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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-16.14 - Provisions to inmate incarcerated 90 days or longer.

30:8-16.14 Provisions to inmate incarcerated 90 days or longer.
6. The chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of each county correctional facility shall provide to each inmate incarcerated for 90 days or longer at least 30 days prior to release from a facility:
a. a copy of the inmate's criminal history record and written information on the inmate's right to have the inmate's criminal records expunged under chapter 52 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes;
b. general written information on the inmate's right to vote under R.S.19:4-1;
c. general written information on the availability of programs, including faith-based and secular programs, that would assist in removing barriers to the inmate's employment or participation in vocational or educational rehabilitative programs, including but not limited to, information concerning the "Rehabilitated Convicted Offenders Act," P.L.1968, c.282 (C.2A:168A-1 et seq.) and the certificate of rehabilitation under P.L.2007, c.327 (C.2A:168A-7 et seq.);
d. a detailed written record of the inmate's participation in educational, training, employment, and medical or other treatment programs while the inmate was incarcerated;
e. a written accounting of the fines, assessments, surcharges, restitution, penalties, child support arrearages, and any other obligations due and payable by the inmate upon release;
f. a copy of the inmate's birth certificate if the inmate was born in New Jersey;
g. assistance in obtaining a Social Security card;
h. a one-day New Jersey bus or rail pass;
i. a two-week supply of prescription medication and, to the extent consistent with clinical guidelines, a two-week prescription order with two additional refills;
j. general written information concerning child support, including child support payments owed by the inmate, information on how to seek child support payments and information on where to seek services regarding child support, child custody, and establishing parentage; and
k. a medical discharge summary, which shall include instructions on how to obtain from the superintendent a copy of the inmate's full medical record; upon request from the inmate, the superintendent shall provide a copy of the inmate's full medical record in a safe and secure manner, at no charge to the inmate; the superintendent shall comply with rules and regulations, adopted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), that ensure that these records are expeditiously and securely provided in a manner consistent with the provision of medical records by other providers.
L. 2021, c.312, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-16.15 - Annual appropriations for prescription medicine.

30:8-16.15 Annual appropriations for prescription medicine.
7. There shall be annually appropriated to the counties through the annual appropriations act such amounts as shall be deemed necessary to cover the cost of the prescription medicine required pursuant to the provisions of subsection i. of section 6 of P.L.2021, c.312 (C.30:8-16.14).
L. 2021, c.312, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-16.16 - Provisions to county welfare agency, reentry organization.

30:8-16.16 Provisions to county welfare agency, reentry organization.
8. a. The chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of each county correctional facility shall provide to the appropriate county welfare agency or board of social services, in advance of the release of an inmate who has been incarcerated for 90 days or longer, the inmate's name, release date, and contact information, which shall include, but not be limited to, a telephone number or an email address.
b. The chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of each county correctional facility shall, with the inmate's consent, provide to the reentry organization selected as a residential address pursuant to subsection d. of section 4 of this bill, in advance of the release of an inmate who has been incarcerated for 90 days or longer, the information required in subsection a. of this section unless the inmate requests that the information not be forwarded.
L. 2021, c.312, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-16.18 - Uses of inmate's county correctional facility identification card.

30:8-16.18 Uses of inmate's county correctional facility identification card.
9. a. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall accept a former inmate's county correctional facility identification card as two points for the purposes of applying for a non-driver identification card.
b. An inmate's county correctional facility identification card shall be accepted by all State, county, and municipal agencies and New Jersey nonprofit organizations for six months following the date of release from incarceration to allow the released inmate to gain access to services for which the inmate is deemed eligible including, but not limited to, establishing the inmate's identity.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of this section, whenever the Motor Vehicle Commission agencies are closed during a declared public health emergency, pursuant to the "Emergency Health Powers Act," P.L.2005, c.222 (C.26:13-1 et seq.), a state of emergency, pursuant to P.L.1942, c.251 (C.App.A:9-33 et seq.), or both, the inmate's Department of Corrections identification card shall be accepted by all State, county, and municipal agencies and New Jersey nonprofit organizations in a manner as to allow the released inmate to gain access to services for which they are deemed eligible for the duration of the public health emergency.
L. 2021, c.312, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-16.17 - Various online application enrollments; processing, acceptance.

30:8-16.17 Various online application enrollments; processing, acceptance.
10. a. As soon as practicable but not less than 30 days prior to the release of an inmate incarcerated for 90 days or longer, the chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of each county correctional facility shall ensure that an inmate is assisted with completing, obtaining any required signatures or authorizations for, and forwarding for processing to the Department of Human Services an online application for enrollment in the Medicaid program, established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.).
b. In addition to the requirements of subsection a. of this section, the chief executive officer, warden, or keeper also shall ensure that such inmate is assisted in completing, obtaining any required signatures or authorizations for, and forwarding for processing to the appropriate county welfare agency or board of social services, as soon as practicable but not less than 30 days prior to an inmate's release from incarceration, online applications for enrollment in the following programs:
(1) the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, established pursuant to the federal "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," Pub.L.88-525 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.); and
(2) the Work First New Jersey program, established pursuant to P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.), which shall include, for inmates who are unable to identify a residence at the time of release, the application for emergency assistance benefits issued to Work First New Jersey recipients pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1997, c.14 (C.44:10-51).
c. The Department of Human Services shall be required to accept and process the online applications for Medicaid received from the county correctional facilities pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
d. If an inmate is unable to identify a residence at the time of application for benefits pursuant to this section, the chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of each county correctional facility, with the inmate's consent, shall ensure that the address of the reentry organization is used for the purposes of establishing proof of residence to meet any applicable eligibility requirements. The chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of each county correctional facility shall ensure that all inmates incarcerated for 90 days or longer are educated on their ability to select a reentry organization as a residential address pursuant to this subsection.
e. All State, county, and municipal agencies, for the purposes of establishing applicable eligibility requirements, shall:
(1) accept the address of the reentry organization for an inmate who is unable to identify a residence at the time of application for benefits; and
(2) accept an inmate's county correctional facility identification card to establish the inmate's identity.
f. An inmate who appears to be eligible for Work First New Jersey assistance shall be screened for immediate need assistance.
L. 2021, c.312, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-16.20 - Recording of data.

30:8-16.20 Recording of data.
12. a. The county reentry coordinator shall record data regarding: the number of inmates who are offered services pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2021, c.312 (C.30:8-16.17); the number of inmates who accept the services offered; the types of services provided to each inmate who accepts the services offered; the race, gender, ethnicity, and age of each inmate; a record of any crimes committed by inmates who are released from the facility and the types of crimes committed for a period of three years following the inmate's release; and the number of inmates who were not released, and the reasons why they were not released, from a county correctional facility during regular business hours.
b. The data shall be analyzed to determine whether the rates and nature of rearrests and convictions differ according to whether an inmate received services in accordance with section 10 of P.L.2021, c.312 (C.30:8-16.17). The county reentry coordinator shall annually prepare and transmit the findings to the chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of each county correctional facility, as appropriate; the superintendent, director, or other chief administrative officer of the County Board of Social Services or welfare agency, as appropriate; the governing body of the county in which the correctional facility is located; and the Commissioner of Corrections.
L. 2021, c.312, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-16.21 - Peer counseling program development.

30:8-16.21 Peer counseling program development.
13. The county reentry coordinator shall, in collaboration with the chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of a county correctional facility, develop peer counseling programs in the county correctional facility that support the treatment of county inmates with substance use disorders. The warden, director, or administrator may additionally develop initiatives to provide inmates in the custody of the county correctional facility with access to professional substance use disorder counseling.
L. 2021, c.312, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-16.22 - Annual meeting.

30:8-16.22 Annual meeting.
14. a. The county reentry coordinator shall meet annually with community stakeholders who may offer guidance for evaluating the needs of and providing services to inmates in county correctional facilities including, but not limited to:
(1) the Commissioner of Corrections, or a designee;
(2) the Commissioner of Human Services, or a designee;
(3) the chief executive officer, warden, or keeper of the county correctional facility;
(4) the superintendent, director, or other chief administrative officer of the County Board of Social Services or welfare agency, as appropriate;
(5) the county human services director, or a designee;
(6) the county mental health administrator, or a designee;
(7) the president of a county community college, or a designee;
(8) reentry services providers in the county;
(9) substance use disorder treatment providers in the county; and
(10) a person who previously has received substance use disorder services in the county.
b. Based on the guidance received during the meetings conducted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the county reentry coordinator shall:
(1) establish best practices for preparing county inmates for release;
(2) identify services available in the county that may be needed by inmates upon release from a county correctional facility including, but not limited to, housing, food, medical care, clothing, substance use disorder treatment; mental health services, employment assistance, and education assistance;
(3) make appropriate recommendations to the county correctional facility and County Board of Social Services or welfare agency with respect to preparing county inmates for successful reentry into the community and reducing recidivism.
L. 2021, c.312, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-16.23 - Annual appropriations for county reentry coordinator implementations.

30:8-16.23 Annual appropriations for county reentry coordinator implementations.
15. There shall be annually appropriated through the annual appropriations act such amounts as shall be deemed necessary to implement the provisions of sections 11 through 14 of P.L.2021, c.312 (C.30:8-16.19 through C.30:8-16.22) concerning the county reentry coordinator.
L. 2021, c.312, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-17 - Sheriff to have custody of jails; exception

30:8-17. Sheriff to have custody of jails; exception
Except as otherwise in this chapter provided the sheriff of every county shall have the care, custody and control of the county jail or jails and all prisoners therein, and shall be responsible for the conduct of any keeper appointed by him.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-17.1 - Keepers or wardens

30:8-17.1. Keepers or wardens
Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 30:8-15, in any county where the sheriff assumes the custody, keeping and charge of the county jail or jails and all prisoners therein, as provided by R.S. 30:8-17, the sheriff may appoint some fit person to be the keeper or warden of the jail or jails of the county, who shall serve at the pleasure of the sheriff, shall hold his office for the term of one year and until his successor is appointed and qualified in his place and may be reappointed to subsequent one-year terms.
To be considered for appointment as keeper or warden an applicant shall have at least three years of supervisory experience in the field of corrections and shall possess those qualities necessary for the effective and efficient administration of a penal institution.
The position of keeper or warden established pursuant to this act is placed in the unclassified service of the civil service.
This act shall not affect the term of office or employment of any person who, as of the effective date of this act, holds a position as keeper or warden.
L.1984, c. 209, s. 1, eff. Dec. 10, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-18.1 - Requirements for corrections officer at county correctional institution

30:8-18.1. Requirements for corrections officer at county correctional institution
No person shall be appointed as a corrections officer of any county correctional institution unless that person:
a. Is a citizen of the United States;
b. Is able to read, write and speak the English language well and intelligently and has a high school diploma or its equivalent;
c. Is sound in body and of good health;
d. Is of good moral character;
e. Has not been convicted of any offense which would make him unfit to perform the duties of his office.
L.1991,c.110,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-18.2 - Applicability of "45-day" rule for violation of internal rules to county correctional police officers.

30:8-18.2 Applicability of "45-day" rule for violation of internal rules to county correctional police officers.
1. A person shall not be removed from employment or a position as a county correctional police officer, or suspended, fined or reduced in rank for a violation of the internal rules and regulations established for the conduct of employees of the county corrections department, unless a complaint charging a violation of those rules and regulations is filed no later than the 45th day after the date on which the person filing the complaint obtained sufficient information to file the matter upon which the complaint is based. A failure to comply with this section shall require a dismissal of the complaint. The 45-day time limit shall not apply if an investigation of a county correctional police officer for a violation of the internal rules and regulations of the county corrections department is included directly or indirectly within a concurrent investigation of that officer for a violation of the criminal laws of this State; the 45-day limit shall begin on the day after the disposition of the criminal investigation. The 45-day requirement in this section for the filing of a complaint against a county correctional police officer shall not apply to a filing of a complaint by a private individual.
L.2006, c.54, s.1; amended 2019, c.219, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-19 - Resolution of board of chosen freeholders to take over custody of jails; filing; effect

30:8-19. Resolution of board of chosen freeholders to take over custody of jails; filing; effect
It shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders of any county in this state to assume and thereafter to exercise the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jails in their respective counties, and of the prisoners therein, whenever any such board shall decide, by the affirmative votes of two-thirds of all its members, so to do, and shall file a certificate of such decision attested by the director and the clerk of such board, in the office of the secretary of state. When such certificate shall have been so filed, the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail in such county shall be no longer in the sheriff of that county, but in the board of chosen freeholders thereof, and in such jailer, keeper or warden as they shall appoint for that purpose.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-20 - Warden or keeper of county jail; appointment; term; bond; removal

30:8-20. Warden or keeper of county jail; appointment; term; bond; removal
In any county where the board of chosen freeholders shall assume the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail and of the prisoners therein, as provided by section 30:8-19 of this Title, such board shall, by the votes of a majority of all its members for the time being, appoint some fit person to be the keeper or warden of the jail or jails of the county, who shall hold his office for the term of five years and until his successor shall be appointed in his stead and shall have duly qualified and given bond. Such keeper or warden may be removed from office at any time, by the affirmative votes of two-thirds of all the members of the board of chosen freeholders of the county for the time being, for good cause appearing to them. Such keeper or warden before he enters upon the discharge of the duties of his office shall give bond to such board of chosen freeholders, in such sum and with such sureties as such board shall prescribe, conditioned for the full and faithful performance of the duties of his office; provided, however, that where any county has adopted the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes (Civil Service) and the warden or keeper of the county jail has held his said office by virtue of the provisions of said Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, upon such transfer of the custody of the jail to the board of chosen freeholders, such warden in office at the time of the passage of this act, shall continue to hold his said office and enjoy tenure therein subject to all of the provisions of said Title 11 of the Revised Statutes.
Amended by L.1945, c. 149, p. 534, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-21 - Liability for escape of prisoners under civil arrest when surrendered to jail warden

30:8-21. Liability for escape of prisoners under civil arrest when surrendered to jail warden
In all cases where any sheriff, undersheriff or constable shall be by law authorized or required to confine or keep in jail any person arrested or in custody on any civil process, or in any civil suit or proceeding, by surrender in discharge of bail or in any other way, such sheriff, undersheriff or constable shall deliver such person so arrested or in custody to the jail warden of such county, if there shall be one, within such jail, with a copy of the process, commitment or surrender by virtue of which such person was arrested or is in custody, and after such delivery such sheriff, undersheriff or constable shall not be liable for any escape of such prisoner; but the board of chosen freeholders of such county, or their keeper or warden, if they shall have appointed one under the provisions of section 30:8-20 of this Title, shall, for any escape after such delivery, be liable in the same manner as the sheriff of the county would be if he had the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail of such county and of the prisoners therein. Such sheriff, undersheriff or constable may require such keeper or warden to give a receipt, upon the process or commitment by which such prisoner may be arrested or held, for the body of such prisoner.
Amended by L.1971, c. 2, s. 16, eff. Jan. 15, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-22 - Persons committed to jails to be delivered to wardens

30:8-22. Persons committed to jails to be delivered to wardens
All persons committed to a county jail which has been taken over by the board of chosen freeholders pursuant to section 30:8-19 of this title, according to law, by any committing magistrate, shall be delivered to the keeper or warden of such jail and by him held in custody until discharged by due process of law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-23 - Rules and regulations; punishments

30:8-23. Rules and regulations; punishments
When the board of chosen freeholders of any county shall have assumed the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail of such county pursuant to section 30:8-19 of this title, such board shall prescribe rules and regulations for the management and conduct of such jail, and the employment, maintenance and keeping of the prisoners therein, and may authorize and require the keeper or warden of such jail to enforce such rules and regulations, and to punish any breach of the same by the prisoners, and any refusal to work, or any insubordination, by solitary confinement, change or diminution of food and diet, or such other reasonable punishments as they may prescribe.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-24.1 - Compensation of jail keepers in certain counties of second and fifth classes

30:8-24.1. Compensation of jail keepers in certain counties of second and fifth classes
The compensation of jail keepers of jails, in counties of the second and fifth classes having a population of more than two hundred thousand, of which the custody, rule, keeping and charge has been taken over by the board of chosen freeholders of any county pursuant to section 30:8-24 of the Revised Statutes, shall be the same as that of court attendants of the county, subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, but this section shall not be construed as reducing or authorizing the reduction of the compensation of any such jail keeper as the same was fixed on the effective date of this act.
L.1947, c. 278, p. 983, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-24.1a - Compensation of jail keepers in second-class counties

30:8-24.1a. Compensation of jail keepers in second-class counties
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 30:8-17.1 of the Revised Statutes or chapter 278 of the laws of 1947, or any other law, the compensation paid to jailkeepers employed in counties of the second class shall not be less than and may be more than the compensation paid to court attendants attending the Superior Court of such county.
L.1968,c.269,s.1; amended 1970,c.117,s.1; 1991,c.91,s.329.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-24.1b - Increase of compensation upon recommendation of county sheriff

30:8-24.1b. Increase of compensation upon recommendation of county sheriff
Compensation paid to jailkeepers employed in counties of the second class may on recommendation of the county sheriff, be increased by resolution of the board of chosen freeholders.
L.1968, c. 269, s. 2, eff. Sept. 4, 1968. Amended by L.1970, c. 117, s. 2, eff. June 29, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-24.2 - Custody rule, keeping and charge of jails returned to sheriff

30:8-24.2. Custody rule, keeping and charge of jails returned to sheriff
In any county of the second class where the sheriff of the county has heretofore prior to December 1, 1956, by written notice, directed the board of chosen freeholders of such county to take and have the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the jail or jails in such county, the board of chosen freeholders of such county, by resolution, shall direct the sheriff of the county to take and have the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the jail or jails in such county and, thereupon, the said sheriff shall have the same powers and duties in respect to such custody, rule, keeping and charge of the jail or jails in such county in the same manner and to the same effect as the sheriff of said county had prior to the giving of the aforesaid written notice of direction to the board of chosen freeholders of the county.
L.1957, c. 178, p. 619, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-25 - County jail prisoners employed by chosen freeholders; guards, etc.

30:8-25. County jail prisoners employed by chosen freeholders; guards, etc.
The board of chosen freeholders of any county in this state may cause to be employed within such county any or all prisoners in any county jail under sentence, or committed for nonpayment of a fine and costs, or committed in default of bond for nonsupport of family.
When prisoners are so employed they shall be in the custody and control of the sheriff, who shall make rules and regulations governing their employment. The sheriff may provide necessary guards and attendants while prisoners are so employed and fix their duties and salaries, as well as the terms of their employment.
The wages and salaries of such guards and attendants, and other necessary expenses in connection therewith, together with wages or earnings paid to prisoners as hereinafter provided, shall be included in and shall be charged against the cost of such work.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-26 - County jail inmates

30:8-26. County jail inmates
The county governing body may establish a wage system for payment to prisoners for their services upon work carried on by such governing body or by any board, commission or institution that receives funds from the county. Such wage system may include in its provisions all prisoners employed in any work or service necessary for the maintenance of the county jail or its inmates; but the wage allowed each prisoner shall not exceed fifty cents for each day of eight hours' work by such prisoners.
The county governing body is authorized to withdraw from moneys paid to prisoners sufficient moneys, in an amount not to exceed one-third of the inmate's total income, as may be required to pay any penalty assessment, restitution or fine ordered as part of any sentence.
Amended by L. 1985, c. 251, s. 4, eff. July 31, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-27 - Payment of wages of prisoner to dependents

30:8-27. Payment of wages of prisoner to dependents
When it shall appear that a prisoner has a wife or dependent children or others legally dependent on him for support, the board of chosen freeholders may, in each case, pay to such dependents or to the society or institution having their care and custody all or any portion of the wages earned by the prisoner under sections 30:8-25 and 30:8-26 of this title. The board may first deduct any court costs charged against the prisoner and disburse the remainder to the several dependents under such rules and regulations as it may adopt and may designate an officer or employee of the county as its disbursing agent who in delivering such earnings to dependents may avail himself of the services of the county probation officer, overseer of the poor or any private charitable society or society for the prevention of cruelty to children.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-28.4 - Compensation in cash or remission of time from sentence or both

30:8-28.4. Compensation in cash or remission of time from sentence or both
a. The inmates of all county penal institutions established and maintained pursuant to chapter 8 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes who may be employed in such productive occupations as are consistent with their health, strength and mental capacity shall receive compensation in such employment as the governing body of the county may establish.
Compensation for inmates may be in the form of cash or remission of time from sentence or both. Remission from time of sentence shall be in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Corrections, but shall not exceed 1 day for each 5 days of productive occupation. Remission granted under this act shall in no way affect deductions for good behavior as provided by law.
b. The Department of Corrections shall promulgate and enforce rules and regulations for the operation of this act in accordance with the provisions hereof.
c. All county inmates classified as minimum security prisoners who are determined to be sufficiently trustworthy by the warden to be employed in honor camps, farm details, or details of work at public buildings or property, shall receive additional remission of time from sentence at the rate of 3 days per month for each month of such labors.
L.1981, c. 140, s. 1, eff. May 4, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-29 - Additions to county workhouses; authority of chosen freeholders to establish

30:8-29. Additions to county workhouses; authority of chosen freeholders to establish
The board of chosen freeholders of every county in this state may establish, build or purchase a workhouse at such place in the county as such board shall think fit, or may build additions thereto as such board may deem necessary.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-30 - Conversion of part of jail into workhouse

30:8-30. Conversion of part of jail into workhouse
The board of chosen freeholders of any such county may convert so much of the common jail of the county as they deem proper into a workhouse, reserving sufficient room for the uses and purposes of the public jail.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-31 - Workhouse as part of jail taken over by chosen freeholders; work of prisoners in

30:8-31. Workhouse as part of jail taken over by chosen freeholders; work of prisoners in
In every county where the board of chosen freeholders shall appoint a keeper or warden as provided by sections 30:8-19 and 30:8-20 of this title, such keeper or warden shall be the master of the workhouse in such county, if there be one, and such workhouse, or so much of it as shall be so declared by such board, shall be part of the common jail of such county. Such keeper or warden shall put and keep at such work as they are able to perform, at such place or places in the county as may be designated by such board, all persons who may be by law required to work during their continuance in his custody.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-32 - Management of workhouse; master and employees; rules and regulations

30:8-32. Management of workhouse; master and employees; rules and regulations
A county workhouse shall be under the direction, superintendence and government of the board of chosen freeholders who may appoint a workhouse master and such other employees as may be necessary and make such regulations, ordinances and by-laws, not contrary to the constitution or laws of this state, for the government of the workhouse and the confinement and labor of the inmates as they shall from time to time deem necessary or convenient.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-33 - Prisoners who may be sent to workhouse; hard labor

30:8-33. Prisoners who may be sent to workhouse; hard labor
In each county having a workhouse every person sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for not more than six months shall be delivered by the sheriff or other proper officer of the county in which the conviction was had to the master of the workhouse, together with a copy of the sentence of the court, certified under the hand and seal of the clerk of the court or if there be no clerk, then under the hand and seal of the magistrate or judge imposing the sentence, and shall be there received and safely kept to hard labor, agreeably to such sentence, by the master of the workhouse for the term of his sentence and for such further time as the costs of prosecution and fine, if any, shall remain unpaid, unless the prisoner be sooner discharged in due course of law.
This section shall not apply to an offender whose sentence shall be imprisonment or the payment of a fine, or imprisonment and the payment of a fine, without the addition of hard labor in either case.
Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 536, s. 54.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-34 - Cost of keeping prisoners and expense of materials for their labor

30:8-34. Cost of keeping prisoners and expense of materials for their labor
All disorderly persons and others ordered by law to be sent to a county workhouse shall be kept therein at the charge and expense of the county unless otherwise directed by law. The board of chosen freeholders is authorized at its expense to procure suitable articles, things and materials for their labor, work and employment.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-37 - Records to be kept by workhouse master; proceeds of labor

30:8-37. Records to be kept by workhouse master; proceeds of labor
The master of every workhouse shall keep an exact account of the time of the commitment and discharge of prisoners, their maintenance, the articles and materials provided for them to work, and the earnings and proceeds of their labor, and report the same to the board of chosen freeholders at its annual meeting and at other times when required. He shall pay over to the county treasurer the amount of such earnings and proceeds at the time of exhibiting his accounts, which moneys shall be appropriated to the uses of the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-38 - Penalty for neglect of duty by workhouse master

30:8-38. Penalty for neglect of duty by workhouse master
If the master of the workhouse fails properly to account and pay over the proceeds of labor as required by section 30:8-37 of this title or fails to perform any duty required by law he shall for each offense forfeit fifty dollars to be recovered with costs in an action at law in the name and for the uses of the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-39 - Joint workhouses

30:8-39. Joint workhouses
The boards of chosen freeholders of two or more counties may unite in establishing or acquiring and maintaining and operating a workhouse in common at such place as they shall agree, which shall be under their joint direction, superintendence and government and the cost and expense of which shall be apportioned by agreement.
Commitments to such joint workhouse from a county uniting to establish or maintain the same shall be of full force and effect notwithstanding the workhouse may be without the county.
The master of any such workhouse shall do the like services and duties and be under the like regulations and penalties as the masters of other workhouses.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-40 - Employment of workhouse and penitentiary prisoners

30:8-40. Employment of workhouse and penitentiary prisoners
The board of chosen freeholders of any county may cause to be employed within the county, prisoners in any county workhouse or penitentiary under sentence, or committed for nonpayment of fine and costs or committed in default of bond for nonsupport of family, and the product of their labor may be disposed of to the county or to any public institution of the county.
Nothing herein contained shall permit the employment of prisoners to take the place of free labor locked out or on strike, nor shall any prison labor be employed on any public improvement when free labor sufficient to carry on the work makes application for employment thereon.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-41 - Rules and regulations for employment of prisoners; guards and attendants; cost of work

30:8-41. Rules and regulations for employment of prisoners; guards and attendants; cost of work
Prisoners employed under section 30:8-40 of this title shall be under the custody and control of the board of chosen freeholders who shall make rules and regulations governing their employment and employ necessary guards and attendants while prisoners are so employed and fix their duties, salaries and terms of employment. The compensation of guards and attendants, the wages or earnings paid to prisoners as hereinafter provided and other necessary expenses in connection with their employment shall be included in and charged against the cost of such work.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-42 - Workhouse inmates

30:8-42. Workhouse inmates
The county governing body may establish a wage system for payment to prisoners for services in work carried on by such governing body or by any board, commission or institution that receives funds from the county. Such wage system may include all prisoners employed in any work or service necessary for the maintenance of the workhouse or penitentiary or their inmates. The wage allowed each prisoner shall not exceed fifty cents for each day of eight hours' work by such prisoners. In the payment of wages to prisoners preference shall be given to those who have persons legally dependent upon them for support.
The county governing body is authorized to withdraw from moneys paid to prisoners sufficient moneys, in an amount not to exceed one-third of the inmate's total income, as may be required to pay any penalty assessment, restitution or fine ordered as part of any sentence.
Amended by L. 1985, c. 251, s. 5, eff. July 31, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-43 - Support of dependents

30:8-43. Support of dependents
When a prisoner has a wife, child or children or others legally dependent upon him, or her, for support, the earnings of such prisoner shall be disbursed through the county probation office to such dependents, or to the society or institution having the care or custody of such dependents, or any of them, as the court may direct, and the order of the court relative to payments of such earnings may be modified at any time thereafter as the court may determine, but the court may order that the fines, penalty assessments, restitution, and costs may be first charged against and deducted from the earnings of such prisoner. The county governing body shall make rules and regulations relative to the disposition of the earnings of all prisoners, and may designate an officer or employee of the county as the disbursing agent of such funds.
When the earnings of any such prisoner have been unclaimed for a period of one year after the discharge of any such prisoner from imprisonment, the county probation officer shall pay to the county treasurer of the county such unclaimed sums of money, for the use of the county; provided, however, that at any time within two years after such moneys have been turned over to the use of the county, any person or persons claiming to own the said money, in addition to any other remedy now provided by law, may make application, upon giving ten days' prior notice thereof to the county treasurer, to the court for an order declaring such moneys to be the property of such person or persons, and ordering the same to be returned to such person or persons by the county treasurer. Upon proof that such person or persons are entitled to said moneys, the court shall issue an order directing the county treasurer to pay such moneys over to such person, which order and payment shall be a valid and sufficient release and discharge of the county treasurer.
Amended by L. 1948, c. 17, p. 65, s. 1; L. 1953, c. 29, p. 536, s. 55; L. 1985, c. 251, s. 6, eff. July 31, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-44 - Work release or vocational training of certain prisoners or incarcerated persons.

30:8-44 Work release or vocational training of certain prisoners or incarcerated persons.
1. In any county in which the governing body, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, approves the application of this act and designates a county work release administrator who may be the sheriff, warden or other person, a person convicted of any offense, except as otherwise provided in section 2 of P.L.1994, c.153 (C.30:8-44.1) and sentenced to the county jail, workhouse or penitentiary of the county or a person incarcerated in the county jail, workhouse or penitentiary pursuant to the Rules of Court for contempt of an order or judgment issued by the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part may be placed at outside labor or permitted to attend a vocational training course operated or sponsored by a public or private agency in the county by order of the court by which the sentence or order of incarceration was imposed, or by the assignment judge of the county in which the sentence or order of incarceration was imposed, at the time such person is sentenced or incarcerated or at any time thereafter during the term of the sentence or term of incarceration. A work release order may include permission for release from confinement during specified hours to care for the offender's family. Such order may be revoked by the court which granted it at any time.
The Department of Corrections shall prepare and enforce regulations for the operation of this act in accordance with the provisions thereof.
L.1968,c.372,s.1; amended 1969, c.243; 1994, c.153, s.1; 1997, c.425.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-44.1 - Ineligibility for work release program

30:8-44.1. Ineligibility for work release program
2. No person confined to a county correctional facility shall be eligible to participate in any work release or vocational training release program if he has been convicted of any of the following:
a. Any crime involving a sexual offense or child molestation as set forth in N.J.S.2C:14-1 et seq.;
b. Any crime endangering the welfare of children or incompetents which concerns sexual conduct which would impair or debauch the morals of the child or an incompetent, as set forth in N.J.S.2C:24-4 and N.J.S.2C:24-7;
c. Any crime involving the manufacture, transportation, sale or possession, with the intent to sell or distribute, of a "controlled dangerous substance" or a "controlled dangerous substance analog," as defined in the "Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1986," P.L.1987, c.106 (C.2C:35-1 et al.); or
d. Any crime involving the use of force or the threat of force upon a person or property including: armed robbery, aggravated assault, kidnapping, arson, manslaughter and murder.
L.1994,c.153,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-45 - Conditions

30:8-45. Conditions
Every county work release and vocational training release program shall, however, be subject to the following conditions:
(a) Representatives of local union central bodies or similar labor union organizations shall be consulted as to the general program for such placements;
(b) That such placements shall not result in the displacement of employed workers, or be made in skills, crafts or trades in which there is a surplus of available gainful labor in the locality, or impair existing contracts for services; and
(c) That the rates of pay and other conditions of the placements shall not be less than those paid or provided for work of a similar nature in the locality in which the work is to be performed.
L.1968, c. 372, s. 2, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-46 - Employment; reasonable wages and hours; employment by county

30:8-46. Employment; reasonable wages and hours; employment by county
If the person so placed at outside labor has been regularly employed, arrangements shall be made for a continuation of said work insofar as possible without interruption. If not employed in any job, every effort shall be made to secure some suitable employment. Any such person so employed shall be paid a fair and reasonable wage for such work and shall work at fair and reasonable employment and hours per day and per week. If suitable private outside employment cannot be found for any prisoner, such prisoner may be employed by the county if work is available and shall receive therefor a fair and reasonable wage and shall work at fair and reasonable hours per day and per week.
L.1968, c. 372, s. 3, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-47 - Employment in another county

30:8-47. Employment in another county
The court may by order authorize the work release administrator to whom any person placed at outside labor is committed to arrange with another work release administrator for the employment of the prisoner in the other's county, and while so employed to be in the other's custody but in all other respects to be and continue subject to the commitment.
L.1968, c. 372, s. 4, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies › Section 30:8-48 - Confinement in jail or workhouse

30:8-48. Confinement in jail or workhouse
Whenever such person is not employed, and between the hours or periods of employment, he shall be confined in jail or workhouse.
L.1968, c. 372, s. 5, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.