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CT Gen Stat § 18-81v (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-81v - Procedures for conducting metal detector searches of visitors.

 (a) The Commissioner of Correction shall ensure that the following procedures are implemented at each correctional institution in the state:(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.(P.A. 04-162, S. 1.)History: P.A. 04-162 effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 18-81x (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-81x - Funds for inmate educational services and reentry program initiatives.

 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of $350,000 from revenue derived by the Department of Administrative Services from the contract for the provision of pay telephone service to inmates of correctional facilities shall be transferred to the Department of Correction, for Other Current Expenses, for expanding inmate educational services and reentry program initiatives.(P.A. 06-119, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 76.)History: P.A. 06-119 effective July 1, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Information Technology” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 18-81y (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-81y - Lost property board.

 The Commissioner of Correction shall establish a lost property board within the Department of Correction to hear and determine any claim by an inmate of a correctional facility who seeks compensation not exceeding three thousand five hundred dollars for lost or damaged personal property. The board shall hear and determine each such claim and may, if it determines the claim is one which in equity and justice the state should pay, award damages. If the board denies a claim in whole or in part, the inmate may, not later than sixty days after such decision, present the claim to the Office of the Claims Commissioner in accordance with section 4-147. The filing of a claim with the lost property board shall toll the time limit for presenting a claim to the Office of the Claims Commissioner pursuant to section 4-148. The Commissioner of Correction shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.(P.A. 05-170, S. 5; P.A. 16-127, S. 27.)History: This section was originally published as Sec. 18-81x in the 2006 Supplement to the General Statutes; P.A. 16-127 substituted “Office of the Claims Commissioner” for “Claims Commissioner”, effective June 9, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 18-81z (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-81z - Development of risk assessment strategy.

 The Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall develop a risk assessment strategy for offenders committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction that will (1) utilize a risk assessment tool that accurately rates an offender's likelihood to recidivate upon release from custody, and (2) identify the support programs that will best position the offender for successful reentry into the community. Such strategy shall incorporate use of both static and dynamic factors and utilize a gender-responsive approach that recognizes the unique risks and needs of female offenders. In the development of such risk assessment strategy, the department, board and division may partner with an educational institution that has expertise in criminal justice and psychiatry to evaluate risk assessment tools and customize a risk assessment tool to best meet the state's needs. On or before January 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the department, board and division shall report to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly on judiciary, in accordance with section 11-4a, on the development, implementation and effectiveness of such strategy.(Jan. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-1, S. 37; P.A. 18-4, S. 6.)History: Jan. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-1 effective January 25, 2008; P.A. 18-4 added provision re utilization of gender-responsive approach that recognizes the unique risks and needs of female offenders in Subdiv. (2), and deleted “in this state” re partnership with educational institution.
CT Gen Stat § 18-82 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-82 - Administrators of correctional institutions: Appointment, removal and qualifications.

 The Commissioner of Correction shall appoint and may remove the following administrators, all of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall be exempt from the classified service: All correctional wardens, including any warden with oversight of a district, a correctional institution, parole and community services, population management, programs and treatment, security and academy training or staff development. Such wardens shall possess skill and experience in correctional administration.(1967, P.A. 152, S. 7; 1969, P.A. 300; 1971, P.A. 154, S. 3; P.A. 75-85; P.A. 77-614, S. 272, 610; P.A. 85-397; P.A. 87-282, S. 13; P.A. 94-193, S. 4; P.A. 03-90, S. 1; P.A. 07-158, S. 7.)History: 1969 act replaced deputy commissioners for disciplinary and treatment services and for field services with deputy commissioners of institution services and of community services, replaced State Farm and State Prison for Women with Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, replaced State Prison with Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, replaced reformatory with Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire and jails with community correctional centers; 1971 act replaced Osborn correctional institution with Enfield correctional institution; P.A. 75-85 replaced provisions re appointment of specific deputy commissioners and re duties of deputy commissioner of women's services with statement that there shall be three deputy commissioner's; P.A. 77-614 deleted references to council of correction, removed deputy commissioners entirely and included appointment of community correctional center wardens, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-397 revised language re administrative heads of state correctional institutions; P.A. 87-282 deleted references to “superintendents” of institutions; P.A. 94-193 clarified the meaning of “administrative heads of state institutions” as “administrators, all of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall be exempt from the classified service” and made other technical corrections for clarity; P.A. 03-90 deleted “all correctional service directors and all regional support services administrators” from list of administrators the commissioner shall appoint and may remove; P.A. 07-158 revised provisions re types of wardens appointed as administrators, effective July 1, 2007.Cited. 195 C. 303.
CT Gen Stat § 18-82a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-82a - Parole officer training on resilience and self-care techniques.

 In consultation with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Correction shall provide resilience and self-care technique training for each parole officer, as defined in section 31-294k, hired on or after January 1, 2020.(P.A. 19-17, S. 9.)History: P.A. 19-17 effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 18-83 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-83 - Acceptance of bequests, devises and gifts.

 The Commissioner of Correction may accept and receive, on behalf of the department or any institution or facility thereof, any bequest or gift of personal property and, subject to section 4b-22, any devise or gift of real property made to the department or any institution thereof, and may hold and use such property for the purposes specified in such bequest, devise or gift.(1967, P.A. 152, S. 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 18-84 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-84 - “Inmate” and “prisoner” defined.

 The terms “inmate” and “prisoner”, as used in this title and sections 54-125 to 54-129, inclusive, and 54-131, include any person in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction or confined in any institution or facility of the Department of Correction until released from such custody or control, including any person on parole.(1967, P.A. 152, S. 12; P.A. 79-194; 79-631, S. 14, 111; P.A. 82-472, S. 154, 183.)History: P.A. 79-194 deleted reference to Sec. 17-194a and replaced “sentenced or transferred to” with “in the custody of the commissioner ... or confined in” any institution or facility; P.A. 79-631 made technical changes; P.A. 82-472 removed the reference to Sec. 17-246.Cited. 45 CS 57.
CT Gen Stat § 18-84a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-84a - Discharge savings accounts. Regulations.

 Section 18-84a is repealed, effective October 1, 2018.(P.A. 07-158, S. 2; P.A. 13-69, S. 1; 18-155, S. 10.)
CT Gen Stat § 18-85c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-85c - State's claim against person's estate for repayment of costs of incarceration.

 Upon the death of any person obligated to pay the costs of such person's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section that occurs within twenty years from the date such person is released from incarceration, the state shall have a claim against such person's estate for all costs of incarceration under the provisions of said section and such regulations for which the state has not been reimbursed, to the extent that the amount which the surviving spouse, parent or dependent children of the decedent would otherwise take from such estate is not needed for their support. Such claim shall have priority over all other unsecured claims against such estate, including any lien of the state for repayment of public assistance, except (1) expenses of last sickness not to exceed three hundred seventy-five dollars, (2) funeral and burial expenses in accordance with that allowed under section 17b-84 upon the death of a beneficiary of aid, (3) child support obligations pursuant to subsection (d) of section 17b-93, (4) restitution or payment of compensation to a crime victim ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, (5) payment of a civil judgment rendered in favor of a crime victim by a court of competent jurisdiction, and (6) administrative expenses, including probate fees and taxes, and including fiduciary fees not exceeding the following commissions on the value of the whole estates accounted for by such fiduciaries: On the first two thousand dollars or portion thereof, five per cent; on the next eight thousand dollars or portion thereof, four per cent; on the excess over ten thousand dollars, three per cent. Upon petition by any fiduciary, the Court of Probate, after a hearing thereon, may authorize compensation in excess of the above schedule for extraordinary services. Notice of any such petition and hearing shall be given to the Commissioner of Correction at least ten days in advance of such hearing. The allowable funeral and burial payment authorized by this section shall be reduced by the amount of any prepaid funeral arrangement. Any amount paid from the estate under this section to any person that exceeds the limits provided in this section shall be repaid to the estate by such person, and such amount may be recovered in a civil action with interest at the legal rate from the date of demand.(P.A. 01-129, S. 2, 3; P.A. 04-234, S. 19.)History: P.A. 01-129 effective June 28, 2001; P.A. 04-234 limited the claim of the state to the estate of a person whose death occurs within 20 years from the date such person is released from incarceration, effective June 8, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 18-86 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-86 - Transfers between institutions of department.

 The commissioner may transfer any inmate of any of the institutions or facilities of the department to any other such institution or facility, irrespective of the institution to which the inmate was originally committed or the length of his sentence, when it appears to the commissioner that the best interests of the inmate or the other inmates will be served by such action.(1967, P.A. 152, S. 14.)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.
CT Gen Stat § 18-86a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-86a - Contracts with other states for confinement of Connecticut inmates.

 The Commissioner of Correction may enter into one or more contracts, with the appropriate official or officials of any state which is not a party to the New England Interstate Corrections Compact or the Interstate Corrections Compact, for the confinement of Connecticut inmates in correctional facilities located in such state. Any such contract shall provide for: (1) Its duration; (2) payments to be made by the state of Connecticut to the state to which the inmates are sent, 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 state of Connecticut and the state to which the inmates are sent. The Commissioner of Correction shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, limitations on the length of time that inmates may be confined in correctional facilities of other states, the types of inmates eligible to be sent, the types of services, facilities, programs and treatment furnished by other states for which payment will be made, and limitations on the amount of payments to be made to other states to which inmates are sent.(P.A. 90-250, S. 1, 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 18-86c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-86c - Contracts re release of inmates.

 Any contract entered into between the Commissioner of Correction and a provider operating a halfway house, group home, mental health facility or other community residence to which the commissioner may release inmates, shall specify whether such provider refuses to accept certain inmates and, if so, shall specify the types of inmates such provider refuses to accept.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1, S. 35, 46.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1 effective July 1, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 18-86d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-86d - Agreements with institutions of higher education re free courses for inmates.

 An institution of higher education that enters into an agreement with the Department of Correction for an employee or agent of such institution to teach one or more for-credit courses to inmates of a correctional facility at no charge to said department or to the participating inmates shall not be considered a state contractor for the purposes of such agreement.(P.A. 13-68, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 18-87i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-87i - Emergency correctional facility projects and large increases in correctional facility inmate populations: Notices, negotiated agreements between state and municipalities, arbitration.

 Section 18-87i is repealed, effective October 1, 1999.(P.A. 89-353, S. 7, 8; P.A. 99-75, S. 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 18-87l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-87l - New Haven Armory not to be used to house prisoners or other detainees.

 The New Haven Armory may not be used in any part or at any time for the incarceration or holding of persons charged with, or convicted of, a crime, including, but not limited to, any temporary housing of prisoners or detainees on an emergency basis.(P.A. 00-192, S. 18, 102.)History: P.A. 00-192 effective July 1, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 18-87m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-87m - Alternatives to Incarceration Advisory Committee: Membership, duties, report. Commissioner to implement alternatives to incarceration initiatives to reduce prison population.

 Section 18-87m is repealed, effective July 1, 2006.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 158; P.A. 04-234, S. 2; P.A. 06-119, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 18-88a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-88a - Correction Industries Revolving Fund, charge for fringe benefits prohibited.

 The Comptroller shall not charge the Correction Industries Revolving Fund for the cost of fringe benefits for employees of said fund paid by the Comptroller.(P.A. 86-312, S. 18, 21.)
CT Gen Stat § 18-89. (Formerly Sec. 18-9) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-89. (Formerly Sec. 18-9) - Contracts for labor; public institutions.

 No contract or agreement shall be made for the labor or services of inmates of any correctional or other state institution in the manufacture of goods or any portion of such manufacture, or for the product of such labor or services, except after public notice, by advertising in at least three daily papers having a circulation in different sections of the state, calling for sealed proposals or bids for such labor, or the product thereof, and such proposal or bid, received in accordance with such notice, as is by its terms most advantageous to the state shall be accepted by the authorities in charge of the disposal of such labor, or the product thereof, and such contract or agreement shall be made in accordance with the terms of such notice and such proposal or bid. No such contract or agreement shall be made for any period exceeding four years. The provisions of this section shall not apply to section 18-88.(1949 Rev., S. 3004; 1957, P.A. 657, S. 12; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 56; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 31.)History: 1961 act deleted obsolete references to county institutions; 1967 act substituted “correctional” for “penal”; Sec. 18-9 transferred to Sec. 18-89 in 1968.See Sec. 18-7 re powers and duties of warden.
CT Gen Stat § 18-90. (Formerly Sec. 18-10) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-90. (Formerly Sec. 18-10) - Prisoners; employment restricted.

 Section 18-90 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 3005; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-14.)
CT Gen Stat § 18-90a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction|Chapter 325 - Department of Correction|Section 18-90a - Employment of inmates.

 The Commissioner of Correction may permit any inmate of a correctional facility under his jurisdiction to be employed by any department or agency of the state, any political subdivision of the state or federal government or any private, nonprofit entity which desires to make use of the services of such inmates, provided participation by such inmates shall be voluntary. The employment of any inmate pursuant to this section shall not result in the displacement of employed workers, and shall not impair existing contracts for services. Any inmate employed under this section shall receive the same compensation he would receive if he worked within the correctional institution to which he is confined.(P.A. 73-277; P.A. 86-421, S. 1.)History: P.A. 86-421 authorized employment of an inmate by any political subdivision of the state or federal government or any private, nonprofit entity and provided that the employment of an inmate shall not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts for services.