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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 617 - Forfeitures of Personal Property › Section 617:12 - Report.

617:12 Report. –
I. The attorney general, no later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, shall post a report on the department of justice website detailing state forfeiture activity, for the preceding fiscal year, including the type, approximate value, and disposition of each property seized, and the amount of any proceeds received or expended at the state and local levels. The report shall provide a categorized accounting of all proceeds expended. Data on seizures, forfeitures, and expenditures of forfeiture proceeds shall be provided by the law enforcement agency in disaggregated form to the attorney general.
II. The attorney general may include proposed legislative recommendations to improve policies to ensure that seizures and forfeitures are undertaken and reported in a manner that is fair to crime victims, innocent property owners, secured interest holders, citizens, and law enforcement officers.
Source.
2018, 231:1, eff. Aug. 7, 2018. 2022, 118:2, eff. July 26, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:1 - Imposition; Definition of Fine.

618:1 Imposition;  Definition of Fine. –
I. Fines are imposed by the sentence of a court of criminal jurisdiction in a prosecution begun by indictment or information, or upon complaint before a justice of a municipal court.
II. In this chapter, "fine" means a fine, a penalty assessment, or an administrative fee imposed for a default on a court appearance or a default of payment of a fine.
Source.
GS 250:1. GL 268:1. PS 256:1. PL 370:1. RL 430:1. RSA 618:1. 1957, 244:40, eff. Sept. 23, 1957. 1998, 353:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:2 - For Whose Use.

618:2 For Whose Use. –
Unless otherwise specially provided, all fines and forfeitures imposed by a municipal court shall be for the use of the town in which the court is established, and all other fines and forfeitures shall be for the use of the county within which the offense was committed.
Source.
RS 211:13. CS 224:13. GS 250:7. 1868, 17:1. 1874, 48:1. GL 268:7. PS 256:2. PL 370:2. RL 430:2. RSA 618:2. 1957, 244:41, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:3 - Fines, to Whom Paid.

618:3 Fines, to Whom Paid. –
No fines or other money belonging to a county shall be paid to the county attorney; but when imposed or recovered in the superior court they shall be paid to the clerk of court or to the sheriff having a precept therefor.
Source.
1861, 2486:2. GS 271:11. GL 289:11. PS 256:16. PL 370:16. RL 430:16. 1951, 163:11, eff. July 1, 1951.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:3-a - Payment of Fines.

618:3-a Payment of Fines. –
All fines, except parking fines or except as otherwise specifically provided by law, shall be paid to the clerk of the court imposing the fine.
Source.
1957, 166:2, eff. Aug. 5, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:4 - Paying Over to County.

618:4 Paying Over to County. –
Every justice of a municipal court shall pay over to the town or county to which any fine or forfeiture accrues every such fine or forfeiture received by him within 6 months after the receipt of the same. Upon default thereof, he shall forfeit double the amount of such fine or forfeiture.
Source.
RS 222:11. 1859, 2237:1, 2. GS 24:11. GL 25:11. PS 256:3. PL 370:3. RL 430:3. RSA 618:4. 1957, 244:42, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:5 - Paying Over by County.

618:5 Paying Over by County. –
If any fine appropriated to the use of any town or person or for any particular use is paid into the county treasury, the county commissioners, upon application, shall draw their order upon the county treasurer for the same, in favor of the party so entitled.
Source.
GS 250:8. GL 25:12; 268:8. PS 256:4. PL 370:4. RL 430:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:6 - Place of Committal.

618:6 Place of Committal. –
Any person sentenced to pay a fine shall be ordered to be imprisoned until sentence is performed, or he or she is otherwise legally discharged, in the county correctional facility in which the crime was committed. This section shall not be construed as authorizing the confinement of any juvenile under the age of 17 years in a county correctional facility for the nonpayment of a fine.
Source.
1861, 2510. GS 250:4. GL 268:4. PS 256:7. PL 370:7. RL 430:7. 1951, 163:4. RSA 618:6. 1963, 213:2. 1965, 256:10. 1979, 150:2. 1988, 89:33, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 237:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:7 - Execution.

618:7 Execution. –
A writ of execution may be issued for any fine in a criminal case, notwithstanding the respondent may be committed or detained in a county correctional facility for nonpayment thereof, and if the fine is collected upon the execution, the convict shall not be further detained on account thereof.
Source.
GS 250:5. GL 268:5. PS 256:8. PL 370:8. RL 430:8. 1951, 163:5. RSA 618:7. 1988, 89:34, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:8 - At End of Term, or on Payment of Balance.

618:8 At End of Term, or on Payment of Balance. –
Any person sentenced conditionally to pay a fine or to be imprisoned for a term shall be discharged at the expiration of the term, and may be discharged at any time on payment of the balance of the fine, after deducting $150 for each day such person has been imprisoned under the sentence.
Source.
GS 250:6. GL 268:6. PS 256:10. PL 370:10. RL 430:10. 1951, 163:6. RSA 618:8. 1967, 295:2. 1987, 81:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. 2003, 237:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2016, 105:1, eff. May 19, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:9 - Committal for Nonpayment; Term.

618:9 Committal for Nonpayment;  Term. –
Whenever a person is committed to a county correctional facility in default of payment of a fine imposed by a justice of a superior court or a district court, he or she shall be discharged from custody by the superintendent thereof at the expiration of a number of days after the date of his or her commitment equal to one day for each $150 of the fine so imposed. The superintendent shall keep a record of all discharges made under the provisions of this section.
Source.
1883, 96:1. PS 256:11. PL 370:11. RL 430:11. 1951, 163:7. 1953, 80:1. RSA 618:9. 1957, 244:43. 1967, 295:3. 1987, 81:2. 1988, 89:35, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 237:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2014, 204:42, eff. July 11, 2014. 2016, 105:1, eff. May 19, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:10 - Petition for Discharge.

618:10 Petition for Discharge. –
Whenever a person under conviction for a criminal offense and confined in a county correctional facility is unable to pay the fine, the superior court, upon petition of the prisoner or the superintendent and satisfactory proof of such inability, may order the prisoner to be discharged upon such terms as they may think proper.
Source.
RS 226:12. 1846, 351. CS 241:12. GS 250:9. 1872, 80:1. GL 268:9. PS 256:12. PL 370:12. RL 430:12. 1951, 163:8. RSA 618:10. 1957, 244:44. 1988, 89:36, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 237:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:11 - Procedure for Discharge.

618:11 Procedure for Discharge. –
No discharge shall be granted pursuant to RSA 618:10 unless the petition shall be approved by the county attorney, or it shall appear to the court that the county attorney has been served with a copy of the petition, and that notice has been given to him of the time and place when and where the petition is to be presented to the court at least 10 days before the hearing upon the petition, and the petition, evidence and order of the court shall be filed in the office of the clerk of court.
Source.
1863, 2723. GS 250:10. 1872, 30:2. GL 268:10. PS 256:13. PL 370:13. RL 430:13. RSA 618:11. 1957, 244:45, eff. Sept. 23, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:12 - Discharge by Selectmen.

618:12 Discharge by Selectmen. –
Any person convicted of an offense against the police of towns or against a bylaw of a town may, upon petition and proof of inability to pay the fine, be discharged by the selectmen, and the town shall be liable for prison charges if the prisoner is unable to pay them.
Source.
RS 114:9. CS 120:11. GS 250:11. GL 268:11. PS 256:14. PL 370:14. RL 430:14. 1951, 163:9, eff. July 1, 1951.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:13 - Effect.

618:13 Effect. –
In neither of the cases specified in RSA 618:10 and 12 shall a fine be released by the discharge of the prisoner, but a writ of execution therefor against the goods or estate of the prisoner may be at any time issued, upon request of the county commissioners or selectmen, without a writ of scire facias.
Source.
GS 250:12. GL 268:12. PS 256:15. PL 370:15. RL 430:15. 1951, 163:10, eff. July 1, 1951.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:14 - Costs.

618:14 Costs. –
Except as otherwise provided by statute, the assessment of any costs against respondents in criminal cases is hereby forbidden; provided, however, that costs involving transportation of prisoners up to the time of court arraignment may be assessed against respondents, in the discretion of the superior court.
Source.
1951, 163:1. RSA 618:14. 1992, 39:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 618 - Fines, Costs, and Discharges › Section 618:15 - Liability for Costs.

618:15 Liability for Costs. –
All legal costs attending the arrest, examination or conveyance of an offender, except when directed or approved in writing by the counsel of the state or county commissioners, shall be paid by the complainant.
Source.
RS 222:21. CS 237:21. GS 250:13. 1876, 10:1. GL 268:13. PS 256:9. PL 370:9. RL 430:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:1 - New Hampshire Youth Development Center; Administration.

621:1 New Hampshire Youth Development Center;  Administration. –
I. The New Hampshire youth development center, a juvenile correctional facility formerly known as the industrial school, may also be referred to as the YDC or the center. References to the industrial school or the YDC in statutes or other documents shall mean the youth development center.
II. The programs and policies of the New Hampshire youth development center shall be administered by the department of health and human services.
III. To ensure that juveniles are placed in the least restrictive environment consistent with their treatment needs, their safety, and the safety of the community, the department shall not establish treatment services at the youth development center or other architecturally secure facility which are not also available to children living in the community or in settings other than architecturally secure settings.
Source.
1913, 101:3. PL 399:1. RL 463:1. 1953, 205:1, par. 1. RSA 621:1. 1973, 17:2. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:10. 1994, 81:3; 212:2. 1995, 181:12, eff. July 1, 1995. 2001, 286:19, eff. Sept. 14, 2001. 2013, 249:19, eff. Sept. 22, 2013.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:2 - Philosophy of the New Hampshire Youth Development Center.

621:2 Philosophy of the New Hampshire Youth Development Center. –
The New Hampshire youth development center shall be administered to effect the following purposes and policies:
I. To provide a wholesome physical and emotional setting for each child detained at or committed to the center;
II. To provide protection, care, counseling, supervision, and rehabilitative services as required by the individual child;
III. To assure that the child has not been deprived of those rights to which he or she is entitled by law;
IV. To teach the child to accept responsibility for his or her actions;
V. To recognize that the child's interests are of major importance while also acknowledging the interests of public safety;
VI. To cooperate with the courts, law enforcement agencies, and other agencies in juvenile matters to ensure that the needs of each child who is involved with these agencies are met with minimum adverse impact upon the child; and
VII. To return each child committed to the center to a community setting with an improved attitude toward society.
Source.
1981, 539:3, eff. June 30, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:3 - Definitions.

621:3 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Administrative release to parole" means an administrative procedure to provide a period of community adjustment before parole status is granted.
I-a. "Board" means the juvenile parole board established in RSA 170-H:3.
II. "Child," "minor," or "juvenile" means a person under the age of 18 years.
II-a. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
III. "Commitment" or "committed" refers to children who are in the custody of the center as a result of being adjudicated delinquent by a district or superior court and who are placed in the custody and care of the center for their minority.
IV. "Court" means the district court, unless otherwise indicated.
V. "Delinquent" or "delinquent child" means a minor who has committed an offense before reaching the age of 18 years which would be a felony or misdemeanor under the criminal code of this state if committed by an adult.
V-a. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
VI. "Detention" means the care of a minor in a physically restricted facility while awaiting further action by a court.
VI-a. [Repealed.]
VI-b. [Repealed.]
VII. "Minority" means the period of time before the age of 18 years and terminates on the eighteenth birthday.
VIII. "Parole" means a conditional release from the center which allows the child to serve the remainder of his or her commitment outside the center, supervised by a juvenile probation and parole officer, contingent upon satisfactory compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in the parole agreement.
Source.
1981, 539:3. 1983, 291:1, 416:11, 12, 20. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 181:13, 14, 20, 23, X; 308:114-116. 1999, 219:12. 2000, 294:8, eff. July 1, 2000. 2001, 286:19, eff. Sept. 14, 2001. 2014, 215:15-17, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:4 - Duties Relative to Property.

621:4 Duties Relative to Property. –
With the approval of the fiscal committee, the department shall be authorized to take, hold, and manage, in trust for the state, lands, money, or other property granted, devised, or bequeathed for the use of the center, and to sell and convey the lands, money, or other property and to invest the proceeds therefrom in such investments as are legal for New Hampshire savings banks or in the physical plant of the center.
Source.
1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:13. 1995, 181:20, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:6 - Books and Records of Account.

621:6 Books and Records of Account. –
All books of account and documents relating to the center shall be open to examination by the bank commissioner, the governor and council, or either legislative branch.
Source.
1913, 101:4. PL 399:4. RL 463:4. 1953, 205:1, par. 3. RSA 621:3. 1981, 539:3, eff. June 30, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:7 - Bylaws.

621:7 Bylaws. –
The commissioner shall adopt and may amend bylaws for the governance of the center and for the management of its concerns, and shall prescribe in the bylaws the powers and duties of the persons connected with the center, in conformity with the rules of the department of personnel.
Source.
1913, 101:5. PL 399:5. RL 463:5. 1953, 205:1, par. 4. RSA 621:4. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:20. 1994, 81:3. 1995, 181:15, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:8 - Fire Code Compliance.

621:8 Fire Code Compliance. –
The state fire marshal, with the assistance of the department of health and human services and the commissioner of the department of youth center development services, shall inspect all youth development facilities once every 6 months. In order to insure compliance with the fire safety rules which he is authorized to promulgate under RSA 153:5, the fire marshal shall assist the center administration in developing a plan to bring all center buildings into compliance with such rules.
Source.
1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:21. 1994, 81:3. 1995, 181:21, eff. July 1, 1995; 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:9 - Care of Children.

621:9 Care of Children. –
The department shall ensure that children sent to the center are properly accounted for and are provided with those services to which they are entitled by statute, the bylaws of the center, and other directives.
Source.
1913, 101:6. PL 399:6. RL 463:6. 1953, 205:1, par. 6. RSA 621:5. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:20. 1995, 181:20, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:9-a - Extended Commitment at the Center.

621:9-a Extended Commitment at the Center. –
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a minor over whom the court has exercised jurisdiction pursuant to RSA 169-B:4, I or retained jurisdiction pursuant to RSA 169-B:4, V(c), may be committed or continue to be committed at the center pursuant to RSA 169-B:19, I(j) until the minor's eighteenth birthday.
Source.
2002, 170:5, eff. July 14, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:12 - Department's Duties.

621:12 Department's Duties. –
I. The department shall have charge of the lands, buildings, furniture, tools, implements, stock, provisions, and other property of the center. The department shall keep, in suitable books, regular and complete accounts of all receipts and expenditures, and of the debts, credits, contracts and property of the center, showing its income and expenses. Such accounts shall be specific and contain the dates and amounts of all receipts, and the date, quantity, and price of every article purchased or procured. There is specifically excepted from the foregoing such accounts and accountability as the department of administrative services otherwise requires. The department shall be responsible for the organization of the center to effect the maximum in economy and efficiency, and shall be the appointing authority for employees of the center. The department shall have custody and charge of the children committed to their care and shall provide maintenance to those children detained at the center awaiting further court action.
II. The commissioner shall develop and periodically revise a juvenile section of the comprehensive plan for the state's correctional system required by RSA 21-H:8, X which shall contain the elements required by law to be addressed in that plan. The juvenile section shall be fully integrated into the overall plan provided for by RSA 21-H:8, X.
III. The commissioner shall provide a monthly report to the fiscal committee of the general court of the average daily census and the estimated monthly cost per resident at the Sununu youth services center, including those funds used from accounting units not directly associated with the Sununu youth services center.
Source.
1913, 101:12. PL 399:13. RL 463:13. 1953, 205:1, par. 7. RSA 621:7. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:54. 1995, 181:16, 20, eff. July 1, 1995. 2018, 355:6, eff. July 2, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:15 - Records of Children Committed or Detained.

621:15 Records of Children Committed or Detained. –
The commissioner shall cause accurate records to be kept which shall contain, as a minimum, the child's name, address, age, parents' or guardians' names and addresses, commitment documents, and such other data as may be appropriate. The commissioner shall issue directives to ensure compliance with state and federal privacy laws and regulations.
Source.
1913, 101:13. PL 399:14. RL 463:14. 1953, 205:1, par. 9. RSA 621:10. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:21. 1994, 81:3. 1995, 181:21, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:16 - Erroneous Committal Elsewhere.

621:16 Erroneous Committal Elsewhere. –
If a child shall be committed by error of any court to a correctional institution other than the center, the commissioner, the county attorney, the minor, or any person interested in the minor may apply to a justice of the superior court for an order for the commitment of the minor to the center for the term of minority, and the justice shall issue a new mittimus accordingly.
Source.
1913, 101:17. PL 399:18. RL 463:18. 1953, 205:1, par. 12. RSA 621:13. 1965, 256:8. 1973, 72:46. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:15. 1995, 181:19, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:17 - Committal by the United States.

621:17 Committal by the United States. –
The department may receive and maintain juvenile offenders sent to the center by virtue of any act of the Congress of the United States for such reasonable compensation as may be agreed upon with the United States authorities. The commissioner shall receive, detain, and treat these offenders as if they had been detained or committed by a juvenile proceeding in a New Hampshire court, except that no such juvenile shall be released to parole or furlough without approval of the United States authorities.
Source.
1913, 101:19. PL 399:20. RL 463:20. 1953, 205:1, par. 14. RSA 621:15. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:20, 21. 1994, 81:3. 1995, 181:20, 21, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:18 - Detention.

621:18 Detention. –
Children detained at the center under RSA 169-B shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter relative to release, administrative release to parole, parole, and discharge, but shall be subject to the transfer provided for incorrigibles until the court disposes of their cases.
Source.
1913, 101:20. PL 399:21. RL 463:21. 1953, 205:1, par. 15. RSA 621:16. 1981, 539:3, eff. June 30, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:20 - Contract for Board.

621:20 Contract for Board. –
The department may contract to pay the board of a released child when the child, because of age or other conditions, is unable to earn board and no proper place may be found for him or her without payment of board.
Source.
1913, 101:22. PL 399:24. RL 463:24. 1953, 205:1, par. 17. RSA 621:18. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:20. 1995, 181:20, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:21 - Payment of Board.

621:21 Payment of Board. –
Payments of board shall be charged to the expenses of the center as if they were payments for boarding, instructing, and disciplining the child at the center, with a right of recovery against the legally liable unit in accordance with RSA 169-B:40 and RSA 621:31.
Source.
1913, 101:22. PL 399:25. RL 463:25. 1953, 205:1, par. 18. RSA 621:19. 1981, 539:3, eff. June 30, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:22 - Children in Residential Care.

621:22 Children in Residential Care. –
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, whenever the department releases a child and contracts for the child's residential care in a facility which has been approved by the department of health and human services, payment for the care shall be charged in accordance with RSA 169-B:40 and RSA 621:31.
Source.
1967, 174:1. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 291:1; 416:20. 1995, 181:20, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:23 - Religious Preference.

621:23 Religious Preference. –
In all questions of release, the department shall investigate the religious and moral character of those into whose custody a released child is placed.
Source.
1913, 101:24. PL 399:27. RL 463:27. 1953, 205:1, par. 19. RSA 621:20. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:20. 1995, 181:20, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:24 - Effect of Release.

621:24 Effect of Release. –
No administrative release or parole of a child shall operate as a discharge of the child from the center. The department shall continue to have control of children on administrative release to parole or parole until they reach the age of 18 years, and the control conferred by the department upon others shall be conferred upon them as agents of the department, except where a child is discharged under RSA 621:19.
Source.
1913, 101:25. PL 399:28. RL 463:28. 1953, 205:1, par. 20. RSA 621:21. 1973, 72:42. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:20. 1995, 181:20, eff. July 1, 1995; 308:117, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. 2002, 170:6, eff. July 14, 2002. 2014, 215:18, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:25 - Remands and Changes in Conditions of Release.

621:25 Remands and Changes in Conditions of Release. –
The board or the commissioner, subject to the approval of the board, may modify or cancel any arrangements or conditions relative to release, other than discharge of a child, or may order a child remanded to the center, until the child reaches the age of 18 years or is discharged under RSA 621:19. Under the direction of the board and subject to rules adopted by the commissioner the department shall:
I. Seek out proper places for children who are qualified for administrative release to parole or parole and keep in contact with these children after they are so released;
II. Make reports of its activities to the board when so required. When the department deems it to be in the best interest of a child on administrative release to parole or parole to be placed under different conditions, it shall report the case fully to the board, together with its recommendations, and the board shall act on the case in whatever manner seems to them to be in the best interests of the child; and
III. Remand children to the center with the same power and authority as provided to the board or under such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe.
Source.
1913, 101:25. PL 399:29. RL 463:29. 1953, 205:1, par. 21. RSA 621:22. 1973, 72:43. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:17. 1995, 181:19, 20, eff. July 1, 1995; 308:117, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. 2002, 170:6, eff. July 14, 2002. 2014, 215:18, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:26 - Discharge by Superior Court.

621:26 Discharge by Superior Court. –
A minor erroneously committed to the center may be discharged by a justice of the superior court, upon petition of the county attorney or a selectman of the town or mayor of the city in which the minor resides, when continued commitment is unnecessary. Upon petition to the superior court by the division or the board, the court may review the case of a child, modify or amend the order of commitment, or order the release of the child.
Source.
1913, 183:1. PL 399:31. RL 463:31. 1953, 205:1, par. 22. RSA 621:23. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:18, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:27 - Incorrigibles.

621:27 Incorrigibles. –
I. If a minor committed or detained at the center shall be found by the department to be incorrigible and dangerous to the discipline of the center, the department may order the minor to be transferred and committed to another institution with facilities for minors for a time not exceeding the time when the commitment to the center expires.
II. The department shall cause an attested copy of its order to be served on the minor and his or her father or mother or guardian, or other person standing in loco parentis, either personally or by certified mail. No defect or insufficiency in the service of the copy shall invalidate the order of transfer and commitment. The minor, or any interested person in the minor's behalf, may, within 30 days from the entry of the order, petition the superior court or any justice of the superior court for a review of the findings and order of transfer and commitment to determine whether the order was justified. The court or justice shall immediately fix a time and place for hearing and make such orders relative to the giving of notice of the hearing as may be proper and, upon hearing all relevant evidence, an order shall be entered as justice may require.
III. The minor may be transferred to any institution upon payment by the center of a reasonable sum for the minor's care and maintenance, and for such time, not exceeding the minority, as the department may determine. The center shall have the right of recovery in accordance with RSA 169-B:40 and RSA 621:31.
Source.
1913, 101:30. PL 399:37. RL 463:37. 1953, 205:1, pars. 23, 24. RSA 621:24, 25. 1963, 172:1. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:20. 1995, 181:20, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:28 - Modification of Transfer.

621:28 Modification of Transfer. –
The terms and condition of transfer and commitment of a child pursuant to RSA 621:27 may be modified at the discretion of the department, as with released children.
Source.
1913, 101:30. PL 399:39. RL 463:39. 1953, 205:1, par. 25. RSA 621:26. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:20. 1995, 181:20, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:29 - Orders.

621:29 Orders. –
A written order of the commissioner shall authorize the keeper of any state, county, city, or town facility to receive and keep, or to discharge into the keeping of an employee of the center, any child transferred pursuant to RSA 621:27.
Source.
1913, 101:30. PL 399:40. RL 463:40. 1953, 205:1, par. 26. RSA 621:27. 1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:21. 1994, 81:3. 1995, 181:21, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:31 - Parents or Estate of Child to Contribute to Costs.

621:31 Parents or Estate of Child to Contribute to Costs. –
I. If it appears that the parent or estate of a child who is subject to the provisions of this chapter is able to contribute to the support of the child, the court may enter an order requiring the parent, guardian, or executor of the child's estate to pay a reasonable sum toward the support, education, or maintenance of the child.
II. The order of the court shall direct the money to be paid to the probation department serving that court for disbursement to the state of New Hampshire general fund, from which it shall be further disbursed to the New Hampshire youth development center, upon its request.
III. On application and on such notice as the court may direct, the court may make modifications in the requirement for contribution as justice may require. The court may require security for payment of sums due and shall have the power of a court of equity to enforce its orders. Failure of the parent, guardian, or executor to comply with the orders of the court shall constitute prima facie evidence of contempt of court and shall be admissible as evidence in contempt proceedings.
Source.
1981, 539:3, eff. June 30, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:32 - Contraband.

621:32 Contraband. –
No person shall have in his or her possession, with the intent to deliver or otherwise convey to any child committed to or detained at the center, any article contrary to the rules of the center. No person shall deposit or conceal any such item in or about the center, in any building or vehicle, or on any land adjacent to the center, with the intent that a resident of the center shall receive it. No person shall convey out of the center any article contrary to the rules of the center. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a class B felony.
Source.
1981, 539:3, eff. June 30, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:33 - Authority to Apprehend.

621:33 Authority to Apprehend. –
Certain employees of the department who satisfactorily complete a prescribed course of instruction and are certified by the commissioner shall be designated as ex officio constables to possess general police powers, including the power of arrest, but limited as follows:
I. These powers shall extend to employees only during the period of duty with the department.
II. These powers shall extend only to property controlled by the department with 3 exceptions:
(a) When an employee is in hot pursuit of a person who has committed a crime while on grounds, in buildings, or in vehicles controlled by the department;
(b) When an on duty employee observes a child whom the employee knows has escaped from the department or failed to return from furlough, or who is in violation of the terms of parole; or
(c) When an employee is transporting a detained or committed child to another location.
Source.
1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:21. 1994, 81:3. 1999, 219:13, eff. July 6, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:34 - Reimbursement for Transportation Costs.

621:34 Reimbursement for Transportation Costs. –
When a child who is committed to the center escapes or is in violation of the parole agreement by being absent from placement, and is apprehended at a distance from the center requiring expenditure of funds for transportation to the center, the commissioner may petition a court having jurisdiction to conduct a hearing under RSA 621:31 to assess reimbursement for travel expenses.
Source.
1981, 539:3. 1983, 416:21. 1994, 81:3. 1995, 181:21, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621 - Youth Development Center › Section 621:36 - Service of Adult Sentence of Incarceration at the Youth Development Center.

621:36 Service of Adult Sentence of Incarceration at the Youth Development Center. –
Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule to the contrary, the department may accept any youthful offender who is transferred to the youth development center pursuant to RSA 651:17-a for service of his or her adult sentence of incarceration until the youth reaches the age of 18.
Source.
2016, 303:3, eff. July 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621-A - Youth Services Center › Section 621-A:1 - Definitions.

621-A:1 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
II. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
III. "Detention" means the care of a child in a physically restricted facility while awaiting further action by a court.
Source.
1995, 181:17, eff. July 1, 1995. 2001, 286:12, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621-A - Youth Services Center › Section 621-A:2 - Repealed by 2001, 286:21, III, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.

621-A:2 Repealed by 2001, 286:21, III, eff. Sept. 14, 2001. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621-A - Youth Services Center › Section 621-A:3 - Repealed by 2001, 286:21, IV, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.

621-A:3 Repealed by 2001, 286:21, IV, eff. Sept. 14, 2001. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621-A - Youth Services Center › Section 621-A:4 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner.

621-A:4 Powers and Duties of Commissioner. –
I. The commissioner shall maintain the youth services center for such purposes as the commissioner shall determine, which may include, but are not limited to, the purposes described in RSA 621-A:5.
II. The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-a relative to:
(a) The discharge of any child admitted to the center when further detention is either unnecessary or undesirable.
(b) The return of the child to such custody as may be determined appropriate or as ordered by the court.
Source.
1995, 181:17. 1998, 184:3. 1999, 219:14, eff. July 6, 1999. 2001, 286:13, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621-A - Youth Services Center › Section 621-A:5 - Purposes.

621-A:5 Purposes. –
The youth services center may be used for the following purposes:
I. Receiving facility for the temporary detention of children who are awaiting disposition of the court pursuant to RSA 169-B:14.
II. Receiving facility for children determined educationally disabled pursuant to RSA 186-C.
Source.
1995, 181:17, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621-A - Youth Services Center › Section 621-A:6 - Admission.

621-A:6 Admission. –
I. Children, subject to proceedings in juvenile court, may be admitted to the youth services center for temporary detention while awaiting disposition of the court pursuant to RSA 169-B:14, for educational services pursuant to RSA 186-C, RSA 169-B, RSA 169-C, or RSA 169-D, only upon prior approval of the commissioner.
II. Prior to a child's detention at the youth services center, the department or an arresting law enforcement agency shall complete a detention risk assessment instrument to determine whether there is:
(a) Probable cause to believe that the child will pose a risk to public safety if released to the community prior to the court hearing or disposition; or
(b) A need to hold the child in order to assure the child's appearance before the court, as demonstrated by the child's previous failure to respond to the court.
III. The department shall review and submit a monthly report to the general court on those cases, also known as "overrides," in which children are confined at the Sununu Youth Services Center contrary to the results of the detention risk assessment instrument. Beginning with the fourth such report, the department shall include recommendations for the appropriate rate of overrides.
Source.
1995, 181:17, eff. July 1, 1995. 2001, 286:14, eff. Sept. 14, 2001. 2016, 303:6, eff. June 30, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621-A - Youth Services Center › Section 621-A:7 - Records.

621-A:7 Records. –
I. Full and complete records shall be kept by the commissioner of the care and study of each child admitted to the youth services center. The records shall not be open to the inspection of any persons not on the staff of the commissioner except that such records shall be available, by court order, to any court having competent jurisdiction of the child in any matter pending in this state or to such person or persons as may be authorized by the court. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, exchange of medical or psychiatric records between a facility providing child inpatient psychiatric treatment within the state mental health system and the department shall be permitted.
II. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the disclosure by the commissioner to the legislature or the public of the generalized facts relating to the children admitted to the youth services center, together with conclusions as to the proper means for the control and child guidance for such children, provided that the names and identities of particular children shall not be disclosed.
Source.
1995, 181:17, eff. July 1, 1995. 2022, 272:53, eff. June 24, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621-A - Youth Services Center › Section 621-A:8 - Repealed by 2001, 286:21, VI, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.

621-A:8 Repealed by 2001, 286:21, VI, eff. Sept. 14, 2001. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 621-A - Youth Services Center › Section 621-A:9 - to 621-A:11 Repealed by 2022, 323:1, VII, eff. Sept. 6, 2022.

621-A:9 to 621-A:11 Repealed by 2022, 323:1, VII, eff. Sept. 6, 2022. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 622 - The State Prisons › Section 622:2 - Superintendence.

622:2 Superintendence. –
The state prisons shall be under the superintendence and general management of the commissioner of corrections.
Source.
RS 227:2, 4. CS 242:2, 4. GS 270:2, 4. 1870, 22:1, 3. GL 288:2, 4. PS 285:2. PL 400:2. 1927, 101:1. RL 464:2. 1998, 386:16, eff. Aug. 26, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 622 - The State Prisons › Section 622:2-a - Wardens.

622:2-a Wardens. –
The wardens of the New Hampshire state prisons shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall be unclassified employees qualified by education and experience.
Source.
1996, 159:5. 1999, 296:8, eff. Sept. 14, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 622 - The State Prisons › Section 622:5 - Powers of Commissioner of Corrections.

622:5 Powers of Commissioner of Corrections. –
The commissioner of corrections, subject to the supervision and direction of the governor and council, shall have power:
I. To appoint all officers and servants necessary for the management of the prisons, and to remove them, subject to the regulations of the state personnel commission.
II. To define the powers, duties, and compensation of such officers and agents, subject to the regulations of the state personnel commission.
III. To establish bylaws for the government of the prisons.
IV. To provide for the purchase of articles necessary for the use of the prisons and for the health and comfort of the officers and prisoners.
V. To provide for the sale of articles manufactured in the prisons or not necessary for the use thereof.
VI. To make contracts, if expedient, for the support and employment of the prisoners or any portion of them, or to provide such other employment for the prisoners as they may deem desirable; to organize, conduct, and manage such industries as in his judgment may be best adapted to the needs of the prisons and the prisoners; and to provide machinery, tools, materials, supplies, and other instrumentalities useful therein. As far as may be practicable, the commissioner shall dispose of the products of every prison industry under his control and management to public institutions within the state.
VII. To make necessary additions, alterations, and repairs within the prisons or their enclosures.
VIII. To provide a military guard for the security of the prisons.
IX. To provide such books and other instruction as shall be deemed necessary for the convicts.
Source.
RS 227:5. CS 242:5. GS 270:5. GL 288:5. PS 285:5. 1917, 45:1. PL 400:6. RL 464:6. 1998, 386:4, 16, eff. Aug. 26, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 622 - The State Prisons › Section 622:6 - Visitation.

622:6 Visitation. –
The governor and council shall be visitors of the state prisons and shall annually, and as much oftener as may be proper, visit the prisons and see that all regulations made for the government thereof are proper and properly executed.
Source.
RS 227:10. CS 242:10. GS 270:10. GL 288:10. 1883, 28:1. PS 285:6. PL 400:7. RL 464:7. 1998, 386:16, eff. Aug. 26, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title LX - Correction and Punishment › Chapter 622 - The State Prisons › Section 622:6-a - Security Screening Required.

622:6-a Security Screening Required. –
Any individual entering the secure perimeter of a state correctional facility, including but not limited to visitors, state officials, employees, contractors, and vendors, shall be subject to one or more security screenings and inspections that will incorporate the use of electronic devices, visual searches, pat searches, or search by drug dog. All prisoners may be subject to one or more security screenings and inspections, including a full body security scanner at any time and shall be subject to one or more security screenings, including a full body scanner upon entering the secure perimeter of a state correctional facility. The full body security scanners shall be installed and operated in a manner that only enables the detection of weapons and contraband. No image created by a full body scanner shall be copied or duplicated except for images that are used for investigative purposes or that show weapons or contraband and are needed as evidence for prosecution.
Source.
2016, 263:5, eff. July 1, 2016. 2017, 175:1, eff. Aug. 27, 2017.