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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-90c. - Investigation of certain inmates re child support orders and arrearages.

When any person is committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction as a result of a criminal conviction and such person receives compensation under the pilot program established pursuant to section 18-90b, the commissioner shall investigate whether (1) the Superior Court or a family support magistrate has issued an order of support of a minor child or children against such person and (2) such person is delinquent on such support payments.
(P.A. 88-300, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-90d. - Vocational village program.

(a) There is established a vocational village program that shall be administered by the Commissioner of Correction, in consultation with the Department of Economic and Community Development. The program shall provide skilled trades training to inmates and shall include, but need not be limited to, providing inmates opportunities to earn nationally recognized industry certifications and credentials. Such certifications and credentials may include, but need not be limited to, certifications and credentials in computer coding, carpentry, computerized numerical control manufacturing, welding, electrical, heating, ventilation and air conditioning and plumbing.
(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; and (8) obtain suitable equipment and educational materials for the operation of the program.
(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.
(P.A. 21-188, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-90e. - Preparation for and administration of commercial driver's license knowledge tests in institution or facility.

(a) As used in this section, “disqualification” has the same meaning as provided in section 14-1.
(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.
(P.A. 22-10, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-91. (Formerly Sec. 18-16). - Use of correctional institutions by United States. Removal of inmates to federal institutions.

(a) Any institution of the department may be used, for confining any person held under the authority of any United States statute including persons detained as aliens. The Commissioner of Correction may contract with the United States for the use of such institution, for confining any person held under such authority; but the expense of supporting and confining such person shall be paid by the United States. The commissioner may enter into and execute a contract or contracts with the United States for the removal of any inmate from any institution of the department to a federal correctional institution or medical center when, in his opinion, the inmate needs particular treatment or special facilities available at such correctional institution or medical center, or it is in the best interest of the state. When required as part of the contract the Commissioner of Correction or any person authorized by him may personally deliver such inmate to the particular federal authorities involved, and the state may, in the manner provided in section 4-165b, compensate such prisoner for personal injury or damages sustained by him while being removed to a federal institution for which no other compensation is available, unless such injury or damage was sustained in an attempt at escape or as the result of other misconduct of the prisoner.
(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.
(1949 Rev., S. 3010; 1957, P.A. 179, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 34; 1971, P.A. 189; P.A. 73-251; P.A. 90-230, S. 27, 101.)
History: 1967 act substituted “any institution of the department” for “prison” and “State Prison,” and “commissioner of correction” for “warden and directors of the prison”, deleted references to federal “penitentiary” and substituted federal “correctional institution or medical center”; Sec. 18-16 transferred to Sec. 18-91 in 1968; 1971 act rephrased provision re confinement of persons under U.S. statutes and included confinement of aliens, deleted provision under which prisoners of war could be confined in state facilities, allowed transfer from state to federal facility when “in the best interest of the state” and added provisions re personal delivery to federal authorities and compensation for damages; P.A. 73-251 added Subsec. (b) re hold harmless clause in contracts between state and federal authorities; P.A. 90-230 corrected an internal reference.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-91a. - International transfer or exchange of prisoners.

(a) If a treaty between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the Commissioner of Correction may, on behalf of the state and subject to the terms of the treaty, consent to the transfer or exchange of offenders and take any other action necessary to initiate the participation of the state in the treaty. No offender shall be transferred or exchanged under this section unless he consents to such transfer or exchange.
(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.
(P.A. 93-85, S. 1, 2; P.A. 04-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 93-85 effective June 2, 1993; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Pardons with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004.
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-92. - Expiration of term on Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

When the term of any inmate of any institution of the Department of Correction expires on a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday, he shall be discharged on the last business day preceding.
(1967, P.A. 152, S. 38.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-93. - Rules re clothing, transportation, grants and loans to discharged persons.

The Commissioner of Correction may make rules for the furnishing of clothing, transportation, grants or loans to persons discharged from his custody.
(1967, P.A. 152, S. 47.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-94. (Formerly Sec. 17-16). - Retention of inmates with sexually transmitted disease in correctional or charitable institutions.

When the medical officer of, or any physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse employed in, any correctional or charitable institution reports in writing to the warden, superintendent or other officer in charge of such institution that any inmate thereof committed thereto by any court or supported therein in whole or in part at public expense is afflicted with any sexually transmitted disease so that such inmate's discharge from such institution would be dangerous to the public health, such inmate shall, with the approval of such warden, superintendent or other officer in charge, be detained in such institution until such medical officer, physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse reports in writing to the warden, superintendent or officer in charge of such institution that such inmate may be discharged therefrom without danger to the public health. During detention the person so detained shall be supported in the same manner as before such detention.
(1949 Rev., S. 2850; P.A. 87-282, S. 15; P.A. 16-39, S. 15; P.A. 18-168, S. 25; P.A. 21-196, S. 23.)
History: Sec. 17-16 transferred to Sec. 18-94 in 1968; P.A. 87-282 added reference to the “warden” of an institution; P.A. 16-39 added references to advanced practice registered nurse; P.A. 18-168 replaced “venereal” with “sexually transmitted” and made a technical change; P.A. 21-196 added references to physician assistant.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-95. (Formerly Sec. 17-18). - Compensation for injuries of inmates of state correctional and reformatory institutions.

Section 18-95 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2853; 1961, P.A. 580, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 110; P.A. 76-136, S. 3, 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-96. (Formerly Sec. 18-22). - Proceedings on discharge of mentally ill prisoners.

Section 18-96 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007.
(1949 Rev., S. 3016; 1961, P.A. 580, S. 10; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 86-186, S. 16; P.A. 87-282, S. 16; P.A. 07-158, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-97. - Confinement under a mittimus: Presentence confinement credit prior to July 1, 1981.

Any person receiving a fine or a sentence to a correctional institution or a community correctional center for an offense committed prior to July 1, 1981, shall receive credit towards any portion of such fine as is not remitted or any portion of such sentence as to which execution is not suspended for any days spent in custody under a mittimus as a result of any court proceeding for the offense or acts for which such fine or sentence is imposed, provided he shall conform to the rules of the institution. Upon notification from the Commissioner of Correction, the clerk of the court shall enter such credit upon the order in the case of a fine, and upon the mittimus in the case of a sentence and it shall be the duty of the agency or person that held such person under such mittimus to inform the clerk of the court of the proper amount of such credit. In the case of a fine each credit day shall be computed at the rate of ten dollars. In no event shall credit be allowed in excess of the fine or sentence actually imposed.
(1967, P.A. 549, S. 15; 1969, P.A. 735, S. 1; P.A. 75-355, S. 2, 3; P.A. 80-442, S. 5, 28.)
History: 1969 act replaced “prison or jail” with “correctional institution or community correctional center”, allowed credit for days in custody under mittimus if person conforms to institution rules and required commissioner's notification for entering credit on order; P.A. 75-355 raised equivalency of credit day from $3 to $10; P.A. 80-442 specified that provisions applicable to offenses committed before July 1, 1981.
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-98. - Confinement where bail unobtainable: Presentence confinement credit prior to July 1, 1981.

Any person who has been denied bail or who has been unable to obtain bail and who is subsequently imprisoned for an offense committed prior to July 1, 1981, is entitled to commutation of his sentence by the number of days which he spent in a community correctional center from the time he was denied or was unable to obtain bail to the time he was so imprisoned. The Commissioner of Correction shall, if such person has conformed to the rules of the institution, credit such person with the number of days to which the supervising officer of the correctional center where such person was confined while awaiting trial certifies such person was confined between the denial of bail to him or his inability to obtain bail and his imprisonment.
(1967, P.A. 869; 1969, P.A. 735, S. 2; P.A. 80-442, S. 6, 28.)
History: 1969 act replaced “jail” and “deputy jailer” with community correctional center and its supervising officer and allowed credit be given if person has conformed to institution rules; P.A. 80-442 made provisions applicable for offenses committed before July 1, 1981.
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-98a. - Deduction of time for periods of employment.

Each person committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction who is employed within the institution to which he was sentenced, or outside as provided by section 18-100, for a period of seven consecutive days, except for temporary interruption of such period as excused by the commissioner for valid reasons, may have one day deducted from his sentence for such period, in addition to any other earned time, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Correction.
(1969, P.A. 298, S. 1; P.A. 73-42.)
History: P.A. 73-42 allowed 1-day deduction for 7 consecutive days served rather than 26 days for 180 consecutive days served.
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-98b. - Outstandingly meritorious performance award.

In addition to any commutation or diminution of sentence or any meritorious time service award which may have been granted under section 18-7 or 18-7a, any inmate committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction for a definite term, or for a term with a minimum sentence imposed, may have not more than one hundred twenty days deducted from any one continuous term of imprisonment as an outstandingly meritorious performance award in the discretion of the Commissioner of Correction for exceptional personal achievement, accomplishment and other outstandingly meritorious performance, provided any serious act of misconduct or insubordination or refusal to conform to institution regulations occurring at any time during his confinement shall subject the prisoner, at the discretion of the warden and the commissioner, to the loss of all, or any portion, of any time awarded under this section. When any prisoner is held under more than one conviction the several terms of imprisonment imposed thereunder shall be construed as one continuous term for purposes of determining eligibility for any outstandingly meritorious performance award authorized by this section.
(1971, P.A. 162; P.A. 75-36; P.A. 88-244, S. 1; P.A. 91-406, S. 7, 29; P.A. 15-14, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 75-36 increased percentage of those awarded from maximum of 5% to maximum of 10%; P.A. 88-244 deleted provision re maximum number of inmates who may receive awards; P.A. 91-406 corrected an internal reference, substituting Sec. 18-7a for Sec. 18-53; P.A. 15-14 made technical changes.
Cited. 216 C. 220; 217 C. 568; 219 C. 269.
Cited. 24 CA 612; 34 CA 503; 36 CA 440; 39 CA 455.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-98c. - Good conduct credit for presentence confinement prior to July 1, 1981.

In addition to the time credits provided for in sections 18-97 and 18-98, any person who has been denied bail or who has been unable to obtain bail and who subsequently is fined or sentenced to a correctional institution or a community correctional center shall receive a good conduct credit towards any portion of such fine as is not remitted or any portion of such sentence as to which execution is not suspended, such credit to be at the rate of ten days for each month of presentence confinement and such credits to be awarded only for prompt obedience to the rules of the correctional institution or community correctional center wherein the person is confined. The provisions of this section allowing credit at the rate of ten days for each month of presentence confinement shall apply to those periods of time spent in presentence confinement pursuant to sections 18-97 and 18-98, which occur after October 1, 1976, for an offense committed prior to July 1, 1981.
(P.A. 75-222; P.A. 76-358, S. 3; P.A. 80-442, S. 7, 28.)
History: P.A. 76-358 changed credit from 5 to 10 days per month of presentence confinement and added provision specifying applicability of 10-day credit rate; P.A. 80-442 stated that credit rate applies to offenses committed before July 1, 1981.
Cited. 196 C. 309.
Cited. 24 CA 612; 30 CA 190.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-98f. - Use of earned risk reduction credits. Report.

Section 18-98f is repealed, effective October 1, 2021.
(P.A. 15-216, S. 1; P.A. 18-155, S. 2; P.A. 21-97, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-98g. - General offender sentencing information made publically available.

The Department of Correction shall make publically available general offender sentencing information. Such information shall include: (1) The inmate release mechanisms under the authority of the department; (2) information on presentence confinement credit and application pursuant to section 18-98d; (3) information on the eligibility and application of risk reduction credits earned pursuant to section 18-98e; (4) the standards for eligibility for parole; (5) the state-wide automated victim information and notification system established under section 54-235; and (6) any other information the Commissioner of Correction deems pertinent.
(P.A. 17-217, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-99. - Camp for community correctional center, Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire, and School for Boys inmates.

Section 18-99 is repealed.
(1967, P.A. 651, S. 1–3; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 410; P.A. 76-324, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-99a. - Creation and administration of school district within the Department of Correction. Unified School District #1.

(a) The Commissioner of Correction may establish a school district within the Department of Correction for the education or assistance of any person confined in any institution of the department. The school district shall be known as State of Connecticut-Unified School District #1.
(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.
(1969, P.A. 636, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 275, 610; P.A. 83-169, S. 2; P.A. 96-180, S. 54, 166; P.A. 98-263, S. 17, 21.)
History: P.A. 77-614 deleted reference to consultation with council of correction in Subsec. (b), effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-169 changed name designation of school district to State of Connecticut-Unified School District #1; P.A. 96-180 made technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 98-263 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to persons sentenced or transferred to any institution of the department, including but not limited to any person on parole, with reference to persons confined in any institution of the department, effective July 1, 1998.
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-100a and 18-100b. - Petty cash fund for loans for work-release program. Release of prisoners to an approved community residence; eligibility.

Sections 18-100a and 18-100b are repealed.
(1969, P.A. 609, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-244, S. 3; P.A. 89-39; 89-383, S. 13, 16; P.A. 90-261, S. 3; P.A. 95-152, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 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.

A person convicted of a crime who is incarcerated on or after July 1, 1993, who received a definite sentence of two years or less, and who has been confined under such sentence for not less than one-half of the sentence imposed by the court, less such time as may have been earned under the provisions of section 18-7, 18-7a, 18-98a, 18-98b or 18-98d or less any risk reduction credit earned under the provisions of section 18-98e, may be released pursuant to subsection (e) of section 18-100 or to any other community correction program approved by the Commissioner of Correction.
(P.A. 90-261, S. 4; P.A. 93-219, S. 1, 14; P.A. 11-51, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 93-219 expanded release eligibility to include prisoners who received a definite sentence of two years or less, rather than one year or less, and added references to Secs. 18-7a, 18-98a, 18-98b and 18-98d, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 11-51 provided for deduction from sentence of any risk reduction credit earned under Sec. 18-98e, effective July 1, 2011.
See Sec. 54-125a re release on parole of inmates with sentences of more than two years.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-100d. - Supervision of persons convicted of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1994, required until expiration of sentence.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, any person convicted of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1994, shall be subject to supervision by personnel of the Department of Correction until the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which such person was sentenced less any risk reduction credit earned under the provisions of section 18-98e.
(P.A. 93-219, S. 10, 14; P.A. 04-257, S. 116; P.A. 11-51, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 93-219 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 04-257 deleted provision re supervision by personnel of “the Board of Parole” and made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 11-51 provided for deduction from sentence of any risk reduction credit earned under Sec. 18-98e, effective July 1, 2011.
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-100e. - Pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program.

(a) Not later than October 1, 1998, the Commissioner of Correction shall establish a pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program. Eligibility for participation in the program shall be limited to individuals who are eligible for participation in a community release program pursuant to section 18-100c and shall be based upon criteria, including a limit on the maximum number of eligible participants, established by the Commissioner of Correction.
(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.
(P.A. 98-145, S. 2, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 93, 121; P.A. 02-89, S. 33.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (d), effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 02-89 deleted as obsolete Subsec. (f) re submission of a report on the program by January 1, 2000.
See Sec. 54-125f re pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program established by chairman of Board of Pardons and Paroles.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-100f. - Release of certain arrested persons being held pretrial.

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, whenever an arrested person charged with the commission of no crime other than a class D or E felony or a misdemeanor, except a violation of section 53a-60a, 53a-60b, 53a-60c, 53a-60d, 53a-72a, 53a-73a or 53a-181c, is committed by the court to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction pursuant to section 54-64a, the commissioner may release such person to a residence approved by the Department of Correction subject to such conditions as the commissioner may impose including, but not limited to, participation in a substance abuse treatment program and being subject to electronic monitoring or any other monitoring technology or services. Any person released pursuant to this section 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.
(P.A. 04-234, S. 10; P.A. 13-258, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 04-234 effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 13-258 made section applicable to arrested person charged with commission of a class E felony.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-100g. - Release of aliens to immigration authorities.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any alien convicted of a crime who received a definite sentence of five years or less and has been confined under such sentence for not less than one-half of the sentence imposed may be released by the Commissioner of Correction pursuant to subsection (e) of section 18-100 to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 94.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 effective October 5, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-100i. - Release of inmate from custody and transfer to community-based nursing home for palliative and end-of-life care.

(a) The Commissioner of Correction, at the commissioner's discretion, may release an inmate from the commissioner's custody, except an inmate convicted of a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, or murder with special circumstances under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect on or after April 25, 2012, for placement in a licensed community-based nursing home under contract with the state for the purpose of providing palliative and end-of-life care to the inmate if the medical director of the Department of Correction determines that the inmate is suffering from a terminal condition, disease or syndrome, or is so debilitated or incapacitated by a terminal condition, disease or syndrome as to (1) require continuous palliative or end-of-life care, or (2) be physically incapable of presenting a danger to society.
(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.
(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 104.)
History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-100j. - Pilot treatment program for methadone maintenance and other drug therapies.

Not later than October 1, 2013, the Department of Correction may initiate, with support from the Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Public Health, a pilot treatment program for methadone maintenance and other drug therapies at facilities including, but not limited to, the New Haven Community Correctional Center. The pilot program shall serve sixty to eighty inmates per month. The Department of Public Health may waive public health code regulations that are not applicable to the service model of the pilot program. Not later than July 1, 2019, the Department of Correction shall report on the results of the program to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, the judiciary, public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 114; P.A. 18-166, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 13-234 effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 18-166 deleted provision re pilot program to be for 18 months, replaced “October 1, 2014, and April 1, 2015” with “July 1, 2019” and added reference to public health committee, effective June 14, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-101a. - Furloughs.

The Commissioner of Correction, at the commissioner's discretion, may extend the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate as to whom there is reasonable belief he or she will honor his or her trust, by authorizing the inmate under prescribed conditions to visit a specifically designated place or places, within or without the state, for periods not exceeding forty-five days and return to the same or another institution or facility. Such periods may be renewed at the discretion of the commissioner. Such furlough may be granted only to permit a visit to a dying relative, attendance at the funeral of a relative, the obtaining of medical services not otherwise available, the contacting of prospective employers or for any compelling reason consistent with rehabilitation. Any inmate who fails to return from furlough as provided in the furlough agreement shall be guilty of the crime of escape in the first degree.
(1969, P.A. 272; P.A. 73-639, S. 13; P.A. 74-87; P.A. 04-234, S. 31; Jan. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-1, S. 16; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 35.)
History: P.A. 73-639 made failure to return from furlough the crime of escape in the first degree; P.A. 74-87 allowed furloughs “within or without the state” and deleted penalty provision, i.e. the furlough violator is subject to penalty provided in Sec. 53a-169; P.A. 04-234 increased the maximum period of a furlough from 15 days to 30 days, replaced “a prisoner” with “an inmate” and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality, effective June 8, 2004; Jan. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-1 deleted authority to grant a furlough “for any compelling reason consistent with rehabilitation” and, with respect to authority to grant a furlough to contact prospective employers, added proviso that “the commissioner has confirmed that an employment opportunity exists or an employment interview is scheduled”, effective January 25, 2008; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 increased maximum period of furlough from 30 to 45 days, deleted proviso that, with respect to a furlough to contact prospective employers, “the commissioner has confirmed that an employment opportunity exists or an employment interview is scheduled” and restored authority to grant a furlough “for any compelling reason consistent with rehabilitation”, effective October 5, 2009.
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-101b. - Residential stays at correctional facilities. Continuation in programs beyond discharge date.

(a) Any inmate of a correctional facility under the authority of the Department of Correction, involved in a departmental program for drug dependent inmates or in a departmental work or education release program, may request that he be allowed to remain in a correctional facility for up to ninety days beyond his parole release or discharge date.
(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.
(1972, P.A. 58; P.A. 73-243; P.A. 07-217, S. 78; P.A. 10-32, S. 71; P.A. 13-165, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 73-243 inserted new Subsec. (b) re continuance in program outside correction department beyond release or discharge date, redesignated former Subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d) and amended them to include persons permitted to remain in such outside programs; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 13-165 added new Subsec. (b) re request by inmate to remain in correctional facility for up to 30 days beyond discharge date, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (c), (d) and (e) and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-101c. - Special alternative incarceration unit. Program activities.

Section 18-101c is repealed.
(P.A. 89-390, S. 17, 37; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-9, S. 9, 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-101d. - Donald T. Bergin Correctional Institution.

Section 18-101d is repealed, effective October 1, 2001.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1, S. 39, 46; P.A. 01-20, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-101f. - Prohibition against disclosure of certain employee files to inmates under the Freedom of Information Act.

A personnel or medical file or similar file concerning a current or former employee of the Division of Public Defender Services, Department of Correction or the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, including, but not limited to, a record of a security investigation of such employee by the department or division or an investigation by the department or division of a discrimination complaint by or against such employee, shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, to any individual committed to the custody or supervision of the Commissioner of Correction or confined in a facility of the Whiting Forensic Hospital. For the purposes of this section, an “employee of the Department of Correction” includes a member or employee of the Board of Pardons and Paroles within the Department of Correction.
(P.A. 10-58, S. 1; P.A. 11-220, S. 2; P.A. 18-86, S. 50.)
History: P.A. 10-58 effective May 26, 2010; P.A. 11-220 added references to Division of Public Defender Services; P.A. 18-86 deleted “Division of the Connecticut Valley”, effective June 4, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-101g. - Establishment of wellness initiative for certain employees.

The Commissioner of Correction shall, within available appropriations, establish a wellness initiative for the benefit of employees of the Department of Correction who interact with inmates at correctional facilities. The wellness initiative shall include the following components: An employee assistance program, a peer support program, stress management training, critical incident stress response, military peer support, an employee safety and health committee, periodic wellness fairs and other programs that have a demonstrated effectiveness in addressing the needs of employees who interact with inmates. The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, may apply for federal, state or private nonprofit funding to support and advance the objectives of the wellness initiative.
(P.A. 18-155, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 18-155 effective July 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › Chapter 325 - Department of Correction › Section 18-101h. - Definitions.

As used in this part:
(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.
(P.A. 80-200, S. 1, 7; P.A. 82-383, S. 4, 7.)
History: P.A. 82-383 amended Subsec. (c) by adding “state agencies” and amended Subsec. (e) by including programs involving restitution or community service in the definition of “nonresidential programs” and defining “community service” and “restitution”.