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2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1725 - Rules and regulations

§ 1725. Rules and regulations.
The board shall, in the manner provided by law, promulgate such rules, regulations and forms it deems necessary for the proper administration of the board and for the operation of the prison and alternative housing facilities.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1726 - Warden

§ 1726. Warden.
(a) Appointment.--
(1) The chief executive shall appoint a warden subject to confirmation by the board. The warden shall serve at the pleasure of the chief executive, who shall fix an appropriate salary.
(2) The warden shall be a resident of the county six months after the date of appointment.
(b) Duty to employ staff.--
Subject to approval of the manager, the warden shall employ deputies, assistants and other personnel required to adequately operate the prison and alternative housing facilities.
(c) Duty to report.--
(1) The warden shall submit an annual written report to the board which shall contain information on the population, conditions and practices in the prison and other matters as specified by the board. The annual report shall be available for public inspection.
(2) The warden shall report to the county chief executive and to the board.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1728 - Contracts and purchases

§ 1728. Contracts and purchases.
All contracts and purchases required for the maintenance and support of the prisoners, repairs and improvements of the prison and alternative housing facilities and materials and supplies shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of the county administrative code.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1731 - Establishment

§ 1731. Establishment.
(a) General rule.--
(1) In counties of the third, fourth and fifth class, the persons now holding the following offices and their successors in each county of the third, fourth or fifth class shall compose a board to be known as the board of inspectors of the jail or county prison.
(2) The following persons shall be members of the board:
(i) The president judge of the court of common pleas or a judge designated by him.
(ii) The district attorney.
(iii) The sheriff.
(iv) The controller.
(v) The county commissioners.
(3) The board and the officers appointed by it shall provide for the safekeeping, discipline and employment of inmates and the government and management of the correctional institution.
(4) The duty of the sheriff relating to the safekeeping of inmates shall cease and determine on their committal to the correctional institution, and the sheriff may not be furnished a residence in the correctional institution.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), the president judge may choose at any time to delete the judge position from the board by so notifying the chairperson and secretary of the board in writing. The decision to delete this position shall remain in effect for as long as the president judge making the decision shall remain as president judge and thereafter until rescinded in like fashion by a successor.
(b) Counties that may elect to be subject to subchapter.--
Any county of the sixth, seventh or eighth class may elect by resolution of the county commissioners to be governed by the provisions of this subchapter.
(c) Counties of the second class A subject to subchapter.--
A county that advances in class to become a county of the second class A on or after October 1, 2021, shall be governed by the provisions of this subchapter.
(Feb. 17, 2022, P.L.50, No.13, eff. imd.)
2022 Amendment.
Act 13 added subsec. (c).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1732 - Board meetings

§ 1732. Board meetings.
(a) Quorum.--
A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all actions of the board shall be by the approval of a majority of all the members of the board.
(b) Frequency and nature of meetings.--
(1) The board shall meet monthly or, in the case of a county of the eighth class, shall meet quarterly, or more often if required, and keep regular minutes of their proceedings in a book to be filed with the financial records of the county. The board shall make such rules and regulations for the government and management of the county correctional institution and the safekeeping, discipline and employment of the inmates, as may be deemed necessary.
(2) The meetings shall be held at the county correctional institution no less often than quarterly or, in a county of the eighth class, as often as determined by the board, in its discretion.
(June 28, 2018, P.L.431, No.63, eff. 60 days)
2018 Amendment.
Act 63 amended subsec. (b).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1733 - Appointment of warden and employees

§ 1733. Appointment of warden and employees.
The board shall appoint a warden of the county correctional institution. The warden, subject to the approval of the board, may appoint such deputy or deputies, assistant or assistants or corrections officers as may be required in the taking care of the county correctional institution. The number and compensation of such deputies, assistants or corrections officers shall be fixed by the county salary board.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1734 - Powers of peace officers

§ 1734. Powers of peace officers.
A chief administrator, deputy warden or corrections officer of a county correctional institution may exercise the powers of a peace officer in the performance of that person's duties generally in:
(1) Guarding, protecting and delivering inmates.
(2) Protecting the property and interests of the county.
(3) Capturing and returning inmates that may have escaped.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1735 - Expenditures

§ 1735. Expenditures.
All the expenditures required for the support and maintenance of inmates and the repairs and improvement of the county correctional institution shall be paid from the county treasury by warrants drawn, in the mode prescribed by law, on the regular appropriation for the purpose. No warrant shall be certified by the controller for any expense connected with the county correctional institution unless on vouchers approved by a majority of the board and endorsed by the president and secretary of the board, and all contracts involving an expenditure of funds from the county treasury shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article XVIII of the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1736 - Bonding requirement

§ 1736. Bonding requirement.
The chief administrator of a county correctional institution, at the time of appointment, shall give bond, with good and sufficient security to be fixed and approved by the board of inspectors, for the faithful performance of the chief administrator's duty and may at any time be removed by the board for misconduct or inefficiency. All deputies, assistants or corrections officers shall also give bond if required by the board and may at any time be suspended by the chief administrator or removed by the board.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1741 - Sixth, seventh and eighth class counties

§ 1741. Sixth, seventh and eighth class counties.
(a) Management by sheriff.--
In a county of the sixth, seventh and eighth class, the government, management and control of the county prison and the safekeeping, care, maintenance, discipline and employment of the inmates therein are vested in the sheriff of the county and the officers and employees appointed by the sheriff.
(b) Residence may be furnished.--
The sheriff and the sheriff's family may be furnished a residence in the county prison.
(c) Staffing.--
The sheriff shall, from time to time, with approval of the county salary board, appoint as many corrections officers and other employees of the county prison as the salary board shall approve. The compensation of the corrections officers and other employees shall be fixed by the county salary board in the same manner as the compensation of other appointed county officers and employees.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1742 - Appointment of prison commissioners

§ 1742. Appointment of prison commissioners.
Whenever the appointment of prison commissioners in any county having a population of more than 150,000 is by law lodged in the judges of the court of common pleas, the appointments shall, in all cases as nearly as possible, be equally divided between the two political parties polling the highest number of votes at the preceding general election.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1751 - Costs of confinement

§ 1751. Costs of confinement.
(a) Liability of cities.--
(1) When an inmate is committed to any county correctional institution in this Commonwealth either for the nonpayment of a fine or penalty imposed for the violation of any city ordinance or while awaiting a hearing upon any charge for the violation of any city ordinance, the costs of proceedings and the expenses of maintaining the inmate during his confinement by virtue of the commitment shall be borne and paid by the city whose ordinance was alleged to have been violated or to which any such fines or penalties are payable.
(2) The county in which the city is located shall not be liable to the sheriff for any such maintenance or to any officer, magistrate or person for any costs of such proceedings.
(b) Nonapplicability.--
This section does not apply to a city of the third class.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1752 - Board of inspectors to regulate salaries of wardens and other staff

§ 1752. Board of inspectors to regulate salaries of wardens and other staff.
(a) General rule.--
The board of inspectors in any county where such board exists shall, from time to time, fix and change the salaries and compensation of the deputy wardens, corrections officers and other persons employed in and about the county prison.
(b) Nonapplicability.--
This section shall not apply to counties in which cities are coextensive with the counties.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1753 - Residence of warden

§ 1753. Residence of warden.
In any county where the government of the county prison is vested in a prison board, the prison board may fix the place of residence of the warden of the county prison either in the jail or elsewhere.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1754 - Bonds for county prison staff in fourth class counties

§ 1754. Bonds for county prison staff in fourth class counties.
In any county of the fourth class in which there is a board of inspectors, the board shall pay out of the public moneys under its jurisdiction the premiums on all bonds of employees appointed by the board who are required to furnish bond.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1755 - Property exempt from taxation

§ 1755. Property exempt from taxation.
All the property, real and personal, authorized to be held under the former act of June 26, 1895 (P.L.377, No.269), entitled "An act authorizing the erection of work-houses in the several counties of this Commonwealth," shall be exempt from taxation and from levy and sale by virtue of execution or any other process.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1756 - Loss of privileges

§ 1756. Loss of privileges.
A chief administrator of a county correctional institution may refuse to permit a prisoner to exercise the prisoner's privilege to leave the county correctional institution for a period of not more than five days for any breach of discipline or other violation of regulations of the county correctional institution.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1757 - Collection from certain inmates

§ 1757. Collection from certain inmates.
The governing body of a county correctional institution or, where applicable, the county commissioners, may, by resolution which shall establish rates and qualifications, authorize the chief administrator to collect a reasonable amount from inmates incarcerated only on weekends or other short periods each week.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1761 - Establishment by adjoining counties

§ 1761. Establishment by adjoining counties.
(a) Authority.--
The county commissioners of any two or more adjoining counties may join in establishing, according to a plan, detention facilities for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or sentence on criminal charges, convicted on criminal charges or not otherwise eligible for confinement in other county correctional institutions.
(b) Preapproval of plan by department.--
Before establishing detention facilities, the counties shall submit their plan to the department for approval. The department may require, as a condition to approving any plan, that two or more adjoining counties join with another adjoining county to establish detention facilities.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1762 - Selection of site

§ 1762. Selection of site.
Whenever the commissioners of any two or more adjoining counties decide and agree to construct a joint detention facility, they shall acquire a suitable site for the facility. The site may be selected from suitable lands already held by any county of the district for county purposes from lands donated for such purposes or any quantity of land within the respective districts. In the selection of a site, there shall be taken into consideration the objects and purposes of the joint detention center. Title to the land shall be approved by the county solicitor of the county in which the land is located, or such other title guarantee corporation or attorney as may be designated by the commissioners of the counties, and shall be taken in the name of the county or counties comprising the district. The site, before purchase, shall be approved by the department.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1764 - Construction contracts

§ 1764. Construction contracts.
Joint detention facilities shall be constructed by contract or contracts let by the county commissioners of the counties to the lowest responsible and best bidder after due advertisement in at least one newspaper, published in each of the counties joining in the erection of the joint detention facilities, once a week for two consecutive weeks. When so constructed, the joint detention facilities shall be equipped by the county commissioners of the counties at the cost of the counties in the same manner as other county buildings are equipped.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1765 - Advisory board

§ 1765. Advisory board.
After joint detention facilities have been erected and equipped and are ready for occupancy, the president judges of the courts of common pleas of the counties joining in the construction of the joint detention facilities shall appoint an advisory board to consist of three persons from each of the counties. The president judge of each of the counties shall appoint one member of the board to serve for one year, one to serve for two years and one to serve for three years or until their successors are appointed and qualified. All appointments at the expiration of any term shall be for a term of three years.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1766 - Meetings

§ 1766. Meetings.
(a) General rule.--
The advisory board shall meet at such times as it deems necessary. The board shall visit and inspect and keep in close touch with the management and operation of the joint detention facilities and shall, from time to time, make such recommendations and suggestions to the county commissioners for changes or improvements in the management and operations of the joint detention facilities as may be deemed advisable. It shall also make an annual report to the county commissioners concerning the management and operation of the joint detention facilities.
(b) Administrative support.--
The county commissioners shall, at the expense of the counties, provide a meeting place for the board and furnish all supplies and materials necessary to carry on its work.
(c) Reimbursement of expenses.--
The members of the board shall not receive any compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties, which expenses shall be paid by the counties as part of the cost of maintenance of the joint detention facilities.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1767 - Chief administrator and employees

§ 1767. Chief administrator and employees.
The county commissioners of the counties may, after consultation with the advisory board, employ a chief administrator and such other employees as may be necessary to conduct and manage properly the joint detention facilities and shall fix their compensation. The duties of those officers shall be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the joint detention facilities. They shall hold their offices, respectively, at the pleasure of and their compensation shall be fixed by the appointing power.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1768 - Rules and regulations

§ 1768. Rules and regulations.
The county commissioners of the counties shall, before any inmate may be admitted to the joint detention facilities, after consulting with the advisory board, make general rules and regulations for the management of the joint detention facilities, which rules and regulations shall be effective after they are approved by the department.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1769 - Initial transfer of inmates

§ 1769. Initial transfer of inmates.
When, in any district formed by counties under this subchapter, the arrangements are complete for the reception of inmates, transfer of all persons who are subject to confinement as provided in this subchapter shall be made to the joint detention facilities of the district.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1770 - Employment of inmates

§ 1770. Employment of inmates.
An inmate of a joint detention facility under the provisions of this subchapter, unless disqualified by sickness or otherwise, shall be kept at some useful employment as may be suited to the inmate's age and capacity and as may tend to promote the best interest of the inmate. If an inmate refuses to perform the work assigned to the inmate or is guilty of other acts of insubordination, the chief administrator shall punish the inmate in such manner as the rules and regulations provided for may prescribe. The chief administrator shall keep a record of and report to the advisory board all such offenses and punishments.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1771 - Cost of transporting inmates

§ 1771. Cost of transporting inmates.
The cost of transporting inmates committed to the joint detention facilities shall be paid by the counties, respectively, from which the inmates are committed. The sheriff of the county for inmates committed by the court and constables for inmates committed by magisterial district judges shall receive for the inmates committed to the joint detention facilities no mileage or travel expenses on writs, except the actual cost of transporting the inmates to the joint detention facilities, together with any other fees for their services allowed by law.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1772 - Financial reporting

§ 1772. Financial reporting.
A detailed statement of the receipt and expenditures by any county constituting a part of the district for joint detention facilities erected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be published by the county commissioners of each county or by the controller in the county. Where the report is published by the controller, it shall be included in the annual statement of the fiscal affairs of such county.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1773 - Allocation of expenses to counties

§ 1773. Allocation of expenses to counties.
(a) General rule.--
The original cost of the site and buildings of the joint detention facilities and the equipment thereof, all additions thereto and all fixed overhead charges in conducting the joint detention facilities shall be paid by the counties constituting the districts in the ratio of their population according to the last preceding United States census.
(b) Inmate expense.--
(1) The cost of the care and maintenance of the inmates in the districts shall be certified monthly to the counties from which inmates have been committed. The cost shall be paid by the counties in proportion to the number of inmates committed from each county.
(2) All payments shall be on warrants of the county commissioners, countersigned by the county controller in counties where that office exists.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1774 - County appropriations

§ 1774. County appropriations.
The county commissioners of each county joining in establishing detention facilities as provided for in this subchapter may make appropriations or incur or increase the indebtedness of the county, in the manner provided by law, to an amount sufficient to pay its proportionate part of the cost of acquiring a site and of erecting, constructing and equipping the joint detention facilities by issuing coupon bonds at a rate of interest not exceeding 7% and payable within 30 years from the date of issue. The county commissioners of the county shall levy an annual tax in an amount necessary to pay interest and sinking fund charges upon such bonds.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1781 - Establishment by counties

§ 1781. Establishment by counties.
The county commissioners of any two or more counties may join in establishing a joint industrial farm and workhouse for the confinement of:
(1) Persons sentenced by the courts of those counties, after conviction, of any misdemeanor or felony, except murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape and arson.
(2) Persons who are in default of payment of any fine or penalty, or for nonpayment of costs, or for default in complying with any order of court entered in any prosecution for desertion or nonsupport, or for the violation of any municipal ordinance.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1782 - Selection of site

§ 1782. Selection of site.
Whenever the commissioners of any two or more counties decide and agree to construct a joint industrial farm and workhouse, they shall acquire a suitable site for the same. The site may be selected from suitable lands already held by any county of the district for county purposes, from lands donated for such purposes or from any quantity of land within the respective districts. In the selection of a site, there shall be taken into consideration the objects and purposes of the joint industrial farm and workhouse and all or as many as practicable of the advantages and resources set forth in this section. The land selected and purchased shall be a varied topography, with natural resources and advantages for many forms of husbandry, fruit growing and stock raising, for brickmaking and for the preparation of all other road and paving material, and shall have good railroad, drainage, sewage and water facilities. Title to the land shall be approved by the county solicitor of the county in which the land is located or such other title guarantee corporation or attorney as may be designated by the commissioners of the counties and shall be taken in the name of the county or counties comprising the district.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1783 - Buildings

§ 1783. Buildings.
After the selection and acquisition of the sites, the county commissioners of the counties may erect and construct suitable and necessary buildings thereon, repair any buildings already erected and equip the buildings for use and occupancy. All buildings constructed in pursuance of this subchapter shall be plain and inexpensive in character. The labor in constructing such buildings and improvements and facilities shall be supplied by the persons committed to county correctional institutions in the counties or transferred thereto from any county correctional institution, so far as found practicable.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1784 - Construction contracts

§ 1784. Construction contracts.
Joint industrial farm and workhouse buildings shall be constructed by contract or contracts let by the county commissioners of the counties to the lowest responsible and best bidder, after due advertisement in at least one newspaper, published in each of the counties joining in the erection of the joint industrial farm and workhouse, once a week for four consecutive weeks. When so constructed, the joint industrial farm and workhouse buildings shall be equipped by the county commissioners of the counties at the cost of the counties in the same manner as other county buildings are equipped.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1785 - Advisory board

§ 1785. Advisory board.
After a joint industrial farm and workhouse has been erected and equipped and is ready for occupancy, the president judges of the courts of common pleas of the counties joining in the construction of the joint industrial farm and workhouse shall appoint an advisory board to consist of three persons from each of the counties. The president judge of each of the counties shall appoint one member of the board to serve for one year, one to serve for two years and one to serve for three years or until their successors are appointed and qualified. All appointments at the expiration of any term shall be for a term of three years.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1786 - Meetings

§ 1786. Meetings.
(a) General rule.--
The advisory board shall meet monthly and at such other times as may be deemed necessary. The board shall visit and inspect and keep in close touch with the management and operation of the joint industrial farm and workhouse and shall, from time to time, make such recommendations and suggestions to the county commissioners for changes or improvements in the management and operations of the joint industrial farm and workhouse as may be deemed advisable. It shall also make an annual report to the county commissioners concerning the management and operation of the industrial farm and workhouse.
(b) Administrative support.--
The county commissioners shall, at the expense of the counties, provide a meeting place for the board and furnish all supplies and materials necessary to carry on its work.
(c) Reimbursement of expenses.--
The members of the board shall not receive any compensation for their services but shall be allowed all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties, which shall be paid by the counties as part of the cost of maintenance of the joint industrial farm and workhouse.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1787 - Chief administrator and employees

§ 1787. Chief administrator and employees.
The county commissioners of the counties may, after consultation with the advisory board, employ a chief administrator and such other employees as may be necessary to conduct and manage properly the joint industrial farm and workhouse and shall fix their compensation. The duties of those officers shall be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the joint industrial farm and workhouse.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1788 - Rules and regulations

§ 1788. Rules and regulations.
The county commissioners of the counties shall, before any inmate may be admitted to the joint industrial farm and workhouse, after consulting with the advisory board, make general rules and regulations for the management of the joint industrial farm and workhouse.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1789 - Initial transfer of inmates

§ 1789. Initial transfer of inmates.
(a) General rule.--
When, in any district formed by the counties, the arrangements are complete for the reception of inmates, transfer shall be made from the county correctional institutions to the joint industrial farm and workhouse of the district of all persons:
(1) Who have been sentenced to any of the county correctional institutions for any misdemeanor or felony, except murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape and arson.
(2) Who have been committed to any of the county correctional institutions in default of payment of any fine or penalty, or for nonpayment of costs, or for default in complying with any order of court entered in any prosecution for desertion or nonsupport.
(3) Legally confined in any of the county correctional institutions, except those that are confined awaiting trial or held as material witnesses.
(b) Persons eligible to become inmates.--
(1) When any person is convicted in any court in any county of any offense classified as a misdemeanor or felony, except murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape and arson, the punishment of which is or may be imprisonment in any county correctional institution for a period of ten days or more, the court may sentence such person to a joint industrial farm and workhouse of the Commonwealth.
(2) Courts of record and courts not of record of any county in this Commonwealth may commit to the joint industrial farm and workhouse all persons who might be lawfully committed to the county correctional institution on charges of vagrancy, drunkenness or disorderly conduct, for default or nonpayment of any costs, fine or penalty, for default in complying with any order of court entered in any prosecution for desertion or nonsupport or for violations of municipal ordinances, where, in any such case, the commitment will be for a period of ten days or more.
(c) Existing county correctional institutions.--
The existing county correctional institutions may be retained to confine persons awaiting trial, held as material witnesses or sentenced for a period of less than ten days, and such number of other convicted persons as may be required to perform the necessary institutional maintenance work.
(d) Clothing and treatment.--
All inmates shall be clothed and treated as provided for in this subchapter and in the rules and regulations of the joint industrial farm and workhouse.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1790 - Employment of inmates

§ 1790. Employment of inmates.
(a) General rule.--
An inmate committed to a joint industrial farm and workhouse under the provisions of this subchapter, unless disqualified by sickness or otherwise, shall be kept at some useful employment as may be suited to the inmate's age and capacity and as may be most profitable to the joint industrial farm and workhouse and tend to promote the best interest of the inmate. If an inmate refuses to perform the work assigned to the inmate or is guilty of other acts of insubordination, the chief administrator shall punish the inmate in such manner as the rules and regulations provided for may prescribe. The chief administrator shall keep a record of and report to the advisory board all such offenses and punishments.
(b) Pay schedule and inmate accounts.--
All inmates shall receive compensation for their work.
(1) Those inmates employed on institutional maintenance and nonproductive labor shall receive not more than 20¢ per day and not less than 10¢ per day.
(2) Those inmates employed on productive work shall receive not more than 50¢ per day and not less than 20¢ per day.
(3) The earnings of an inmate shall be credited to the inmate's account, and disbursements made on approval of the chief administrator of the institution and the written order of the inmate, except, when an inmate is committed for nonsupport, the court which sentenced the prisoner shall order payment of the earnings. At time of release or discharge, the inmate shall receive all moneys remaining in the inmate's account and give receipt for the same.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1791 - Cost of transporting inmates

§ 1791. Cost of transporting inmates.
(a) General rule.--
The cost of transporting inmates committed to the joint industrial farms and workhouses shall be paid by the counties, respectively, from which the inmates are committed. The sheriff of the county for inmates committed by the court and constables for inmates committed by magisterial district judges shall receive for the inmates committed to the joint industrial farm and workhouse no mileage or travel expenses on writs, except the actual cost of transporting the inmates so committed to the joint industrial farm and workhouse, together with any other fees for their services allowed by law.
(b) Railroad ticket upon discharge.--
When an inmate is discharged from a joint industrial farm and workhouse, the chief administrator thereof shall procure for the inmate a railroad ticket to any point to which the inmate may desire to go, not farther from the joint industrial farm and workhouse than the point from which the inmate was sentenced.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1792 - Nature of inmate employment

§ 1792. Nature of inmate employment.
A joint industrial farm and workhouse shall employ the inmates committed or transferred thereto in work on or about the buildings and farm and in growing produce, raising stock, etc., for supplies for its own use, the use of the several city and county or county correctional institutions in the district, any political division thereof or any public or charitable institution owned or managed and directed by the counties constituting the district or any political division thereof. Inmates may also be employed in the preparation of road material, in making brick, tile and concrete or other road building material and in the manufacture of other products and materials as may be found practicable for the use of any of the counties constituting the district and for the proper and healthful employment of the inmates.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1793 - Sale of goods and materials

§ 1793. Sale of goods and materials.
All road material, brick, tile, concrete and other goods and materials prepared or made at a joint industrial farm and workhouse that are not needed for the purposes of the joint industrial farm and workhouse shall be offered for sale at a price to be fixed by the commissioners of the district. In offering such material for sale, preference shall be given to the counties forming the district of the joint industrial farm and workhouse and to the cities, boroughs and townships in the joint district. All moneys so received shall be applied toward paying the overhead expenses of the joint industrial farm and workhouse.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1794 - Financial reporting

§ 1794. Financial reporting.
A detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures by any county constituting a part of the district for a joint industrial farm and workhouse erected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be published by the county commissioners of each county or by the controller in the county. Where the report is published by the controller, it shall be included in the annual statement of the fiscal affairs of the county.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1795 - Allocation of expenses to counties

§ 1795. Allocation of expenses to counties.
(a) General rule.--
The original cost of the site and buildings of the joint industrial farm and workhouse, the equipment thereof, all additions thereto and all fixed overhead charges in conducting the joint industrial farm and workhouse shall be paid by the counties constituting the districts in the ratio of their population according to the last preceding United States census.
(b) Inmate expense.--
The cost of the care and maintenance of the inmates shall be certified monthly to the counties from which inmates have been committed. The cost shall be paid by the counties in proportion to the number of inmates committed from each county. All payments shall be on warrants of the county commissioners, countersigned by the county controller in counties where a county controller exists.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions › Section 1796 - Borrowing authorized

§ 1796. Borrowing authorized.
The county commissioners of each county joining in establishing a joint industrial farm and workhouse, as provided for in this subchapter, may incur or increase the indebtedness of the county, in the manner provided by law, to an amount sufficient to pay its proportionate part of the cost of acquiring a site and of erecting, constructing and equipping the joint industrial farm and workhouse by issuing coupon bonds at a rate of interest not exceeding 6% and payable within 30 years from the date of issue. The county commissioners of the county shall levy an annual tax in an amount necessary to pay interest and sinking fund charges upon the bonds.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor › Extra - Chapter Notes

Enactment.
Chapter 31 was added August 11, 2009, P.L.147, No.33, effective in 60 days.
Enactment.
Subchapter B was added October 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, effective immediately.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor › Section 3102 - Disposition of proceeds of labor

§ 3102. Disposition of proceeds of labor.
All moneys received under the provisions of this subchapter for labor done within county correctional institutions or the products of such labor sold shall be credited on account of the receipts and expenditures paid to and for the maintenance of the respective correctional institutions.
(Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, eff. imd.)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor › Section 3103 - Agricultural labor at county correctional institutions

§ 3103. Agricultural labor at county correctional institutions.
(a) General rule.--
The chief administrator of a county correctional institution shall permit the employment of such inmates serving sentences therein, as they shall deem advisable, at agricultural labor on any county farm of the county under the direction of any person appointed by the chief administrator, and all inmates so employed shall at all times be amenable to restraint, discipline and punishment in the same manner as if they were confined in the county correctional institution.
(b) Liability.--
No person appointed by a chief administrator of a county correctional institution or his sureties shall be held liable on any bond conditioned for the safekeeping of persons given into that person's care, in case any inmate so employed shall escape, if due care and diligence has been exercised in the discharge of the duties imposed on that person.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor › Section 3104 - Inmate labor in county correctional institutions

§ 3104. Inmate labor in county correctional institutions.
(a) General rule.--
An inmate of a county correctional institution who is physically capable may be employed at labor for not more than eight hours each day, other than Sundays and public holidays. The employment may be in such character of work and the production of such goods as may now be manufactured and produced in county correctional institutions and may also be for:
(1) the manufacture and production of supplies for the county correctional institutions;
(2) the preparation and manufacture of building material for the construction or repair of the county correctional institution;
(3) the manufacture and production of crushed stone, brick, tile and culvert pipe or other material suitable for draining roads; or
(4) the preparation of road building and ballasting material.
(b) Authority to county commissioners.--
The county commissioners or chief administrator of the county correctional institution shall:
(1) determine the amount, kind and character of the machinery to be erected and the industries to be carried on in the county correctional institution;
(2) arrange for the purchase and installation of such machinery at the expense of the county; and
(3) provide for the sale of articles and material produced.
(c) Funding.--
The county commissioners shall make available the necessary funds to carry out the provisions of this section.
(d) Inmate accounts.--
(1) The authorities in charge of a county correctional institution shall fix the wages of each inmate to be employed and shall keep an account of all such wages and the amount due each inmate.
(2) Three-fourths of the amount credited to each inmate, or the entire amount if the inmate so elects, shall constitute a fund for the relief of any person or persons dependent upon the inmate and shall be paid to such persons, establishing dependency to the satisfaction of the authorities, at such times as they may prescribe.
(3) In case an inmate has no person dependent upon him, the inmate's wages shall be deposited for his benefit and shall be paid to him as follows:
(i) one-third at the time of his discharge;
(ii) one-third, three months thereafter; and
(iii) one-third, six months thereafter.
(e) Special administrative fund.--
(1) The authorities in charge of a county correctional institution may establish a fund for the purpose of carrying out this section and may provide for the purchase of machinery and materials and payment of wages from such fund.
(2) All revenues received from the sale of articles produced shall be paid into the fund.
(f) Nonapplicability.--
This section shall not apply to a county of the first class.
Special Provisions in Appendix.
See section 10 of Act 33 of 2009 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE › Chapter 31 - Inmate Labor › Section 3105 - Inmate labor in counties of the first class

§ 3105. Inmate labor in counties of the first class.
(a) General rule.--
The board of inspectors of a county correctional institution of a county of the first class may establish, from time to time, a scale of wages that shall not be less than 10¢ per day and may pay, and the inmates may receive compensation for their work, according to such scale.
(b) Inmate account.--
(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), the earnings of each inmate shall be credited to his account and disbursements made on approval of the chief administrator of the institution and the written order of the inmate.
(2) When an inmate is committed for nonsupport, the court which sentenced the inmate shall order payment of his earnings, and, in the case of other inmates, the court which sentenced the inmate may order payments from his earnings to be paid to his dependents.
(3) At time of release or discharge, the inmate shall receive all moneys remaining in his account and give receipt for the same.