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61 PA Cons Stat § 1723 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1723 - County jail oversight board

§ 1723. County jail oversight board.   (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in each county a county jail oversight board which shall be named the (Name of County) County Jail Oversight Board. The board shall be a continuation of the county prison board originally established under the former act of December 10, 1980 (P.L.1152, No.208), known as the Second Class County Prison Board Act, and former Article XXX-A of the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code.  (b) Composition.--The board shall be composed of: (1) The county chief executive. (2) Two judges of the court of common pleas, one of whom shall be the president judge, or his designee who shall be a judge, and one judge appointed by the president judge. (3) The county sheriff. (4) The county controller. (5) The president of county council or his designee. (6) Three citizen members as provided in subsection (c).  (c) Qualifications of citizen members.--The citizen members shall not be employees of the county or of the Commonwealth. They shall serve for a term of three years and shall be representative of the broad segments of the county's population and shall include persons whose background and experience indicate that they are qualified to act in the interest of the public. The citizen members shall be appointed by the county chief executive with the consent of county council.  (d) Counties that may elect to be subject to subchapter.--Any county that has adopted a home rule charter may elect by resolution of the governing body of the county to be governed by the provisions of this subchapter. (Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, eff. imd.)    2010 Amendment. Act 95 added subsec. (d), retroactive to October 12, 2009.  Cross References. Section 1723 is referred to in section 1722 of this title.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1724 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1724 - Powers and duties

§ 1724. Powers and duties.   (a) General rule.--The board's administrative powers and duties shall include the operation and maintenance of the prison and all alternative housing facilities, the oversight of the health and safekeeping of inmates and the confirmation of the chief executive's selection of a warden.  (b) Living conditions.--The board shall ensure that the living conditions within the prison and alternative housing facilities are healthful and otherwise adequate.  (c) Unannounced inspections.--The board shall, at least twice each year, conduct an unannounced inspection of the prison's physical plant. During such inspections, the board shall interview a cross section of inmates, out of the presence of the warden and his agents, to determine the conditions within the prison and alternative housing facilities. After each inspection, the board shall prepare a written report setting forth its findings and determinations which shall be available for public inspection.  (d) Operations to be consistent with law.--The board shall ensure that the prison is being operated in accordance with its regulations and the laws and regulations of this Commonwealth and of the United States.  (e) Investigations.--The board shall investigate allegations of inadequate prison conditions and improper practices occurring within the prison and may make such other investigations or reviews of prison operation and maintenance. The books, papers and records of the prison, including, but not limited to, the papers and records of the warden and those relating to individual inmates, shall at all times be available for inspection by the board.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1725 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1725 - Rules and regulations

§ 1725. Rules and regulations.  The board shall, in the manner provided by law, promulgate such rules, regulations and forms it deems necessary for the proper administration of the board and for the operation of the prison and alternative housing facilities.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1726 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1726 - Warden

§ 1726. Warden.   (a) Appointment.--  (1) The chief executive shall appoint a warden subject to confirmation by the board. The warden shall serve at the pleasure of the chief executive, who shall fix an appropriate salary. (2) The warden shall be a resident of the county six months after the date of appointment.  (b) Duty to employ staff.--Subject to approval of the manager, the warden shall employ deputies, assistants and other personnel required to adequately operate the prison and alternative housing facilities.  (c) Duty to report.--  (1) The warden shall submit an annual written report to the board which shall contain information on the population, conditions and practices in the prison and other matters as specified by the board. The annual report shall be available for public inspection. (2) The warden shall report to the county chief executive and to the board.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1727 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1727 - Board meetings

§ 1727. Board meetings.  The board shall meet at least once each month and shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1728 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1728 - Contracts and purchases

§ 1728. Contracts and purchases.  All contracts and purchases required for the maintenance and support of the prisoners, repairs and improvements of the prison and alternative housing facilities and materials and supplies shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of the county administrative code.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1731 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1731 - Establishment

§ 1731. Establishment. (a) General rule.-- (1) In counties of the third, fourth and fifth class, the persons now holding the following offices and their successors in each county of the third, fourth or fifth class shall compose a board to be known as the board of inspectors of the jail or county prison.  (2) The following persons shall be members of the board: (i) The president judge of the court of common pleas or a judge designated by him. (ii) The district attorney. (iii) The sheriff. (iv) The controller. (v) The county commissioners. (3) The board and the officers appointed by it shall provide for the safekeeping, discipline and employment of inmates and the government and management of the correctional institution.  (4) The duty of the sheriff relating to the safekeeping of inmates shall cease and determine on their committal to the correctional institution, and the sheriff may not be furnished a residence in the correctional institution.  (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), the president judge may choose at any time to delete the judge position from the board by so notifying the chairperson and secretary of the board in writing. The decision to delete this position shall remain in effect for as long as the president judge making the decision shall remain as president judge and thereafter until rescinded in like fashion by a successor.  (b) Counties that may elect to be subject to subchapter.--Any county of the sixth, seventh or eighth class may elect by resolution of the county commissioners to be governed by the provisions of this subchapter.  (c) Counties of the second class A subject to subchapter.--A county that advances in class to become a county of the second class A on or after October 1, 2021, shall be governed by the provisions of this subchapter.  (Feb. 17, 2022, P.L.50, No.13, eff. imd.)   2022 Amendment. Act 13 added subsec. (c).
61 PA Cons Stat § 1732 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1732 - Board meetings

§ 1732. Board meetings. (a) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all actions of the board shall be by the approval of a majority of all the members of the board.  (b) Frequency and nature of meetings.-- (1) The board shall meet monthly or, in the case of a county of the eighth class, shall meet quarterly, or more often if required, and keep regular minutes of their proceedings in a book to be filed with the financial records of the county. The board shall make such rules and regulations for the government and management of the county correctional institution and the safekeeping, discipline and employment of the inmates, as may be deemed necessary.  (2) The meetings shall be held at the county correctional institution no less often than quarterly or, in a county of the eighth class, as often as determined by the board, in its discretion.  (June 28, 2018, P.L.431, No.63, eff. 60 days)   2018 Amendment. Act 63 amended subsec. (b).
61 PA Cons Stat § 1733 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1733 - Appointment of warden and employees

§ 1733. Appointment of warden and employees.  The board shall appoint a warden of the county correctional institution. The warden, subject to the approval of the board, may appoint such deputy or deputies, assistant or assistants or corrections officers as may be required in the taking care of the county correctional institution. The number and compensation of such deputies, assistants or corrections officers shall be fixed by the county salary board.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1734 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1734 - Powers of peace officers

§ 1734. Powers of peace officers.  A chief administrator, deputy warden or corrections officer of a county correctional institution may exercise the powers of a peace officer in the performance of that person's duties generally in: (1) Guarding, protecting and delivering inmates. (2) Protecting the property and interests of the county. (3) Capturing and returning inmates that may have escaped.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1735 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1735 - Expenditures

§ 1735. Expenditures.  All the expenditures required for the support and maintenance of inmates and the repairs and improvement of the county correctional institution shall be paid from the county treasury by warrants drawn, in the mode prescribed by law, on the regular appropriation for the purpose. No warrant shall be certified by the controller for any expense connected with the county correctional institution unless on vouchers approved by a majority of the board and endorsed by the president and secretary of the board, and all contracts involving an expenditure of funds from the county treasury shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article XVIII of the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1736 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1736 - Bonding requirement

§ 1736. Bonding requirement.  The chief administrator of a county correctional institution, at the time of appointment, shall give bond, with good and sufficient security to be fixed and approved by the board of inspectors, for the faithful performance of the chief administrator's duty and may at any time be removed by the board for misconduct or inefficiency. All deputies, assistants or corrections officers shall also give bond if required by the board and may at any time be suspended by the chief administrator or removed by the board.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1741 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1741 - Sixth, seventh and eighth class counties

§ 1741. Sixth, seventh and eighth class counties.   (a) Management by sheriff.--In a county of the sixth, seventh and eighth class, the government, management and control of the county prison and the safekeeping, care, maintenance, discipline and employment of the inmates therein are vested in the sheriff of the county and the officers and employees appointed by the sheriff.  (b) Residence may be furnished.--The sheriff and the sheriff's family may be furnished a residence in the county prison.  (c) Staffing.--The sheriff shall, from time to time, with approval of the county salary board, appoint as many corrections officers and other employees of the county prison as the salary board shall approve. The compensation of the corrections officers and other employees shall be fixed by the county salary board in the same manner as the compensation of other appointed county officers and employees.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1742 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1742 - Appointment of prison commissioners

§ 1742. Appointment of prison commissioners.  Whenever the appointment of prison commissioners in any county having a population of more than 150,000 is by law lodged in the judges of the court of common pleas, the appointments shall, in all cases as nearly as possible, be equally divided between the two political parties polling the highest number of votes at the preceding general election.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1751 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1751 - Costs of confinement

§ 1751. Costs of confinement.   (a) Liability of cities.--  (1) When an inmate is committed to any county correctional institution in this Commonwealth either for the nonpayment of a fine or penalty imposed for the violation of any city ordinance or while awaiting a hearing upon any charge for the violation of any city ordinance, the costs of proceedings and the expenses of maintaining the inmate during his confinement by virtue of the commitment shall be borne and paid by the city whose ordinance was alleged to have been violated or to which any such fines or penalties are payable. (2) The county in which the city is located shall not be liable to the sheriff for any such maintenance or to any officer, magistrate or person for any costs of such proceedings.  (b) Nonapplicability.--This section does not apply to a city of the third class.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1752 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1752 - Board of inspectors to regulate salaries of wardens and other staff

§ 1752. Board of inspectors to regulate salaries of wardens and other staff.   (a) General rule.--The board of inspectors in any county where such board exists shall, from time to time, fix and change the salaries and compensation of the deputy wardens, corrections officers and other persons employed in and about the county prison.  (b) Nonapplicability.--This section shall not apply to counties in which cities are coextensive with the counties.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1753 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1753 - Residence of warden

§ 1753. Residence of warden.  In any county where the government of the county prison is vested in a prison board, the prison board may fix the place of residence of the warden of the county prison either in the jail or elsewhere.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1754 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1754 - Bonds for county prison staff in fourth class counties

§ 1754. Bonds for county prison staff in fourth class counties.  In any county of the fourth class in which there is a board of inspectors, the board shall pay out of the public moneys under its jurisdiction the premiums on all bonds of employees appointed by the board who are required to furnish bond.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1755 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1755 - Property exempt from taxation

§ 1755. Property exempt from taxation.  All the property, real and personal, authorized to be held under the former act of June 26, 1895 (P.L.377, No.269), entitled "An act authorizing the erection of work-houses in the several counties of this Commonwealth," shall be exempt from taxation and from levy and sale by virtue of execution or any other process.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1756 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1756 - Loss of privileges

§ 1756. Loss of privileges.  A chief administrator of a county correctional institution may refuse to permit a prisoner to exercise the prisoner's privilege to leave the county correctional institution for a period of not more than five days for any breach of discipline or other violation of regulations of the county correctional institution.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1757 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1757 - Collection from certain inmates

§ 1757. Collection from certain inmates.  The governing body of a county correctional institution or, where applicable, the county commissioners, may, by resolution which shall establish rates and qualifications, authorize the chief administrator to collect a reasonable amount from inmates incarcerated only on weekends or other short periods each week.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1758 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1758 - County recording system for application of restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees

§ 1758. County recording system for application of restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees.   (a) General rule.--The application of restraints to a pregnant prisoner or detainee occurring pursuant to section 5905 (relating to healthy birth for incarcerated women) shall constitute an incident that qualifies as an extraordinary occurrence that must be reported to the department in the County Extraordinary Occurrence Monthly Report.  (b) Information to be included in County Extraordinary Occurrence Monthly Report.--  (1) Any and all incidents where the application of restraints to a pregnant prisoner or detainee pursuant to section 5905 occurred must be included in the County Extraordinary Occurrence Monthly Report that is submitted to the department. An indication of the incidents must be noted on the designated report form or other available approved method, if applicable, and individual, separate written findings must accompany the form for each incident that occurred. (2) Written findings of each incident as required under paragraph (1) must include the following: (i) the circumstances that led to the determination that the prisoner or detainee represented a substantial risk of imminent flight; or (ii) the circumstances that led to the determination that other extraordinary medical or security circumstances dictated the prisoner or detainee be restrained to ensure the safety and security of the prisoner or detainee, the staff of the correctional institution or medical facility, other prisoners or detainees or the public.  (c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "County Extraordinary Occurrence Monthly Report." A collection of statistics and other information by the department on designated report forms or by other available approved methods for the collection of such incident information under this section and in accordance with written local policy providing for the collection of population information prescribed by 37 Pa. Code 95.242 (relating to Statistical/ informational reporting). "Department." The Department of Corrections of the Commonwealth. (July 2, 2010, P.L.275, No.45, eff. 60 days)    2010 Amendment. Act 45 added section 1758.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1761 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1761 - Establishment by adjoining counties

§ 1761. Establishment by adjoining counties.   (a) Authority.--The county commissioners of any two or more adjoining counties may join in establishing, according to a plan, detention facilities for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or sentence on criminal charges, convicted on criminal charges or not otherwise eligible for confinement in other county correctional institutions.  (b) Preapproval of plan by department.--Before establishing detention facilities, the counties shall submit their plan to the department for approval. The department may require, as a condition to approving any plan, that two or more adjoining counties join with another adjoining county to establish detention facilities.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1762 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1762 - Selection of site

§ 1762. Selection of site.  Whenever the commissioners of any two or more adjoining counties decide and agree to construct a joint detention facility, they shall acquire a suitable site for the facility. The site may be selected from suitable lands already held by any county of the district for county purposes from lands donated for such purposes or any quantity of land within the respective districts. In the selection of a site, there shall be taken into consideration the objects and purposes of the joint detention center. Title to the land shall be approved by the county solicitor of the county in which the land is located, or such other title guarantee corporation or attorney as may be designated by the commissioners of the counties, and shall be taken in the name of the county or counties comprising the district. The site, before purchase, shall be approved by the department.
61 PA Cons Stat § 1763 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions|Section 1763 - Buildings

§ 1763. Buildings.  After the selection and acquisition of sites, the county commissioners of the counties may erect and construct suitable and necessary buildings thereon, repair any buildings already erected and equip the sites for use and occupancy.