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61 PA Cons Stat § 3503 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 35 - Visitation|Section 3503 - (Reserved)

§ 3503. (Reserved).     Prior Provisions. Former section 3503, which related to rights of official visitors, was added August 11, 2009, P.L.147, No.33, and reserved July 5, 2012, P.L.1050, No.122, effective in 60 days.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3511 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 35 - Visitation|Section 3511 - Short title of subchapter

§ 3511. Short title of subchapter.  This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the Official Visitation of Correctional Institutions Act.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3512 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 35 - Visitation|Section 3512 - Definitions

§ 3512. Definitions.  The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Official visitor." The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, President pro tempore and members of the Senate, Speaker and members of the House of Representatives, justices and judges of the courts of record, General Counsel, Attorney General and his deputies and authorized members of the Pennsylvania Prison Society who have been designated as official visitors, whose names shall be given to a chief administrator, in writing, together with the terms of their appointment under its corporate seal.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3514 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 35 - Visitation|Section 3514 - Employees of official visitor

§ 3514. Employees of official visitor.  One employee of an official visitor may accompany the official visitor when visiting any correctional institution and may be present during an interview conducted by the official visitor.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3901 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 39 - Motivational Boot Camp|Section 3901 - Scope of chapter

§ 3901. Scope of chapter.  This chapter authorizes motivational boot camps.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3902 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 39 - Motivational Boot Camp|Section 3902 - Declaration of policy

§ 3902. Declaration of policy.  The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: (1) The Commonwealth recognizes the severe problem of overcrowding in correctional institutions and understands that overcrowding is a causative factor contributing to insurrection and prison rioting. (2) The Commonwealth also recognizes that the frequency of convictions responsible for the dramatic expansion of the population in correctional institutions is attributable in part to the increased use of drugs and alcohol. (3) The Commonwealth, in wishing to salvage the contributions and dedicated work which its displaced citizens may someday offer, is seeking to explore alternative methods of incarceration which might serve as the catalyst for reducing criminal behavior.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3903 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 39 - Motivational Boot Camp|Section 3903 - Definitions

§ 3903. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Commission." The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing.  "Eligible inmate." A person sentenced to a term of confinement under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections who is serving a term of confinement, the minimum of which is not more than two years and the maximum of which is five years or less, or an inmate who is serving a term of confinement, the minimum of which is not more than three years where that inmate is within two years of completing his minimum term, and who has not reached 40 years of age at the time he is approved for participation in the motivational boot camp program. The term shall not include any inmate who is subject to a sentence the calculation of which included an enhancement for the use of a deadly weapon as defined pursuant to the sentencing guidelines promulgated by the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, any inmate who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent of any crime listed under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 97 Subch. H (relating to registration of sexual offenders) or I (relating to continued registration of sexual offenders) or any inmate with a current conviction or a prior conviction within the past ten years for 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502 (relating to murder), drug trafficking as defined in section 4103 (relating to definitions) or a crime of violence as defined in 42 Pa.C.S. § 9714(g) (relating to sentences for second or subsequent offenses) or criminal attempt, criminal solicitation or criminal conspiracy to commit any of these offenses.  "Motivational boot camp." A program in which eligible inmates participate for a period of six months in a humane program for motivational boot camp programs which shall provide for rigorous physical activity, intensive regimentation and discipline, work on public projects, substance abuse treatment services licensed by the Department of Health, continuing education, vocational training, prerelease counseling and community corrections aftercare.  (July 5, 2012, P.L.1050, No.122, eff. 60 days; Dec. 18, 2019, P.L.776, No.115, eff. imd.)    2019 Amendment. Act 115 amended the def. of "eligible inmate."  Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 10 of Act 33 of 2009 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3904 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 39 - Motivational Boot Camp|Section 3904 - Selection of inmate participants

§ 3904. Selection of inmate participants. (a) Duties of commission.--Through the use of sentencing guidelines, the commission shall employ the definition of "eligible inmate" as provided in this chapter to further identify inmates who would be appropriate for participation in a motivational boot camp.  (b) Duties of sentencing judge.--The sentencing judge shall employ the sentencing guidelines to identify those defendants who are eligible for participation in a motivational boot camp. The judge shall have the discretion to exclude a defendant from eligibility if the judge determines that the defendant would be inappropriate for placement in a motivational boot camp. The judge shall note on the sentencing order whether the defendant has been excluded from eligibility for a motivational boot camp program.  (c) Duties of department.--The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations providing for inmate selection criteria and the establishment of motivational boot camp selection committees within each diagnostic and classification center of the department.  (d) Waiver of eligibility requirements.-- (1) The prosecuting attorney, in the prosecuting attorney's sole discretion, may advise the court that the Commonwealth has elected to waive the eligibility requirements of this chapter if the victim has been given notice of the prosecuting attorney's intent to waive the eligibility requirements and an opportunity to be heard on the issue.  (2) The court, after considering victim input, may refuse to accept the prosecuting attorney's waiver of the eligibility requirements.  (July 5, 2012, P.L.1050, No.122, eff. 60 days; Dec. 18, 2019, P.L.776, No.115, eff. imd.)    2019 Amendment. Act 115 amended subsec. (b).  2012 Amendment. Act 122 added subsec. (d).
61 PA Cons Stat § 3905 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 39 - Motivational Boot Camp|Section 3905 - Motivational boot camp program

§ 3905. Motivational boot camp program. (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the department a motivational boot camp program.  (b) Program objectives.--The objectives of the program are:  (1) To protect the health and safety of the Commonwealth by providing a program which will reduce recidivism and promote characteristics of good citizenship among eligible inmates.  (2) To divert inmates who ordinarily would be sentenced to traditional forms of confinement under the custody of the department to motivational boot camps.  (3) To provide discipline and structure to the lives of eligible inmates and to promote these qualities in the postrelease behavior of eligible inmates.  (c) Rules and regulations.-- (1) The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall include, but not be limited to, inmate discipline, selection criteria, programming and supervision and administration.  (2) The department shall provide four weeks of intensive training for all staff prior to the start of their involvement with the program.  (d) Approval.--Motivational boot camp programs may be established only at correctional institutions classified by the secretary as motivational boot camp institutions.  (e) Evaluation.--(Deleted by amendment).  (Dec. 18, 2019, P.L.776, No.115, eff. imd.)   2019 Amendment. Act 115 deleted subsec. (e).
61 PA Cons Stat § 3906 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 39 - Motivational Boot Camp|Section 3906 - Procedure for selection of participant in motivational boot camp program

§ 3906. Procedure for selection of participant in motivational boot camp program.   (a) Application.--An eligible inmate may make an application to the motivational boot camp selection committee for permission to participate in the motivational boot camp program.  (b) Selection.--If the selection committee determines that an inmate's participation in the program is consistent with the safety of the community, the welfare of the applicant, the programmatic objectives and the rules and regulations of the department, the committee shall forward the application to the secretary or his designee for approval or disapproval.  (c) Conditions.--Applicants may not participate in the motivational boot camp program unless they agree to be bound by all the terms and conditions thereof and indicate their agreement by signing a memorandum of understanding.  (d) Qualifications to participate.--Satisfaction of the qualifications set forth in this section to participate does not mean that an inmate will automatically be permitted to participate in the program.  (e) Expulsion from program.--  (1) An inmate's participation in the motivational boot camp unit may be suspended or revoked for administrative or disciplinary reasons. (2) The department shall develop regulations consistent with this subsection.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3907 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 39 - Motivational Boot Camp|Section 3907 - Completion of motivational boot camp program

§ 3907. Completion of motivational boot camp program.  Upon certification by the department of the inmate's successful completion of the program, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole shall immediately release the inmate on parole, notwithstanding any minimum sentence imposed in the case. The parolee will be subject to intensive supervision for a period of time determined by the board, after which the parolee will be subject to the usual parole supervision. For all other purposes, the parole of the inmate shall be as provided by Chapter 61 (relating to Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole).
61 PA Cons Stat § 3908 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 39 - Motivational Boot Camp|Section 3908 - Appeals

§ 3908. Appeals.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to enlarge or limit the right of an inmate to appeal his or her sentence.
61 PA Cons Stat § 3909 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 39 - Motivational Boot Camp|Section 3909 - Evaluation

§ 3909. Evaluation.  The department and the commission shall monitor and evaluate the motivational boot camp program to ensure that the programmatic objectives are met. (Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, eff. imd.)    2010 Amendment. Act 95 added section 3909.
61 PA Cons Stat § 4101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 41 - State Drug Treatment Program|Section 4101 - Scope of chapter

§ 4101. Scope of chapter. This chapter relates to the State drug treatment program. (Dec. 18, 2019, P.L.776, No.115, eff. 60 days)
61 PA Cons Stat § 4102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 41 - State Drug Treatment Program|Section 4102 - Findings and purpose

§ 4102. Findings and purpose.  The General Assembly finds as follows: (1) Many crimes are committed by persons who, because of their addiction to drugs or alcohol, are unable to maintain gainful employment. (2) These persons often commit crimes as a means of obtaining the funds necessary to purchase drugs or alcohol. (3) Many persons commit crimes while under the influence of drugs or alcohol even though they are not addicted to such substances in a clinical sense. (4) Punishing persons who commit crimes is an important aspect of recognizing the harm that criminals visit upon their victims. (5) Many people who commit crimes will be able to become law-abiding, contributing members of society if they are able to obtain treatment for their drug or alcohol addiction or abuse. (6) The purpose of this chapter is to create a program that punishes persons who commit crimes, but also provides treatment that offers the opportunity for those persons to address their drug or alcohol addiction or abuse and thereby reduce the incidents of recidivism and enhance public safety.
61 PA Cons Stat § 4106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 41 - State Drug Treatment Program|Section 4106 - Written guidelines and regulations

§ 4106. Written guidelines and regulations.  The department shall develop written guidelines for participant selection criteria and the establishment of drug offender treatment program selection committees within each diagnostic and classification center of the department and shall address suspensions and expulsions from the drug offender treatment program. The guidelines shall not be subject to the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, and shall be effective for a period of two years upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The guidelines shall be replaced by regulations promulgated by the department consistent with the Regulatory Review Act within the two-year period during which the guidelines are effective. The regulations shall include a requirement that community-based therapeutic communities utilized in the drug offender treatment program be accredited as a therapeutic community for treatment of drug and alcohol abuse and addiction by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities or other nationally recognized accreditation organization for community-based therapeutic communities for drug and alcohol addiction treatment.
61 PA Cons Stat § 4107 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 41 - State Drug Treatment Program|Section 4107 - Evaluation

§ 4107. Evaluation. (a) Final report.--(Deleted by amendment).  (b) Evaluation and report to General Assembly.--The department shall monitor and evaluate the State drug treatment program to ensure that the programmatic objectives are met. Every three years, the department shall present a report of its evaluation to the Judiciary Committee of the Senate and the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives no later than February 1. The report shall include:  (1) The number of persons evaluated for the State drug treatment program. (2) The number of persons placed into the State drug treatment program. (3) The number of persons sentenced to a State correctional institution who may have been eligible for the State drug treatment program.  (4) The number of persons successfully completing the State drug treatment program. (5) The six-month, one-year, three-year and five-year recidivism rates for persons who have completed the State drug treatment program and for a comparison group of persons who were not placed in the State drug treatment program.  (6) Any changes the department believes will make the State drug treatment program more effective.  (Dec. 18, 2019, P.L.776, No.115, eff. 60 days)
61 PA Cons Stat § 4108 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 41 - State Drug Treatment Program|Section 4108 - Construction

§ 4108. Construction.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, this chapter shall not be construed to: (1) Confer any legal right upon any individual, including an individual participating in the drug offender treatment program, to: (i) participate in a drug offender treatment program; (ii) continue participation in a drug offender treatment program; (iii) modify the contents of the drug offender treatment program; or (iv) file any cause of action in any court challenging the department's determination that a participant is to be suspended or expelled from or that a participant has successfully completed or failed to successfully complete treatment to be provided during any portion of a drug offender treatment program. (2) Enlarge or limit the right of a participant to appeal the participant's sentence.
61 PA Cons Stat § 4301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 43 - Execution Procedure and Method|Section 4301 - Definitions

§ 4301. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Victim." The term shall have the same meaning given to it in section 103 of the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act.  "Victim advocate." The victim advocate within the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.
61 PA Cons Stat § 4302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 43 - Execution Procedure and Method|Section 4302 - Issuance of warrant

§ 4302. Issuance of warrant.   (a) Time.--  (1) After the receipt of the record pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(i) (relating to sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree), unless a pardon or commutation has been issued, the Governor shall, within 90 days, issue a warrant specifying a day for execution which shall be no later than 60 days after the date the warrant is signed. (2) If, because of a reprieve or a judicial stay of the execution, the date of execution passes without imposition of the death penalty, unless a pardon or commutation has been issued, the Governor shall, within 30 days after receiving notice of the termination of the reprieve or the judicial stay, reissue a warrant specifying a day for execution which shall be no later than 60 days after the date of reissuance of the warrant.  (b) Secretary.--The warrant shall be directed to the secretary commanding that the subject of the warrant be executed on the day named in the warrant and in the manner prescribed by law.  (c) Failure to timely comply.--If the Governor fails to timely comply with the provisions of this section and a pardon or commutation has not been issued, the secretary shall, within 30 days following the Governor's failure to comply, schedule and carry out the execution no later than 60 days from the date by which the Governor was required to sign the warrant under subsection (a).
61 PA Cons Stat § 4303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 43 - Execution Procedure and Method|Section 4303 - Terms of confinement

§ 4303. Terms of confinement.  Upon receipt of the warrant, the secretary shall, until infliction of the death penalty or until lawful discharge from custody, keep the inmate in solitary confinement. During the confinement, no person shall be allowed to have access to the inmate without an order of the sentencing court, except the following: (1) The staff of the department. (2) The inmate's counsel of record or other attorney requested by the inmate. (3) A spiritual adviser selected by the inmate or the members of the immediate family of the inmate.
61 PA Cons Stat § 4304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 43 - Execution Procedure and Method|Section 4304 - Method of execution

§ 4304. Method of execution.   (a) Injection.--  (1) The death penalty shall be inflicted by injecting the convict with a continuous intravenous administration of a lethal quantity of an ultrashort-acting barbiturate in combination with chemical paralytic agents approved by the department until death is pronounced by the coroner. The coroner shall issue the death certificate. (2) The execution shall be supervised by the chief administrator or his designee of the State correctional institution designated by the department for the execution.  (b) Injection agents.--Notwithstanding section 13 of the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, the secretary or his designee may obtain the injection agents directly from a pharmacist or manufacturer.
61 PA Cons Stat § 4305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 43 - Execution Procedure and Method|Section 4305 - Witnesses to execution

§ 4305. Witnesses to execution.   (a) List of witnesses.--No person except the following shall witness any execution under the provisions of this chapter: (1) The chief administrator or his designee of the State correctional institution where the execution takes place. (2) Six reputable adult citizens selected by the secretary. (3) One spiritual adviser, when requested and selected by the inmate. (4) Not more than six duly accredited representatives of the news media. (5) Such staff of the department as may be selected by the secretary. (6) Not more than four victims registered with and selected by the victim advocate.  (b) Witnesses.--The secretary may refuse participation by a witness for safety or security reasons. The department shall make reasonable efforts to provide victims with a viewing area separate and apart from the area to which other witnesses are admitted.  (c) Confidentiality.--The identity of department employees, department contractors or victims who participate in the administration of an execution pursuant to this section shall be confidential.
61 PA Cons Stat § 4306 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 43 - Execution Procedure and Method|Section 4306 - Certification of chief administrator

§ 4306. Certification of chief administrator.  After the execution, the chief administrator or his designee shall certify in writing, under oath or affirmation, to the court of the county where the inmate was sentenced to death that the inmate was duly executed in accordance with this chapter. The certificate shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such court.    Cross References. Section 4306 is referred to in section 4307 of this title.