiction of the commissioner;

(5) “Dental professional” means a (A) dentist, (B) dental hygienist licensed under chapter 379a, or (C) dental assistant, as defined in section 20-112a ;

(6) “Dentist” means a dentist licensed under chapter 379;

(7) “Department” means the Department of Correction;

(8) “Discharge planner” means a (A) registered nurse licensed under chapter 378, (B) practical nurse licensed under chapter 378, (C) clinical social worker or master social worker licensed under chapter 383b, or (D) professional counselor licensed under chapter 383c;

(9) “HIV test” means a test to determine human immunodeficiency virus infection or antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus;

(10) “Inmate” means a person in the custody of the commissioner and confined in a correctional institution;

(11) “Medical professional” means (A) a physician, (B) an advanced practice registered nurse, (C) a physician assistant, (D) a registered nurse licensed under chapter 378, or (E) a practical nurse licensed under chapter 378;

(12) “Mental health care provider” means (A) a physician who specializes in psychiatry, or (B) an advanced practice registered nurse who specializes in mental health;

(13) “Mental health therapist” means (A) a physician who specializes in psychiatry, (B) a psychologist licensed under chapter 383, (C) an advanced practice registered nurse who specializes in mental health, (D) a clinical social worker or master social worker licensed under chapter 383b, or (E) a professional counselor licensed under chapter 383c;

(14) “Physician” means a physician licensed under chapter 370;

(15) “Physician assistant” means a physician assistant licensed under chapter 370; and

(16) “Psychotropic medication” means a medication that is used to treat a mental health disorder that affects behavior, mood, thoughts or perception.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall develop a plan for the provision of health care services, including, but not limited to, mental health care, substance use disorder and dental care services, to inmates of correctional facilities under the jurisdiction of the department. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, guidelines for implementation of the following requirements:

(1) (A) A sufficient number of mental health therapists, as determined by the commissioner, shall be placed at each correctional institution to provide mental health care services to inmates;

(B) A mental health therapist placed at a correctional institution shall provide mental health care services to any inmate who requests such services or has been referred for such services by correctional staff only after the therapist makes an assessment of the inmate's need for such services and determines that the inmate requires such services;

(C) Each mental health therapist shall deliver such services in concert with the security needs of all inmates and correctional staff and the overall operation of the correctional institution, as determined by the warden of the correctional institution; and

(D) No mental health therapist who is providing mental health care services pursuant to this subdivision and licensed to prescribe medication shall prescribe a psychotropic medication to an inmate unless (i) the mental health therapist has reviewed the mental health history and medical history of the inmate, including, but not limited to, the list of all medications the inmate is taking, (ii) the mental health therapist determines, based on a review of such history, that the benefits of prescribing such medication outweigh the risk of prescribing such medication, (iii) the mental health therapist diagnoses the inmate with a mental health disorder, the inmate has received a previous diagnosis of a mental health disorder by a licensed mental health care provider and such medication is used to treat such mental health disorder, or, in an emergency situation, the mental health therapist makes an assessment that the inmate's mental health is substantially impaired and requires psychotropic medication to treat, (iv) the mental health therapist approves the use of such medication by the inmate as part of the inmate's mental health treatment plan, and (v) the mental health therapist keeps a record of each psychotropic medication such provider prescribes to the inmate and all other medications the inmate is taking.

(2) Each inmate shall receive an annual physical examination by a physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse when such examination is clinically indicated. Such examination may include, but not be limited to, a breast and gynecological examination or prostate examination, where appropriate, and the administration of any test the physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse deems appropriate.

(3) Each inmate shall receive an initial health assessment from a medical professional not later than fourteen days after the inmate's initial intake into a correctional institution.

(4) If a physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse recommends, based on the initial health assessment of an inmate or person, that such inmate or person be placed in a medical or mental health housing unit, the department shall ensure that such inmate or person is placed in an appropriate medical or mental health housing unit unless there are significant safety or security reasons for not making such placement.

(5) A medical professional shall perform health assessments of inmates in a location at the correctional institution that the warden of the correctional institution designates as appropriate for performing such an examination, provided the analysis of any sample collected from the inmate during a health assessment may be performed at a laboratory that is located outside of the correctional institution.

(6) A discharge planner shall conduct an exit interview of each inmate who is being scheduled for discharge from a correctional institution prior to the date of discharge if such exit interview is clinically indicated, provided the lack of such exit interview shall not delay the scheduled discharge of an inmate. Such exit interview shall include a discussion with the inmate regarding a medical discharge plan for any continued medical care or treatment that is recommended by the physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse for the inmate when the inmate reenters the community.

(7) A physician shall be on call on weekends, holidays and outside regular work hours to provide medical care to inmates as necessary.

(8) The commissioner shall ensure that each inmate has access to all vaccines licensed or authorized under an emergency use authorization by the federal Food and Drug Administration that are recommended by the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, subject to availability of such vaccines, unless there are substantial security concerns with providing access to such vaccines. Subject to availability, a physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse shall prescribe to an inmate any such vaccine that (A) the inmate requests, and (B) is recommended for such inmate by said committee, as determined by the physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, provided the prescribing of such vaccine does not impose significant safety concerns.

(9) Except in exigent circumstances, a dental professional shall perform a dental screening of each inmate not later than one year after the inmate initially enters a correctional institution and at least once annually thereafter. At the time the dental professional performs the dental screening of an inmate, the dental professional shall develop a dental care plan for the inmate. A dental professional shall provide dental care in accordance with the inmate's dental care plan throughout the inmate's time at the correctional institution. The commissioner shall ensure, in consultation with a dentist, that each correctional institution has a dental examination room that is fully equipped with all of the dental equipment necessary to perform a dental examination.

(10) A medical professional shall administer an HIV test to each inmate who requests an HIV test, subject to the availability of such test. Except in exigent circumstances and subject to availability, a medical professional shall offer an HIV test to each inmate where it is clinically indicated (A) at the time such inmate enters a correctional institution, or (B) during an annual physical assessment.

(11) A medical professional shall interview each inmate regarding the inmate's drug and alcohol use history at the time the inmate initially enters a correctional institution. If an inmate is exhibiting symptoms of withdrawal from a drug or alcohol at such time, a medical professional shall perform a physical assessment of the inmate and communicate the results of such assessment to a physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse. Except in exigent circumstances, a drug and alcohol counselor shall perform an evaluation of the inmate not later than five days after the inmate initially enters the correctional institution. The correctional institution shall immediately transfer each inmate who is determined by a physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to be experiencing withdrawal from a drug or alcohol to an appropriate area at such correctional institution for medical treatment of such withdrawal. A physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse shall periodically evaluate each inmate who exhibits signs of or discloses an addiction to a drug or alcohol or who experiences withdrawal from a drug or alcohol, at a frequency deemed appropriate by the physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse.

(12) A physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse with experience in substance use disorder diagnosis and treatment shall oversee the medical treatment of an inmate experiencing withdrawal from a drug or alcohol at each correctional institution. A medical professional shall be present in the medical unit at each correctional facility at all times during the provision of medical treatment to such inmate.

(13) A drug and alcohol counselor shall offer appropriate substance use disorder counseling services, including, but not limited to, individual counseling sessions and group counseling sessions, to an inmate who exhibits signs of or discloses an addiction to a drug or alcohol and encourage such inmate to participate in at least one counselling session. At the time of an inmate's discharge from the correctional institution, a discharge planner may refer an inmate who has exhibited signs of or disclosed an addiction to a drug or alcohol while an inmate at such correctional institution to a substance use disorder treatment program in the community that is deemed appropriate for the inmate by such discharge planner.

(14) The York Correctional Institution shall provide each inmate who is pregnant and drug or alcohol-dependent, with information regarding the dangers of undergoing withdrawal from the drug or alcohol without medical treatment, the importance of receiving medical treatment during the second trimester of pregnancy for withdrawal from the drug or alcohol and the effects of neonatal abstinence syndrome on a newborn.

(15) The York Correctional Institution shall provide each inmate who is pregnant prenatal visits at a frequency determined by an obstetrician to be consistent with community standards for prenatal visits.

(16) The department shall issue a request for information to which a school of medicine may apply for purposes of providing practical training at correctional institutions as part of a medical residency program, through which residents participating in such program may provide health care services to inmates.

(c) Not later than February 1, 2023, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and the judiciary regarding the plan developed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, recommendations for any legislation necessary to implement such plan and the department's timeline for implementation of such plan.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-31b — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 322 / Section 18-31b
Sec. 18-31b. Gratuitous transfer of abandoned facilities to municipalities or municipal redevelopment agencies. Payment to state upon transfer.
Status: in_force

(b) If such land or any interest therein is transferred by the municipality or by the redevelopment agency of such municipality, one-half of the transfer price shall be remitted to the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-88 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-88
Sec. 18-88. (Formerly Sec. 18-14). Industrial activities. State agencies required to purchase necessary products from institution industries. Retail hobby stores.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall approve the establishment and maintenance of any and all such industrial activities, which may include, but need not be limited to, an optical shop to produce prescription eyeglasses for inmates of correctional institutions, for persons under state care in other institutions and for other persons receiving or eligible to receive benefits under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, provided such optical shop is under the direct supervision of an optician licensed under chapter 381, and provided further such eyeglasses are prescribed by an optometrist licensed under chapter 380, and are fitted by such licensed optometrist or by an optician licensed under chapter 381, after considering and determining the extent, if any, to which each industry may compete with private industry and, as far as possible, shall encourage a diversified program. If the optical shop is unable to fill the prescription for such eyeglasses for any reason, within the two-week period from its receipt of such prescription, the shop shall notify the person who prescribed such eyeglasses within ten days after receipt of such prescription.

(c) The commissioner may, by regulation, provide, for any injury suffered by any inmate arising out of and in the course of his employment in such industries, a compensation award not covered under section 4-165b . Such payments shall not exceed the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per week and shall be payable solely from profits from such industries.

(d) The commissioner may appoint, in accordance with chapter 67, a superintendent of institution industries and such assistants and employees as he deems necessary to (1) manage the industries, (2) market and deliver the products and (3) investigate complaints. The compensation of such appointees shall be paid from the industrial fund.

(e) The commissioner shall cause such articles, materials and products as are used by state agencies and political subdivisions to be produced by the labor of prisoners and sold at prices comparable with the lowest market prices for such articles and materials sold or offered for sale outside the institutions.

(f) Any political subdivision of the state or federal government, any private nonprofit entity, including one which receives all or part of its revenues from any political subdivision of the state or federal government or any benefit corporation created under chapter 604, may purchase any articles, materials or products required by it which are produced or manufactured by the institution industries, and any person may purchase products and by-products of farming operations in accordance with section 53-329 . The commissioner may promulgate and circulate at sufficiently frequent intervals for distribution to the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Comptroller and such political subdivisions a catalog showing styles, designs, sizes and varieties of all articles, materials and products manufactured and produced at the institutions and periodical price lists for all such articles.

(g) Each state department, agency, commission or board shall purchase its necessary products and services from the institution industries if such products and services are produced or manufactured and made available by such industries, provided such products and services are of comparable price and quality and in sufficient quantity as may be available for sale or offered for sale outside the institutions.

(h) The commissioner shall file an annual report of the industrial operations with the Governor and a balance sheet and statement of operations with the Comptroller at such times as he requests. The commissioner shall determine at the end of each fiscal year the amount of cash working capital necessary to be retained in the industrial fund and the excess of the amount so determined shall be transferred to the General Fund.

(i) The Commissioner of Correction may establish retail hobby stores for the purpose of the sale to the public, but not for resale, of articles made by inmates of any of the institutions of the department. The proceeds of such sales, less a charge to defray the cost of the sales as determined by the commissioner, shall be deposited in the inmate's institutional account. Such hobby products shall be subject to approval by the Commissioner of Correction.

(j) Any person who sells or offers for sale on the open market, to any person other than as specified in this section, any articles, materials or products manufactured or produced by institution inmates, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or be both fined and imprisoned.

(k) The Commissioner of Correction may establish, within the industrial fund, commissaries to be operated for the purpose of sale to inmates of items authorized by the commissioner. The cost of the commissary operation shall be charged to the fund and the proceeds of such sales shall be deposited in the fund. The commissioner is authorized to transfer a portion of the profits from the operation of the commissaries to the Correctional General Welfare Fund established under section 4-57a .

See Sec. 53-329 re deposit of proceeds from sale of prison labor products in industrial fund.

Former statute cited. 130 C. 111.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-7 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 320 / Section 18-7
Sec. 18-7. Powers and duties of warden. Punishment and reward of inmates.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 13a-250 re use of correctional institution inmates as laborers in construction of highways and bridges.

See Sec. 18-89 re contracts for labor or services of inmates.

See Sec. 54-128 re penalty for violation of parole.

Functions such as commutation of sentences may be reposed in officers of these institutions. 116 C. 140. For purposes of determining diminution of sentence, terms imposed under several counts regarded as one continuous term. 129 C. 164. Cited. 130 C. 111; 166 C. 178. “Good time” credit may be earned during time served prior to or after sentencing. 169 C. 540, 541. Cited. 176 C. 638; 181 C. 85; 183 C. 418; 184 C. 434. For purposes of statute, plaintiff was considered “held” by defendant warden under both the consecutive sentences and the concurrent sentences. 185 C. 540. Cited. 207 C. 412. Aggregation of consecutive sentences in compensation of good-time credit discussed. 217 C. 568. Mandates aggregation of consecutive sentences imposed subsequent to October 1, 1976, as well as those imposed before that date. Id., 584. Cited. 230 C. 17. “One continuous term” language of section is applicable to statutory good time credit earned under Sec. 18-7a(c) and to presentence good time credit earned under Sec. 18-98d(b). 254 C. 214.

Cited. 24 CA 612; 34 CA 503. Statute requires aggregation of petitioner's multiple sentences for the purpose of calculating good time credits whenever a prisoner is held under more than one conviction and does not require continuous confinement as a prerequisite to aggregation, thus break in confinement due to petitioner's escape from furlough does not change fact that petitioner was held under more than one conviction once he was sentenced on the felony murder conviction. 94 CA 210.

Character of prisoner's right to earn good time is that of a privilege and not a vested right. 11 CS 281. Where sentences were not to same institution, an unexpired reformatory sentence did not run concurrently with prison sentence upon transfer to the latter institution. 19 CS 239. Cited. 25 CS 478; Id., 519; 27 CS 441. When life sentence reduced. 30 CS 20. Cited. Id., 54.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81d — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81d
Sec. 18-81d. Medical and dental treatment of inmates under age of eighteen.
Status: in_force

(b) Prior to such authorization, the commissioner shall exercise due diligence to obtain the consent of the parents or guardian of such inmate for such treatment or surgery, and in all cases shall send notice to the parents or guardian by letter to their last-known address informing them of the actions taken, of their necessity and of the outcome. In any case where the commissioner fails to notify such parents or guardian, such failure will not affect the validity of the authorization. All costs incurred for any such treatment or surgery shall be paid by the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-101h — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-101h
Sec. 18-101h. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “Department” means the Department of Correction.

(b) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Correction.

(c) “Community-based service programs” means residential or nonresidential programs provided by private, nonprofit community or locally based organizations, state agencies or units of local government including the public-private resource expansion project, which offer housing, transportation, employment and counseling services to incarcerated, paroled or discharged offenders, victims of crime, persons charged with a crime, persons diverted from the criminal process and families of offenders.

(d) “Residential programs” means those offered in “halfway houses,” providing twenty-four hour care, supervision, and supportive services to pretrial, incarcerated, paroled or discharged offenders.

(e) “Nonresidential programs” means those programs providing daytime or episodic community correction services to pretrial, incarcerated, paroled or discharged offenders and their families, or victims of crime and programs involving restitution or community service to pretrial offenders. For the purposes of this subsection, “community service” means the placement of offenders in unpaid positions with nonprofit or tax-supported agencies for the performance of a specified number of hours of work or service within a given period of time, and “restitution” means the restoration by an offender of a victim's losses through either payment of money or provision of services to the victim or, with the concurrence of the victim, to a third party.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-90e — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-90e
Sec. 18-90e. Preparation for and administration of commercial driver's license knowledge tests in institution or facility.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Correction shall make suitable space and technology, as necessary, available for the (1) preparation of the commercial driver's license knowledge test as provided by or in conjunction with a regional workforce development board established under section 31-3k , and (2) administration of the commercial driver's license knowledge test, to incarcerated persons who will be reentering the community in six months or less and who are not subject to disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle or subject to suspension, revocation or cancellation of operating privileges in any state.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall assign personnel and provide other resources, as necessary, to administer the commercial driver's license knowledge test in a written or electronic manner in any institution or facility of the Department of Correction deemed appropriate by the Commissioners of Motor Vehicles and Correction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-101b — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-101b
Sec. 18-101b. Residential stays at correctional facilities. Continuation in programs beyond discharge date.
Status: in_force

(b) Any inmate of a correctional facility under the authority of the Department of Correction may request that he be allowed to remain in a correctional facility for up to thirty days beyond his discharge date (1) if such inmate is scheduled to be discharged to a treatment program or health care institution but the program or institution is unable to accept the inmate on the scheduled discharge date, or (2) for any compelling reason deemed consistent with offender rehabilitation or treatment.

(c) Any person under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction, involved in a program operated by a state department other than the Department of Correction, may request that he be allowed to remain in such program for up to ninety days beyond his parole release or discharge date.

(d) Any inmate requesting permission to remain in a correctional facility, as provided in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or any person requesting permission to remain in a program, as provided in subsection (c) of this section, shall submit such request, in writing, to the Commissioner of Correction not later than one week prior to the scheduled date for the inmate's parole release or discharge.

(e) Any inmate receiving permission to remain in a correctional facility or any person receiving permission to remain in a program operated by a state department other than the Department of Correction beyond his scheduled date for parole release or discharge may be charged a reasonable daily fee by the appropriate department while housed in a facility of such department.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-100 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-100
Sec. 18-100. Work-release and education-release programs. Transfer to correctional institution, halfway house, group home, mental health facility or community or private residence.
Status: in_force

(b) Before securing employment for any prisoner under the provisions of this section the commissioner shall determine (1) that such paid employment will not result in the displacement of employed workers, or be applied in skills, crafts or trades in which there is a surplus of available gainful labor in the locality, or impair existing contracts for services; and (2) that the rates of pay and other conditions of employment will not be less than those paid or provided for work of similar nature in the locality in which the work is performed.

(c) Each person accorded the privileges of this section shall be confined in the institution to which he was sentenced during such time as he is not actually at his employment or is not in attendance at an educational institution.

(d) The Commissioner of Correction shall establish such regulations as he deems necessary for the administration of this section and section 18-101 and for the conduct of persons granted the privileges of this section; and he may suspend the privileges of any persons who violate such regulations or whose conduct he believes is unsuitable for the continuation of such privileges.

(e) If the Commissioner of Correction deems that the purposes of this section may thus be more effectively carried out, the commissioner may transfer any person from one correctional institution to another or to any public or private nonprofit halfway house, group home or mental health facility or, after satisfactory participation in a residential program, to any approved community or private residence. Any inmate so transferred shall remain under the jurisdiction of said commissioner.

See Sec. 53a-169 re penalty imposed for felony of escape in the first degree.

Cited. 185 C. 517; 213 C. 38; 221 C. 402; 234 C. 301.

Cited. 26 CA 48; 35 CA 1; 39 CA 407.

Subsec. (d):

Does not authorize prosecution of single failure to report as “escape” under Sec. 53a-169(a)(2). 216 C. 402.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-87 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-87
Sec. 18-87. Transfers to other state institutions and to the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 17b-250 re payment of hospital expenses of inmate transferred from correctional institution.

See Sec. 18-52a re hospitalization of prisoners for surgery or other care.

See Sec. 18-94 re retention of diseased inmates in correctional or charitable institutions.

Cited. 158 C. 439; 195 C. 303; 201 C. 115.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81c — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81c
Sec. 18-81c. Community Partners in Action: Office space and telephone service.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 54-131 re duties of Community Partners in Action.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81qq — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81qq
Sec. 18-81qq. Office of the Correction Ombuds.
Status: in_force

(2) For purposes of this section, “ombuds services” includes:

(A) Evaluating the delivery of services to incarcerated persons by the Department of Correction;

(B) Reviewing periodically the nonemergency procedures established by the department to carry out the provisions of title 18 and evaluating whether such procedures conflict with the rights of incarcerated persons;

(C) Receiving communications from persons in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction regarding decisions, actions, omissions, policies, procedures, rules or regulations of the department;

(D) Conducting site visits of correctional facilities administered by the department;

(E) Reviewing the operation of correctional facilities and nonemergency procedures employed at such facilities. Nonemergency procedures include, but are not limited to, the department's use of force procedures;

(F) Recommending procedure and policy revisions to the department;

(G) Taking all possible actions, including, but not limited to, conducting programs of public education, undertaking legislative advocacy and making proposals for systemic reform and formal legal action in order to secure and ensure the rights of persons in the custody of the commissioner. The Correction Ombuds shall exhaust all other means to reach a resolution before initiating litigation; and

(H) Publishing on an Internet web site operated by the Office of the Correction Ombuds a semiannual summary of all ombuds services and activities during the six-month period before such publication.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Correction Ombuds shall act independently of any department in the performance of the office's duties.

(c) The Correction Ombuds may, within available funds, appoint such staff as may be deemed necessary. The duties of the staff may include the duties and powers of the Correction Ombuds if performed under the direction of the Correction Ombuds.

(d) The General Assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as necessary for the payment of the salaries of the staff and for the payment of office expenses and other actual expenses incurred by the Correction Ombuds in the performance of the Correction Ombuds' duties. Any legal or court fees obtained by the state in actions brought by the Correction Ombuds shall be deposited in the General Fund.

(e) In the course of investigations, the Correction Ombuds shall rely on a variety of sources to corroborate matters raised by incarcerated persons or others. Where such matters turn on validation of particular incidents, the Correction Ombuds shall endeavor to rely on communications from incarcerated persons who have reasonably pursued a resolution of the complaint through any existing internal grievance procedures of the Department of Correction. In all events, the Correction Ombuds shall make good faith efforts to provide an opportunity to the Commissioner of Correction to investigate and to respond to such concerns prior to making such matters public.

(f) All oral and written communications, and records relating to such communications between a person in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction and the Correction Ombuds or a member of the Office of the Correction Ombuds staff, including, but not limited to, the identity of a complainant, the details of the communications and the Correction Ombuds' findings shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed without the consent of such person, except that the Correction Ombuds may disclose without the consent of such person general findings or policy recommendations based on such communications, provided no individually identifiable information is disclosed. The Correction Ombuds shall disclose sufficient information to the Commissioner of Correction or the commissioner's designee as is necessary to respond to the Correction Ombuds' inquiries or to carry out recommendations, but such information may not be further disclosed outside of the Department of Correction.

(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (f) of this section, whenever in the course of carrying out the Correction Ombuds' duties, the Correction Ombuds or a member of the Office of the Correction Ombuds staff becomes aware of the commission or planned commission of a criminal act or threat that the Correction Ombuds reasonably believes is likely to result in death or substantial bodily harm, the Correction Ombuds shall notify the Commissioner of Correction or an administrator of any correctional facility housing the perpetrator or potential perpetrator of such act or threat and the nature and target of the act or threat.

(h) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes concerning the confidentiality of records and information, the Correction Ombuds shall have access to, including the right to inspect and copy, any records necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the Correction Ombuds, as provided in this section. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to compel access to any record protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney-work product doctrine or any record related to a pending internal investigation, external criminal investigation or emergency procedures. For purposes of this subsection, “emergency procedures” are procedures the Department of Correction uses to manage control of tools, keys and armories and concerning department emergency plans, emergency response units, facility security levels and standards and radio communications.

(i) In the performance of the responsibilities provided for in this section, the Correction Ombuds may communicate privately with any person in the custody of the commissioner. Such communications shall be confidential except as provided in subsections (e) and (f) of this section.

(j) The Correction Ombuds may apply for and accept grants, gifts and bequests of funds from other states, federal and interstate agencies, for the purpose of carrying out the Correction Ombuds' responsibilities. There is established within the General Fund a Correction Ombuds account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. Any funds received under this subsection shall, upon deposit in the General Fund, be credited to said account and may be used by the Correction Ombuds in the performance of the Correction Ombuds' duties.

(k) The name, address and other personally identifiable information of a person who makes a complaint to the Correction Ombuds, information obtained or generated by the Office of the Correction Ombuds in the course of an investigation and all confidential records obtained by the Correction Ombuds or the office shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 , or otherwise except as provided in subsections (f) and (g) of this section.

(l) No state or municipal agency shall discharge, or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against, any employee who in good faith makes a complaint to the Correction Ombuds or cooperates with the Office of the Correction Ombuds in an investigation.

(m) Not later than December 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the Correction Ombuds shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Correction regarding the conditions of confinement in the state's correctional facilities and halfway houses. Such report shall detail the Correction Ombuds' findings and recommendations.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81ee — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81ee
Sec. 18-81ee. Pilot program re use of renewable energy at correctional facilities.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall conduct any such pilot program within available resources, and may apply for grants or financial assistance from any person, group of persons or corporation or from any agency of the state or of the United States.

(c) Not later than one year after any pilot program established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section is operational, the Commissioner of Correction shall submit a report on the pilot program to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy, judiciary and appropriations. The report shall indicate the amount of energy produced under the pilot program, the amount of energy costs savings, an estimate of the energy benefit to the municipality where the correctional facility is located, and a summary of feedback received by the commissioner concerning the pilot program. The report shall be submitted in accordance with section 11-4a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-10b — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 320 / Section 18-10b
Sec. 18-10b. Placement of inmate convicted of capital felony or murder with special circumstances. Reclassification. Annual review and report.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall establish a reclassification process for the purposes of this section. The reclassification process shall include an assessment of the risk an inmate described in subsection (a) of this section poses to staff and other inmates, and an assessment of whether such risk requires the inmate's placement in administrative segregation or protective custody. If the commissioner places such inmate in administrative segregation pursuant to such assessment, the commissioner shall require the inmate to complete the administrative segregation program operated by the commissioner.

(c) (1) The commissioner shall place such inmate in a housing unit for the maximum security population if, after completion of such reclassification process, the commissioner determines such placement is appropriate, provided the commissioner (A) maintains the inmate on special circumstances high security status, (B) houses the inmate separate from inmates who are not on special circumstances high security status, and (C) imposes conditions of confinement on such inmate which shall include, but not be limited to, conditions that require (i) that the inmate's movements be escorted or monitored, (ii) movement of the inmate to a new cell at least every ninety days, (iii) at least two searches of the inmate's cell each week, (iv) that no contact be permitted during the inmate's social visits, (v) that the inmate be assigned to work assignments that are within the assigned housing unit, and (vi) that the inmate be allowed no more than two hours of recreational activity per day.

(2) The commissioner shall conduct an annual review of such inmate's conditions of confinement within such housing unit and the commissioner may, for compelling correctional management or safety reasons, modify any condition of confinement, subject to the requirements of subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(d) Not later than January 2, 2013, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit a report to the General Assembly, in accordance with section 11-4a , regarding the number of inmates in such classification as of December first of the year prior to the year in which the report is due, the location of each such inmate, and the specific conditions of confinement imposed on each such inmate pursuant to this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-85a — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-85a
Sec. 18-85a. Assessment for costs of incarceration. State's claim against inmate's property for repayment of costs of incarceration. Exempt property. Program fees. Regulations. Termination of recovery for costs related to time served for erased criminal record.
Status: in_force

(b) The state shall have a claim against each inmate for the costs of such inmate's incarceration under this section, and regulations adopted in accordance with this section, for which the state has not been reimbursed. Any property owned by such inmate may be used to satisfy such claim, except property that is: (1) Exempt pursuant to section 52-352b or 52-352d , except as provided in subsection (b) of section 52-321a ; (2) subject to the provisions of section 54-218 ; (3) acquired by such inmate after the inmate is released from incarceration, but not including property so acquired that is subject to the provisions of section 18-85b , 18-85c or 52-367c , and except as provided in subsection (b) of section 52-321a ; or (4) acquired by such inmate for work performed during incarceration as part of a program designated or defined in regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Correction, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as a job training, skill development or career opportunity or enhancement program, other than a pilot program established pursuant to section 18-90b , except that the commissioner may assess a fee for participation in any such program. In addition to property described in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection, up to fifty thousand dollars of other assets shall be exempt from a claim made under this section, except in the case of an inmate incarcerated for a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, or murder with special circumstances committed on or after April 25, 2012, under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect on or after April 25, 2012, or a violation of section 53a-54c , 53a-70 , 53a-70a , 53a-70c or 53a-71 . In addition to other remedies available at law, the Attorney General, on request of the Commissioner of Correction, may bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce such claim, provided no such action shall be brought but within two years from the date the inmate is released from incarceration or, if the inmate dies while in the custody of the commissioner, within two years from the date of the inmate's death, except that such limitation period shall not apply if such property was fraudulently concealed from the state.

(c) Any state claim for the cost of incarceration for an inmate whose criminal record was erased pursuant to chapter 961a shall be terminated to the extent such cost was incurred during time served by such inmate for crimes included on the erased criminal record. Such inmate shall not be entitled to reimbursement for any state claims paid by or on behalf of such inmate prior to July 1, 2024, for the cost of such inmate's incarceration.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-63 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 322 / Section 18-63
Sec. 18-63. Commitment for failure to pay fine.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 18-50 re application of credits for time served toward payment of fine.

See Sec. 54-92b re discharge of inmate from community correctional center when held for nonpayment of fine.

Cited. 31 CS 459.

Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 229.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-91 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-91
Sec. 18-91. (Formerly Sec. 18-16). Use of correctional institutions by United States. Removal of inmates to federal institutions.
Status: in_force

(b) The authority of the Commissioner of Correction to contract with the United States pursuant to this section includes but is not limited to the authority to agree to indemnify and hold harmless the United States against any loss or damage to persons or property incurred because of the confinement of any prisoner so transferred.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81w — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81w
Sec. 18-81w. Development and implementation of reentry strategy.
Status: in_force

(b) The success of the reentry strategy shall be measured by: (1) The rates of recidivism and community revictimization, (2) the number of inmates eligible for release on parole, transitional supervision, probation or any other release program, (3) the number of inmates who make the transition from incarceration to the community in compliance with a discharge plan, (4) prison bed capacity ratios, (5) the adequacy of the network of community-based treatment, vocational, educational, supervision and other services and programs, and (6) the reinvestment of any savings achieved through a reduction in prison population into reentry and community-based services and programs.

(c) Not later than February 15, 2008, and annually thereafter, the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , on the success of the reentry strategy based on the measures set forth in subsection (b) of this section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to corrections, public safety and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-89 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-89
Sec. 18-89. (Formerly Sec. 18-9). Contracts for labor; public institutions.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 18-7 re powers and duties of warden.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81v — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81v
Sec. 18-81v. Procedures for conducting metal detector searches of visitors.
Status: in_force

(1) Any visitor who activates a walk-through metal detector shall be given the opportunity to submit to a search with a portable or hand-held metal detector in order to gain entrance into the correctional institution. If the visitor consents to a search with a portable or hand-held metal detector, the visitor shall be escorted by a correction officer of the same sex to a separate room, restroom or other private location within the correctional institution, where the visitor shall first remove any object or article of clothing that activated the walk-through metal detector and then submit to a portable or hand-held metal detector search. If the portable or hand-held metal detector is not activated during such search, the visitor shall be allowed to reapply the object or article of clothing that activated the walk-through metal detector before exiting the separate room, restroom or other private location where the portable or hand-held metal detector search is conducted and shall be allowed to enter the correctional institution. If the portable or hand-held metal detector is activated during such search, the visitor shall be escorted out of the correctional institution.

(2) Any visitor who consents to a portable or hand-held metal detector search pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection in order to visit an inmate of the correctional institution shall be afforded the entire time allotted for such visit, commencing from the time such search is completed and the visitor is cleared for entrance into the correctional institution, except that (A) this subdivision shall not be construed to require a correctional institution to extend or change its regular visiting hours, and (B) the amount of time afforded to any such visitor shall be reduced by the amount of time the visitor is late in arriving for a scheduled visit at the correctional facility.

(b) For purposes of this section, “correctional institution” means the facilities defined in section 1-1 and any other correctional facility established by the Commissioner of Correction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-100c — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-100c
Sec. 18-100c. Release of prisoners with definite sentences of two years or less to halfway house, group home, mental health facility or other approved community correction program.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 54-125a re release on parole of inmates with sentences of more than two years.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-101a — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-101a
Sec. 18-101a. Furloughs.
Status: in_force

Cited. 184 C. 222.

Furlough extends limit of confinement; equating failure to return from furlough with escape is not violation of constitutional rights to equal protection and due process. 36 CS 71.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-50 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 322 / Section 18-50
Sec. 18-50. Credit against unpaid fine for time spent in confinement, employed or performing community service. Payment of fines, fees and costs after commitment.
Status: in_force

(2) Each person committed to any community correctional center upon conviction of any criminal offense, and held therein only for the payment of a fine, may be released from confinement by the Commissioner of Correction and, with the agreement of the Court Support Services Division within the Judicial Department, be transferred to said division subject to the requirement that such person perform community service under the supervision of said division until the period of community service performed by such person at the rate of fifty dollars a day amounts to such fine or the balance thereof remaining unpaid. Any person so transferred shall remain under the jurisdiction of the commissioner. Such person shall be discharged from the jurisdiction of the commissioner when such person completes the period of community service required to be performed when computed in accordance with this subdivision or immediately upon payment of the fine in full. If, at any time during such person's release from confinement pursuant to this subdivision, the commissioner determines that the conduct of such person is unsuitable for continuation in such program of community service, such person may be returned to confinement.

(3) Payments of fines after commitment shall be made to the clerk of the court which imposed the sentence, and such clerk shall thereupon issue a certificate, which shall be delivered to the Community Correctional Center Administrator as evidence of such payment and shall be attached to and retained with the mittimus or other commitment process, except that, if payment is made at any time when the office of such clerk is not open, such payment shall be made to any person designated by the Community Correctional Center Administrator at the community correctional center where such person is confined, and such person so designated shall transmit the payment to the clerk of the court on the first court day thereafter. No person shall be held in confinement for failure to pay a fine after such a certificate showing that such fine has been fully paid has been delivered to the Community Correctional Center Administrator; provided, if a fine is paid to a person designated to accept it when the office of the clerk is not open, the person confined to the community correctional center shall immediately be released without requiring the prior issuance of such certificate.

(b) Payments by persons committed to community correctional centers of fees imposed under the provisions of section 51-56a or costs imposed under the provisions of section 54-143 or 54-143a shall be made to the clerk of the court location which imposed the sentence, except that if payment is made at any time when the office of such clerk is not open, such payment shall be made to any official at the correctional center where such person is confined and such official shall transmit the payment to the clerk of the court on the first court day thereafter.

See Sec. 18-85 re compensation of inmates.

See Sec. 18-97 re presentence confinement credit.

Cited. 231 C. 514.

Cited. 31 CS 461.

Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 229.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81
Sec. 18-81. Duties of commissioner.
Status: in_force

See Secs. 20-14h to 20-14j, inclusive, re administration of medication in day and residential programs and facilities.

The statutory mechanism by which the department imposes sanctions is intended by the legislature to be civil in nature. 168 CA 19.

Commissioner's extremely broad discretion under section must be accommodated with rule that prisoner retains basic constitutional rights; habeas corpus provides only practical access of prisoner to courts. 34 CS 89.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-87j — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-87j
Sec. 18-87j. Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81ff — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81ff
Sec. 18-81ff. Issuance of state identity card or motor vehicle operator's license to person discharged or released from correctional facility.
Status: in_force

(b) In order to effectuate the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, at the time a person is committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, said commissioner, in consultation and collaboration with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, shall ascertain (1) whether the person has been issued a valid identity card pursuant to section 1-1h or a motor vehicle operator's license pursuant to chapter 246, and (2) if such card or license has been issued, the date upon which such card or license is to expire.

(c) For any person who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment who wishes to (1) obtain an initial identity card issued pursuant to section 1-1h , or renew such card, (2) renew a motor vehicle operator's license pursuant to chapter 246, or (3) obtain a duplicate card or license if the original card or license has been lost, the Commissioner of Correction, in consultation and collaboration with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, shall:

(A) (i) Not later than twenty-four months prior to the date on which such person is to be discharged from the correctional facility, determine the documentation such person requires to obtain such card or license; and (ii) facilitate the process that allows such person to expeditiously obtain the required documentation by providing access to any forms, fees and fee waivers, within available appropriations, notary services and mailing-related needs, to secure the required documentation. The Commissioner of Correction shall begin the process described in this subdivision not later than twenty-four months prior to the person's earliest date of eligibility for parole, and immediately begin the process for any person whose sentence is reduced, if the reduced sentence results in a date of discharge within twenty-four months or for any person who is otherwise scheduled to be released with a date of discharge within twenty-four months; and

(B) Not later than thirteen months prior to the date on which such person is to be discharged from the correctional facility, initiate a process that allows such person to expeditiously obtain any additionally required documentation or photographs by providing (i) access to any forms, fees and fee waivers, within available appropriations, notary services and mailing-related needs, to secure the required documentation, and (ii) a means by which to obtain the required photographs. The Commissioner of Correction shall begin the process described in this subdivision not later than thirteen months prior to the person's earliest date of eligibility for parole, and immediately begin the process for any person whose sentence is reduced, if the reduced sentence results in a date of discharge within thirteen months or for any person who is otherwise scheduled to be released with a date of discharge within thirteen months.

(d) At the time a person is released from a correctional facility, the Commissioner of Correction shall provide an identity card issued pursuant to section 1-1h or a motor vehicle operator's license issued pursuant to chapter 246 to any person who requested assistance in obtaining such card or license pursuant to the provisions of this section and is not otherwise ineligible to receive such card or license.

(e) Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Correction, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary on:

(1) The total number of formerly incarcerated persons who were issued original, renewal or duplicate identity cards pursuant to section 1-1h , and renewal or duplicate motor vehicle operator's licenses issued pursuant to chapter 246, disaggregated by card and license type;

(2) The total number of identification cards and motor vehicle operator's licenses issued to such persons by each individual state correctional facility;

(3) The total number of incarcerated persons who were not able to be issued an identification card or motor vehicle operator's license under this section, disaggregated to the extent practicable by reasons for the nonissuance of such cards or licenses; and

(4) Any issues encountered by the Commissioners of Correction and Motor Vehicles in implementing the provisions of this section and section 14-41c along with recommendations for the resolution of such issues and any recommended legislative enhancements to the provisions of this section and section 14-41c .

See Sec. 14-41c re renewal of operator's licenses and identity cards of incarcerated persons.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81cc — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81cc
Sec. 18-81cc. Prevention, detection and monitoring of, and response to, sexual abuse in prisons, jails, correctional centers and juvenile facilities.
Status: in_force

(b) Such standards include, but are not limited to:

(1) Zero tolerance of sexual abuse;

(2) Contracting with other entities for the confinement of inmates or detainees;

(3) Inmate or detainee supervision;

(4) Heightened protection for vulnerable detainees;

(5) Limits to cross-gender viewing and searches;

(6) Accommodating inmates or detainees with special needs;

(7) Hiring and promotion decisions;

(8) Assessment and use of monitoring technology;

(9) Evidence protocol and forensic medical examinations;

(10) Agreements with outside public entities and community service providers;

(11) Agreements with outside law enforcement agencies;

(12) Agreements with the prosecuting authority;

(13) Employee training;

(14) Volunteer and contractor training;

(15) Inmate education;

(16) Detainee, attorney, contractor and inmate worker notification of agency's zero-tolerance policy;

(17) Specialized training: Investigations;

(18) Specialized training: Medical and mental health care;

(19) Screening for risk of victimization and abusiveness;

(20) Use of screening information;

(21) Inmate or detainee reporting;

(22) Exhaustion of administrative remedies;

(23) Inmate access to outside confidential support services or legal representation;

(24) Third-party reporting;

(25) Staff and facility or agency head reporting duties;

(26) Reporting to other confinement facilities;

(27) Staff first responder duties;

(28) Coordinated response;

(29) Agency protection against retaliation;

(30) Duty to investigate;

(31) Criminal and administrative agency investigations;

(32) Evidence standard for administrative investigations;

(33) Disciplinary sanctions for staff;

(34) Disciplinary sanctions for inmates;

(35) Referrals for prosecution for detainee-on-detainee sexual abuse;

(36) Medical and mental health screenings: History of sexual abuse;

(37) Access to emergency medical and mental health services;

(38) Ongoing medical and mental health care for sexual abuse victims and abusers;

(39) Sexual abuse incident reviews;

(40) Data collection;

(41) Data review for corrective action;

(42) Data storage, publication, and destruction; and

(43) Audits of standards.

(c) The agency head of any agency of the state or the chief elected official or governing legislative body of any political subdivision of the state that incarcerates or detains juvenile offenders shall, annually, not later than January fifteenth, certify its compliance with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section to the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81oo — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81oo
Sec. 18-81oo. Communication services in correctional facilities.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) On and after July 1, 2022, the commissioner shall provide voice communication service to persons who are in the custody of the commissioner and confined in a correctional facility. The commissioner may supplement such voice communication service with any other communication service, including, but not limited to, video communication and electronic mail services. Any such communication service shall be provided free of charge to such persons and any communication, whether initiated or received through any such service, shall be free of charge to the person initiating or receiving the communication.

(2) Each person in the custody of the commissioner and confined in a correctional facility shall be eligible to use the voice communication service described in subdivision (1) of this subsection for at least ninety minutes on each day of such person's confinement, provided the provisions of this subdivision shall not be interpreted to interfere with the standard operations of the facility in which such person is confined.

(c) On and after July 1, 2022, the state shall not receive revenue for the provision of any communication service to any person in the custody of the commissioner and confined in a correctional facility.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-65 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 323 / Section 18-65
Sec. 18-65. (Formerly Sec. 17-360). Persons confined in institution.
Status: in_force

Cited. 115 C. 596. Prior to 1972 amendment, circuit court could commit wayward girls for indeterminate 3 years, Sec. 54-1a did not limit its jurisdiction under this section; holding that imposition of up to 3 year terms for criminal convictions was unconstitutional as discriminatory affected only that part of section relating to commitments for crime. 159 C. 150.

On habeas corpus petition, sentence of 3 years under statute for violation of Sec. 53-174 imposed by circuit court modified to term permitted under said section as term imposed exceeded statutory punishment for breach of peace and the jurisdiction of circuit court. 28 CS 9. Commitment of plaintiff by circuit court for possible 3 year maximum sentence is invalid only as to that portion which exceeded 1 year limit of court's jurisdiction. Id., 424. Court may not fix the term of a commitment to Niantic Correctional Institution. 31 CS 350.

Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 206.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-85b — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-85b
Sec. 18-85b. State's claim against proceeds of person's cause of action or person's inheritance for repayment of costs of incarceration. Exemption.
Status: in_force

(b) In the case of an inheritance of an estate by any person who is obligated to pay the costs of such person's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section that is received by such person within twenty years from the date such person is released from incarceration, the claim of the state shall be a lien against such inheritance in the amount of the costs of incarceration or fifty per cent of the assets of the estate payable to such person, whichever is less. The first fifty thousand dollars inherited by such person shall be exempt from any lien placed under this section, except in the case of an inmate incarcerated for a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, or murder with special circumstances committed on or after April 25, 2012, under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect on or after April 25, 2012, or a violation of section 53a-54c , 53a-70 , 53a-70a , 53a-70c or 53a-71 . The Probate Court shall accept any such lien notice filed by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee with the court prior to the distribution of such inheritance, and to the extent of such inheritance not already distributed, the court shall order distribution in accordance therewith.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81q — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81q
Sec. 18-81q. Return of unused prescription drugs dispensed in correctional facilities to vendor pharmacies. Requirements. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section:

(1) If such drug products are packaged in manufacturer's unit-dose packages, such drug products shall be returned to the vendor pharmacy for redispensing and reimbursement to the Department of Correction if such drugs may be redispensed for use before the expiration date, if any, indicated on the package.

(2) If such drug products are repackaged in manufacturer's unit-dose or multiple-dose blister packs, such drug products shall be returned to the vendor pharmacy for redispensing and reimbursement to the Department of Correction if (A) the date on which such drug product was repackaged, such drug product's lot number and expiration date are indicated clearly on the package of such repackaged drug; (B) ninety days or fewer have elapsed from the date of repackaging of such drug product; and (C) a repackaging log is maintained by the pharmacy in the case of drug products repackaged in advance of immediate needs.

(3) No drug products dispensed in a bulk dispensing container may be returned to the vendor pharmacy.

(c) The Department of Correction shall establish procedures for the return of unused drug products to the vendor pharmacy from which such drug products were purchased.

(d) The Department of Correction shall reimburse to the vendor pharmacy the reasonable cost of services incurred in the operation of this section, as determined by the Commissioner of Correction.

(e) The Department of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the Department of Correction, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, which shall govern the repackaging and labeling of drug products returned pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section. The Department of Consumer Protection shall implement the policies and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of this section until January 1, 2003, while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days after implementation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-98d — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-98d
Sec. 18-98d. Credit for presentence confinement.
Status: in_force

(B) Any person who is confined to a community correctional center or a correctional institution for an offense committed on or after October 1, 2021, under a mittimus or because such person is unable to obtain bail or is denied bail shall, if subsequently imprisoned, earn a reduction of such person's sentence equal to the number of days which such person spent in such facility from the time such person was placed in presentence confinement to the time such person began serving the term of imprisonment imposed; provided (i) each day of presentence confinement shall be counted equally in reduction of any concurrent sentence imposed for any offense pending at the time such sentence was imposed; (ii) each day of presentence confinement shall be counted only once in reduction of any consecutive sentence so imposed; and (iii) the provisions of this section shall only apply to a person for whom the existence of a mittimus, an inability to obtain bail or the denial of bail is the sole reason for such person's presentence confinement, except that if a person is serving a term of imprisonment at the same time such person is in presentence confinement on another charge and the conviction for which such imprisonment was imposed is reversed on appeal, such person shall be entitled, in any sentence subsequently imposed, to a reduction based on such presentence confinement in accordance with the provisions of this section. In the case of a fine, each day spent in such confinement prior to sentencing shall be credited against the sentence at a per diem rate equal to the average daily cost of incarceration as determined by the Commissioner of Correction.

(2) (A) Any person convicted of any offense and sentenced on or after October 1, 2001, to a term of imprisonment who was confined to a police station or courthouse lockup in connection with such offense because such person was unable to obtain bail or was denied bail shall, if subsequently imprisoned, earn a reduction of such person's sentence in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection equal to the number of days which such person spent in such lockup, provided such person at the time of sentencing requests credit for such presentence confinement. Upon such request, the court shall indicate on the judgment mittimus the number of days such person spent in such presentence confinement.

(B) Any person convicted of any offense and sentenced prior to October 1, 2001, to a term of imprisonment, who was confined in a correctional facility for such offense on October 1, 2001, shall be presumed to have been confined to a police station or courthouse lockup in connection with such offense because such person was unable to obtain bail or was denied bail and shall, unless otherwise ordered by a court, earn a reduction of such person's sentence in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection of one day.

(C) The provisions of this subdivision shall not be applied so as to negate the requirement that a person convicted of a first violation of subsection (a) of section 14-227a and sentenced pursuant to subparagraph (B)(i) of subdivision (1) of subsection (g) of said section serve a term of imprisonment of at least forty-eight consecutive hours.

(b) In addition to any reduction allowed under subsection (a) of this section, if such person obeys the rules of the facility such person may receive a good conduct reduction of any portion of a fine not remitted or sentence not suspended at the rate of ten times the average daily cost of incarceration as determined by the Commissioner of Correction or ten days, as the case may be, for each thirty days of presentence confinement; provided any day spent in presentence confinement by a person who has more than one information pending against such person may not be counted more than once in computing a good conduct reduction under this subsection.

(c) The Commissioner of Correction shall be responsible for ensuring that each person to whom the provisions of this section apply receives the correct reduction in such person's sentence; provided in no event shall credit be allowed under subsection (a) of this section in excess of the sentence actually imposed.

Cited. 184 C. 434; 196 C. 309; 201 C. 115; 205 C. 27; 209 C. 23; 215 C. 695; 219 C. 269. Presentence credit not authorized for persons awaiting or contesting extradition; presentence credit not authorized when prisoner not in custody or control of commissioner. 259 C. 855. Regarding claim that incarceration in another state while contesting extradition made section applicable, court held that persons who are confined in another state pending extradition are not similarly situated to persons who are confined in this state pending trial. 266 C. 596. Section requires transfer of credits from earlier imposed sentence to later imposed sentence when both sentences merge into one effective sentence under one docket number; if person serving term of imprisonment exercises right to pursue double jeopardy claim on charge for which sentence may run concurrently, person shall be entitled, in any subsequently imposed sentence, to reduction based on such presentence confinement. 327 C. 24.

Cited. 30 CA 190; 36 CA 440; 39 CA 455; Id., 473; 45 CA 566. Presentence credit not authorized for persons awaiting or contesting extradition. 54 CA 11. Allocation of credit under section does not implicate fundamental right or burden a suspect class, and is rationally related to legitimate public purpose of ensuring that convicted offenders serve the full term of their sentences; respondent's allocation of pretrial confinement credit pursuant to section did not violate separation of powers doctrine; because legislature plays substantial role, in conjunction with the judiciary, in sentencing those convicted of criminal offenses, court could not conclude that statute, as applied by respondent, significantly interfered with judiciary's role in sentencing. 90 CA 460. Credits under section are only available to an individual committed to the custody of Commissioner of Correction and not to a person committed to any other authority, including a juvenile committed to Commissioner of Children and Families. 136 CA 373. The commissioner, rather than the sentencing court, is the proper authority to determine eligibility for presentence confinement credit and to apply such credit against a defendant's sentence after the sentence is imposed. 217 CA 453.

Subsec. (a):

Municipal police department is neither a community correctional center nor a correctional institution. 258 C. 394. When concurrent sentences are imposed on different dates, presentence confinement days accrued simultaneously on more than one docket are utilized fully on the date they are applied to first sentence; hence, they cannot be counted a second time to accelerate discharge date of any subsequent sentence without violating language of Subdiv. (1)(A). 271 C. 808. Section clearly requires that in order for petitioner to receive jail credit, he must request the credit from the sentencing court at the time of sentencing, and such timely request is thus a condition precedent to the court's ability to grant the credit. 294 C. 165.

Court reiterated holding that each day of presentence confinement, regardless of the number of informations under which such confinement accrues, should be counted only once and credited to only one day of sentenced confinement. 80 CA 574. Each day of presentence confinement, regardless of the number of informations under which such confinement accrues, should be counted once and credited to only one day of sentenced confinement. Id., 580. Petitioner cannot earn presentence confinement credit while serving sentence. 83 CA 77. Pretrial confinement credit shall be used only once. 94 CA 283. Recalculation of petitioner's presentence confinement credit in wake of Harris v. Commissioner of Correction did not violate petitioner's right to equal protection, constitute an ex post facto violation or violate the separation of powers doctrine. 104 CA 793.

Subsec. (b):

“One continuous term” language of Sec. 18-7 is applicable to presentence good time credit earned under Subsec. and presentence good time credits earned on one sentence may be credited toward a subsequent, controlling concurrent sentence. 254 C. 214.

Subsec. (c):

Commissioner of Correction is proper authority to ensure defendant receives all presentence confinement credit due. 218 CA 302.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-98 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-98
Sec. 18-98. Confinement where bail unobtainable: Presentence confinement credit prior to July 1, 1981.
Status: in_force

Cited. 168 C. 389. Section applies only to any person “who has been denied bail or who has been unable to obtain bail and who is subsequently imprisoned”. 169 C. 247. “Jailtime” credit given only for time served by detainee prior to sentencing. Id., 540. Cited. 173 C. 312. Section does not entitle petitioner to credit on Connecticut sentence for time he was incarcerated in Florida awaiting extradition to Connecticut. 196 C. 309. Does not apply to time spent in confinement out of state awaiting extradition. Id., 572. Cited. 198 C. 542. Cannot be applied with Sec. 18-97 cumulatively to the same sentence. 201 C. 115. Cited. 202 C. 343; 215 C. 695; 217 C. 568.

Cited. 24 CA 612; 30 CA 190.

Cited. 41 CS 229.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-101i — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-101i
Sec. 18-101i. Community-based service programs established.
Status: in_force

(b) To carry out the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner shall:

(1) Develop and revise annually a comprehensive state community correction plan for the delivery of services in each of the service areas established by section 18-101j . The department shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 by January 1, 1981, providing for community input into such plan;

(2) Report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding its community correction activities. At a minimum, such report shall include the number of clients served, services offered and prevailing concerns of the service areas;

(3) Research and gather relevant statistical data concerning the impact of community correction services and make such data available to the service areas and community correction program providers on a monthly and annual basis;

(4) Establish a mechanism to monitor and evaluate on a regular basis all community correction programs and report their findings in writing to each agency in a timely and regular manner; and

(5) Solicit and accept for use any gift of money or property made by will or otherwise, and any grant of money, services or property from the federal government, in accordance with the state community correction plan.

(c) The department shall include in its budget a separate allocation for the provision of community-based service programs as required by this part.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-86b — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-86b
Sec. 18-86b. Contracts with governmental and private vendors for supervision of state inmates outside the state.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 18-105 to 18-107 , inclusive, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, the Commissioner of Correction is authorized to improve the operation of the state's correctional facilities by entering into contracts in accordance with this subsection with any governmental or private vendor for the supervision of not more than an additional two thousand inmates outside the state.

(2) If the governmental vendor with which the commissioner has a contract under subsection (a) of this section on August 20, 2003, for the supervision of inmates outside this state is willing to accept additional inmates for supervision, the Commissioner of Correction may, notwithstanding the provisions of section 4a-57 , enter into a contract with such governmental vendor for the supervision of such number of additional inmates as such governmental vendor is willing to accept. If the commissioner does not enter into such a contract with such governmental vendor or if, after contracting for the supervision of additional inmates by such governmental vendor, the number of inmates authorized to be supervised outside this state under subdivision (1) of this subsection has not been attained, the commissioner may enter into contracts with any governmental or private vendor for the supervision of all or part of the remaining number of inmates authorized to be supervised outside this state under said subdivision (1).

(3) Any such governmental or private vendor shall agree to be bound by the provisions of the Interstate Corrections Compact, and any governmental or privately-operated facility to which state inmates are transferred pursuant to a contract under this subsection shall be located in a state which has enacted and entered into the Interstate Corrections Compact.

(4) Prior to entering into any contract under this subsection, the commissioner shall submit such proposed contract to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and to the judiciary for their review and comment.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 18-105 to 18-107 , inclusive, during the fiscal years ending June 30, 2005, June 30, 2006, and June 30, 2007, the Commissioner of Correction is authorized to improve the operation of the state's correctional facilities by entering into contracts in accordance with this subsection with any governmental or private vendor for the supervision of not more than an additional one thousand inmates outside the state.

(2) Any such governmental or private vendor shall agree to be bound by the provisions of the Interstate Corrections Compact, and any governmental or privately-operated facility to which state inmates are transferred pursuant to a contract under this subsection shall be located in a state which has enacted and entered into the Interstate Corrections Compact.

(3) Prior to entering into any contract under this subsection, the commissioner shall submit such proposed contract to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and to the judiciary for their review and comment.

(d) A state inmate confined in any governmental or privately-operated facility pursuant to the terms of any contract with the state shall at all times be subject to the authority of the Commissioner of Correction who may at any time remove the inmate for transfer to a state correctional facility or other institution, for transfer to another governmental or privately-operated facility, for release on probation or parole, for discharge or for any other purpose permitted by the laws of this state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-78 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-78
Sec. 18-78. Composition of department.
Status: in_force

Cited. 158 C. 439; 171 C. 691.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-90d — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-90d
Sec. 18-90d. Vocational village program.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Correction shall: (1) Establish eligibility criteria for participation in the program; (2) establish an application process for inmates to apply for participation in the program; (3) develop program objectives; (4) identify nationally recognized industry certifications to offer through the program; (5) develop and implement program curricula; (6) identify and utilize a suitable facility for the operation of the program; (7) obtain suitable staff for the operation of the program; (8) obtain suitable equipment and educational materials for the operation of the program; and (9) prepare and equip the Department of Correction and its post-secondary education partners to utilize funding allocated pursuant to subsection (e) of this section for programs that produce economic and other benefits, including, but not limited to, employment opportunities for inmates.

(c) The Commissioner of Correction may (1) participate in the federal Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program, or (2) partner with private sector entities to further the objectives of the vocational village program.

(d) Not later than January 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Correction shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , on the vocational village program to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and commerce.

(e) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall allocate funds to the Department of Correction, from the federal funds received by the state pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, P.L. 116-136, as amended from time to time, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, P.L. 116-260, as amended from time to time, or the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from time to time, for the purposes of the program established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-96a — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-96a
Sec. 18-96a. Consideration of psychiatrist diagnosis in assessment of and providing mental health services to inmate with a mental illness. Mental health issues training for custodial staff. Agency collaboration re assistance to inmate with a mental illness upon release. Report re mental health services.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The Department of Correction, in consultation with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, may develop a program for custodial staff members to receive not less than four hours and not more than eight hours of training on mental health issues each year. Within available appropriations, such training shall include, at a minimum: (A) Prevention of suicide and self-injury; (B) recognition of signs of mental illness; (C) communication skills for interacting with inmates with mental illness; and (D) alternatives to disciplinary action and the use of force when dealing with inmates with mental illness. Such program shall be offered: (i) Commencing on July 1, 2009, to all custodial staff members at one or more correctional facilities designated by the Commissioner of Correction; (ii) on and after July 1, 2010, to all custodial staff members at one or more additional correctional facilities designated by the commissioner; and (iii) on and after July 1, 2011, to all custodial staff members at one or more additional correctional facilities designated by the commissioner.

(2) On and after October 1, 2018, in addition to the requirements of subdivision (1) of this subsection, all custodial staff members at each correctional facility of the Department of Correction in which female inmates are confined may, within available appropriations, receive not less than four hours and not more than eight hours of training on gender-specific and trauma-related mental health issues faced by female inmates.

(c) Before the planned release of any inmate diagnosed with a mental illness as provided in subsection (a) of this section from a correctional facility, the Department of Correction shall collaborate with the Judicial Department, the Department of Social Services and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, as deemed necessary and within available appropriations, to assist such inmate in obtaining housing, mental health treatment services, any public benefits for which the inmate is eligible and employment counseling upon the inmate's release.

(d) On February first of each year, the Commissioner of Correction shall submit a report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary, public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a . Such report shall set forth (1) the number of inmates who have been determined to require mental health services during the previous calendar year, and (2) a description of program services provided by the Department of Correction and, if applicable, its contracted health services provider.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-101e — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-101e
Sec. 18-101e. Calculation of disability retirement income for correction officers upon designation of extraordinary circumstances.
Status: in_force

(b) If such petition is granted by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or a designee, or as a result of an arbitration conducted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the Department of Correction shall (1) elevate such correction officer to the highest pay grade in the member's bargaining unit, effective not later than the member's last day of active state service, and (2) prepare an application for disability retirement benefits under the state employees retirement system that reflects the salary of such highest pay grade. The Retirement Commission shall use the salary of such highest pay grade in determining such member's disability retirement income in accordance with the provisions of chapter 66.

(c) (1) If such petition is denied by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or a designee, the state employee organization representing such member may initiate arbitration by filing with the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration the sole issue of whether such member is entitled to a designation of extraordinary circumstances for the purpose of calculating such member's disability retirement income. A copy of the filing shall be served on the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Not later than seven days after such copy has been served, the parties shall jointly select an arbitrator. The person selected shall have substantial, current experience as an impartial arbitrator of labor-management disputes. Persons who serve partisan interests as advocates or consultants for labor or management in labor-management relations or who are associated with or are members of a firm that performs such advocate or consultant work may not be selected. If the parties fail to agree on an arbitrator within the seven-day period, the selection shall be made using the procedures under the voluntary labor arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association.

(2) In any arbitration proceeding initiated under this section, the sole issue before the arbitrator shall be whether such member is entitled to a designation of extraordinary circumstances for purposes of calculating such member's disability retirement income. The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding on all parties and shall not be subject to appeal under any provision of the general statutes or under any collectively bargained agreement.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the amount of compensation due any member of a correctional institution pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 5-142 or chapter 568.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-99b — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-99b
Sec. 18-99b. Powers of district. Cooperation with federal government. Provision of menstrual products.
Status: in_force

(b) The school district acting by the Commissioner of Correction may, pursuant to agreements, cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal acts pertaining to vocational rehabilitation, and may adopt such methods of administration as are found by the federal government to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of such agreements or plans for vocational or other rehabilitation in correctional institutions, and may comply with such conditions as may be necessary to secure the full benefit of all such federal funds available.

(c) On and after July 1, 2023, the school district acting by the Commissioner of Correction shall upon request, provide a person confined in any institution of the Department of Correction who is attending a school within such district menstrual products as soon as practicable. Correctional staff shall provide such menstrual products for free, in a quantity that is appropriate to the health care needs of such person and in a manner that does not stigmatize any person seeking such products, pursuant to guidelines established by the Commissioner of Public Health under section 19a-131 l . To carry out the provisions of this section, the Department of Correction may (1) accept donations of menstrual products and grants from any source for the purpose of purchasing such products, and (2) partner with a nonprofit or community-based organization.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-94 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-94
Sec. 18-94. (Formerly Sec. 17-16). Retention of inmates with sexually transmitted disease in correctional or charitable institutions.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 19a-103 re control of communicable diseases in institutions.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-100i — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-100i
Sec. 18-100i. Release of inmate from custody and transfer to community-based nursing home for palliative and end-of-life care.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Correction may require as a condition of release under subsection (a) of this section that the medical director conduct periodic medical review and diagnosis of the inmate during such release. An inmate released pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be returned to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction if the medical director determines that the inmate no longer meets the criteria for release under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Any inmate released from the custody of the Commissioner of Correction pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be supervised in the community by the Department of Correction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-52a — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 322 / Section 18-52a
Sec. 18-52a. Hospitalization of persons confined in a correctional facility who require medical care. Payment of expenses. Payment for ambulance services.
Status: in_force

(b) Prior to October 1, 2019, the Commissioner of Correction shall revise the payment methodology for ambulance services provided by a municipality on behalf of a person who is confined in a correctional facility and requires transfer to a hospital for medical care. The revision to such payment methodology shall ensure that, if such person is not covered by a health insurance policy, the department shall reimburse the municipality for ambulance services at the same rate that the department is contractually obligated to pay to nonmunicipal providers of ambulance services.

See Sec. 18-87 re transfers to other state institutions or to custody of Children and Families Commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-65a — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 323 / Section 18-65a
Sec. 18-65a. Confinement of young and teenage women.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 18-73 re confinement of male children and youths.

Cited. 195 C. 303.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-73 — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 324 / Section 18-73
Sec. 18-73. (Formerly Sec. 17-389). Confinement of male children and youths.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 17b-732 re uniform forms for commitment of minors.

See Sec. 18-65a re confinement of young and teenage women.

Application to city courts having special charter provisions as to jurisdiction. 95 C. 601. Finding of Superior Court of age of defendant cannot be attacked in a habeas corpus action. 100 C. 503. If Superior Court could take jurisdiction to sentence accused under 16 to reformatory, it could only do so after proceedings were had in juvenile court. 115 C. 589. Cited. 116 C. 142; 153 C. 80; 158 C. 439; 195 C. 303.

Trial court held not obliged to follow recommendation of family relations officer in report concerning sentences to be imposed. 23 CS 214. Defendant resentenced from indefinite term to maximum term penalty for his offense. 28 CS 132. Equal protection clause not violated by statutory classification of juvenile offenders for correctional purposes. Id., 137. Limited to Superior Court. 30 CS 71.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-100e — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-100e
Sec. 18-100e. Pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person entering such program shall, as a condition of participating in such program, agree to: (1) Submit to periodic urinalysis drug tests, (2) detention in a halfway house facility for a period of two days each time such test produces a positive result, and (3) comply with all rules established by the halfway house if detained in such facility.

(c) Participants in the zero-tolerance drug supervision program shall submit to periodic urinalysis drug tests. If the test produces a positive result, the participant may be detained in a halfway house facility for a period of two days.

(d) Any person who has submitted to a urinalysis drug test pursuant to subsection (c) of this section that produced a positive result may request that a second urinalysis drug test be administered, at such person's expense, to confirm the results of the first test, except that if the participant is determined to be indigent, based upon financial affidavits, the Department of Correction shall pay the cost of the test. The second drug test shall be a urinalysis drug test, separate and independent of the initial test. The participant may be detained in a halfway house pending the results of the second test. If such second test does not produce a positive result, the participant, if detained in a halfway house, shall be released from such halfway house and the fee, if paid by the participant, shall be refunded to the participant.

(e) If at any time during participation in the zero-tolerance drug supervision program, the Commissioner of Correction determines that the conduct of the participant is unsuitable for continuation in such program, such participant may be returned to a correctional facility.

See Sec. 54-125f re pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program established by chairman of Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-90b — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-90b
Sec. 18-90b. Pilot program for inmate labor in private industry.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner may enter into such contracts as may be necessary to fully implement the pilot program. Such contractual agreements may include rental or lease agreements for state buildings or portions thereof on the grounds of any institution or facility of the Department of Correction and for any real property needed for reasonable access to and egress from any such building for the purpose of establishing and operating a factory for the manufacturing and processing of goods, wares or merchandise or the provision of service or any other business or commercial enterprise deemed by the commissioner to enhance the general welfare of the inmate population.

(c) An inmate may participate in the pilot program established pursuant to this section only on a voluntary basis and only after he has been informed of the conditions of his employment.

(d) No inmate participating in the pilot program shall be paid less than the prevailing wage for work of similar nature in private industry.

(e) Inmate participation in the pilot program shall not result in the displacement of employed workers and shall not impair existing contracts for services.

(f) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to restore in whole or in part the civil rights of any inmate. No inmate compensated for participation in the program shall be considered to be an employee of the state or exempt from the provisions of section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section.

(g) The provisions of subsection (j) of section 18-88 shall not apply to any articles, materials or products manufactured or produced by institutional inmates pursuant to this section.

Cited. 225 C. 528.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-101k — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-101k
Sec. 18-101k. Funding.
Status: in_force

(b) Such formula shall provide for: (1) Private sector match; (2) client population ratio; (3) nonclient criteria; (4) residential facility criteria; and (5) nonresidential facility criteria.

(c) Such formula may be amended or waived by the department when, after due consideration, it finds that services for such area are not needed or that such area fails to have existing private, nonprofit organizations or units of local government to carry out the purposes of this part.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-81t — Connecticut Code / Title 18 / Chapter 325 / Section 18-81t
Sec. 18-81t. Quarterly report on disciplinary reports, inmate assaults, workers' compensation claims and inmate population density for each correctional facility.
Status: in_force

(b) If, during any calendar quarter, (1) the number of disciplinary reports, assaults or workers' compensation claims reported in accordance with subsection (a) of this section has increased by more than five per cent from the number of such disciplinary reports, assaults or workers' compensation claims reported for the preceding calendar quarter or for the same calendar quarter of the preceding fiscal year, or (2) the inmate population density for a correctional facility reported in accordance with subsection (a) of this section has increased by more than ten per cent from the inmate population density reported for the preceding calendar quarter or for the same calendar quarter of the preceding fiscal year, the commissioner shall include in the report submitted in accordance with subsection (a) of this section an explanation for such increase and a general description of the measures to be taken by the Department of Correction to address such increase.

(c) For the purposes of this section, “inmate population density” means the average number of inmates for a correctional facility divided by the average number of permanent beds for such correctional facility.