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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1537 - Sale of products, goods and services—Operation of markets and stores

The Corporation is hereby authorized to establish and operate markets and stores in places that it deems pertinent and convenient to facilitate the sale of its products, goods and services. The operation of these markets and stores shall be subject to the regulations to be approved to govern the sale of goods, products or services, to keep an account of the same and supervise these activities.
The Corporation may operate the markets and stores it establishes directly, as provided in this section, or through a concession or other agreement with profitable or nonprofit government agencies, corporations, public instrumentalities, municipalities or persons or entities. All concessions or agreements executed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be preceded by a study on the feasibility and convenience of this delegation and for the duration of these concessions, contracts or agreements and shall be conducted in accordance with the bidding procedure, subject to periodic evaluations, and to the authorization of the Corporation to terminate these contracts in order to ensure compliance of the conditions imposed.
The moneys obtained from the operation of the stores and markets shall be accounted for separately from any other funds of the Corporation.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 18; Jan. 4, 2000, No. 4, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1538 - Special funds

Moneys obtained by the implementation of this chapter shall be covered into a special fund denominated as the Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation Fund. These amounts, as well as any other resource that is covered into this Fund, shall be used to defray the operating expenses of the Corporation’s programs and activities.
A special fund is hereby created, denominated as the Special Correctional Fund. The amounts contributed by the participants of the programs and activities, the contribution for the operation of stores and markets, and any other contribution that the Governing Board of the Corporation deems necessary, shall be deposited in this Special Fund.
The Governing Board shall evaluate the finances of the operations of the markets and stores operating at the facilities of the Corrections Administration and the Juvenile Institutions Administration in light of the projections of income and expenses, in order to determine the amounts of these resources that shall be transferred to the Correctional Fund. To the extent that the resources allow, the amount to be transferred to the Correctional Fund shall not be less than the amount that the Corrections Administration is receiving from the operation of the stores and markets operated by said Administration as of the effective date of this act.
The resources transferred to the Correctional Fund shall be made available to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to complement the fiscal resources that said entity has available for operating expenses. The Department may also use the resources of said funds to grant special benefits to their clients and their family members when it is compatible with the good behavior bonus, work or study systems, when their financial needs so justify it, and to compensate, in whole or in part, the expenses incurred by the Department and the agencies attached thereto, and/or the Government of Puerto Rico for violations of the applicable laws, norms or regulations committed by the clients of the Agency during the period they are in custody or confinement.
When the availability of funds allows it, the Director may make contributions of funds to the agencies and institutions with whom it develops activities or business transactions, in order to comply with and promote the purposes of this chapter.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 19; Jan. 4, 2010, No. 4, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1539 - Accounts

All the Corporation’s moneys that are covered into the Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation’s Fund and into the Correctional Fund, shall be deposited in recognized depositaries of Commonwealth Government Funds. Disbursements shall be made by the Corporation itself pursuant to the regulations and budgets that are approved.
After consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Corporation shall establish the accounting system that is required for an adequate control and registration of all expenses and income belonging to or administered or controlled by the corporation.
The Corporation shall establish an internal auditing system to examine the accounts, books, loans, income, disbursements, contracts, leases, accrued and invested funds, and any other matters related to its financial statement, and shall prepare a report with the results of the audit, at least once a year. A copy of this report shall be sent to the Governor, the Advisory Board, the Correctional Administration, the Juvenile Institutions Administration and the Legislature.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 20, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1540 - Transfers, authorization

The agencies, corporations and public instrumentalities and municipalities are hereby authorized to assign and transfer any property or interest hereon that the Corporation deems necessary or convenient to perform its own ends, to the Corporation at its request, and under reasonable terms and conditions without need of public bidding or other additional formalities, and to grant the corresponding deed.
The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works shall transfer to the Corporation free of charge, those lands of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that, in the judgment of the Governor of Puerto Rico, are needed by the Corporation to carry out its ends and purposes. These provisions shall not be interpreted in the sense of authorizing the assignment or transfer of property destined to other purposes by legislative provisions.
The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works shall submit to the Legislature a list of the properties assigned and transferred each year to the Corporation by virtue of the authorization thus granted, and the valuation of each property.
The agencies, corporations and public instrumentalities and municipalities, may likewise place at the disposal of the Corporation such funds, equipment, machinery, personnel, materials and other resources that are needed to jointly carry out any project or activity that is included in the duties imposed by this chapter.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 21, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1541 - Property disposal, authorization

In addition to the power to make purchases recognized in § 1524(i) of this title, the Corporation is hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of any real property, chattels, or mixed property, or any interest thereon which, in the Corporation’s judgement, is no longer necessary or useful for its business or its other purposes.
Any transaction made by the Corporation under this section shall be made, taking into account the public end that is obtained from said transaction. Under no circumstances may real property be disposed of without first being appraised by appraisers of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on the worth of the real property to be sold. In the case of the sale of chattels, the authorization of the Governor of Puerto Rico is required after considering the recommendations of the Board of Advisors. Those real properties or chattels that have been transferred to it or assigned free of charge or at a price below its market value by any agency, corporation or instrumentality of the Federal Government or the Puerto Rico Government or its municipalities, as well as by private for profit or nonprofit persons or entities, shall be used for the activities and programs that are established pursuant to this chapter and disposal of these propertied shall only be made pursuant to the provisions of this section and with the prior authorization of the person or entity that made the transfer or assignment.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 22, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1542 - Tax exemption

The Corporation and any subsidiary organized under this chapter or that is organized in the future, shall be exempted from the payment of Commonwealth of [sic] municipal taxes or imposts on all property acquired by it or by any of them, as well as those properties that are under its jurisdiction, dominium or possession, including the income generated by their activities.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 23, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1543 - Exemption of Commonwealth liability

The debts and obligations of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, and the stores and markets shall [sic] not be debts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico nor any of its municipalities, not shall be payable from any other funds than the Corporation’s funds.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 24, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1544 - Annual and special reports

At the end of the fiscal year, the Corporation shall submit to the Legislature and to the Governor of Puerto Rico, a financial statement which shall include the Corporation’s income and disbursements during the fiscal year thus audited, the Corporation’s general balance sheet at the end of said fiscal year and a complete report on the activities and undertakings conducted during the preceding fiscal year. The Corporation shall also remit a complete report of the status and progress of all its undertakings, programs and activities from the date of the last of these reports, as the case may be.
Regardless of what has been stated above, the Corporation shall submit to the Legislature and to the Governor the official reports of its undertakings and activities as required. It shall also include in said reports an additional item detailing the dealings, agreements and businesses entered into with the Puerto Rico Cooperative Development Commission that foster the development of the cooperative philosophy among the components of the Corporation.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 25; Sept. 28, 2007, No. 133, § 5; Oct. 7, 2009, No. 118, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 89 - Release of AIDS and Other Terminally-Diseased Patients Imprisoned or Confined in Penal Institutions (§§ 1601 — 1607) › § 1601 - Release of inmates—Conditions

Any person, male or female, adult or minor, who is imprisoned in a Penal Institution or confined in a Juvenile Institution, who has been diagnosed as having terminal Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), or any other terminal disease, shall be released from the Penal or Juvenile Institution involved, if he/she meets the following conditions:
(1) Has been diagnosed as having AIDS in its terminal stage, or any other terminal disease, by a competent medical panel.
(2) In the case of imprisoned patients, their evaluation shall be made by a medical panel designated by the Secretary of Health from among the Medical Staff of the Prisoners Health Services Program of the Department of Health, which shall include an infectologist, or a specialist in the disease involved. Whatever laboratory tests that are needed shall be available to the panel.
(3) In the case of minor inmates, the patient’s evaluation shall be made by a medical panel designated to such effects by the Secretary of Health, which shall include an infectologist for the AIDS cases and a specialist for whichever disease is involved.
(4) The prisoner or inmate must voluntarily request to be released.
(5) The relatives must truly want to take charge of him or her, and have the means to do so; Provided, That prisoners of inmates who are addicted to narcotics and have not been rehabilitated, shall be released to a facility where they can be submitted to treatment against addiction, or where their consumption of drugs can be controlled, while they receive the medical treatment they need as terminal patients. Patients who are not addicts and have no home to return to, may be placed in shelters or other residential facilities that will agree to take proper care of them.
(6) The prisoner or inmate who is a patient of a terminal disease, has observed good conduct in the institution for a reasonable period of time.
(7) In the best judgment of the Corrections Administration or the Juvenile Institutions Administration, he/she is no danger to the community.
History —July 19, 1992, No. 25, § 2, eff. 60 days after July 19, 1992.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 89 - Release of AIDS and Other Terminally-Diseased Patients Imprisoned or Confined in Penal Institutions (§§ 1601 — 1607) › § 1602 - Release of inmates—Compulsory orientation

Before being released from the penal or juvenile institution, the prisoner or inmate shall be informed about his/her disease. Relatives shall be counseled on protective measures to be taken to prevent contagion, especially in the case of AIDS patients.
History —July 19, 1992, No. 25, § 3, eff. 60 days after July 19, 1992.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 89 - Release of AIDS and Other Terminally-Diseased Patients Imprisoned or Confined in Penal Institutions (§§ 1601 — 1607) › § 1603 - Release of inmates—Required authorization

In the case of adult prisoners, the release shall be authorized by the Corrections Administration, and in the case of minors, by the Administrator of the Juvenile Institutions Administration, with the approval of the Minors Affairs division of the Court of First Instance. These cases shall have priority in the court.
History —July 19, 1992, No. 25, § 4, eff. 60 days after July 19, 1992.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 89 - Release of AIDS and Other Terminally-Diseased Patients Imprisoned or Confined in Penal Institutions (§§ 1601 — 1607) › § 1604 - Release of inmates—Extended pass

The release of the prisoners of penal institutions and the youths of the Juvenile Institutions under the circumstances of §§ 1601—1607 of this title, shall be deemed as an extended pass.
History —July 19, 1992, No. 25, § 5. eff. 60 days after July 19, 1992.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 89 - Release of AIDS and Other Terminally-Diseased Patients Imprisoned or Confined in Penal Institutions (§§ 1601 — 1607) › § 1605 - Release of inmates—Norms and procedure, elaboration

It shall be the responsibility of the Corrections Administration, in the case of the prisoners in Penal Institutions, in close coordination with the medical officials of the Administration of Mental Health and Addiction Services in cases of drug addicts, to draw up the corresponding norms and procedures pursuant to what is established in this chapter for the release of prisoners who are AIDS patients or have other terminal diseases. In the Juvenile Institutions Administration, and the Multidisciplinary Board, in close coordination with a physician from the Department of Health, and the Administration of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
History —July 19, 1992, No. 25, § 6, eff. 60 days after July 19, 1992.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 89 - Release of AIDS and Other Terminally-Diseased Patients Imprisoned or Confined in Penal Institutions (§§ 1601 — 1607) › § 1606 - Release of inmates—Violation of conditions

The prisoners or inmates referred to in §§ 1601—1607 of this title, who violate the conditions specified by the Corrections Administration or the Minors Affairs division of the Court of First Instance, shall have their passes cancelled and shall return to serve their sentence or dispositive measures, although the time he/she was out on release shall be credited to his/her sentence.
History —July 19, 1992, No. 25, § 7, eff. 60 days after July 19, 1992.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 89 - Release of AIDS and Other Terminally-Diseased Patients Imprisoned or Confined in Penal Institutions (§§ 1601 — 1607) › § 1607 - Follow-up of released inmates

The Corrections Administration as well as the Juvenile Institutions Administration shall follow-up on the care received by these patients for their condition, ensuring that they receive medical treatment and other related services, including home visits by trained medical-social personnel, with the necessary frequency.
History —July 19, 1992, No. 25, § 8, eff. 60 days after July 19, 1992.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 90 - Constitutional Mandate for Rehabilitation (§§ 1611 — 1616) › § 1612 - Government programs

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, by itself or through the Corrections Administration, the Juvenile Institutions Administration, the Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation and the Parole Board, shall be bound to promote the establishment and modification of essential government programs to achieve compliance with the constitutional mandate instituted by this chapter and to make the petition for the necessary fiscal resources. For such purpose, collaboration agreements may be established with the community organizations, the social research centers and the educational institutions in Puerto Rico and abroad.
The Office of Management and Budget shall be responsible for identifying the sources of resources and promoting of fiscal appropriations, through the Office of the Governor, pursuant to its Organic Act and to this legal mandate.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 377, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 90 - Constitutional Mandate for Rehabilitation (§§ 1611 — 1616) › § 1613 - Citizens’ Committee

The Citizens’ Committee for the Implementation of the Constitutional Rehabilitation Mandate is hereby constituted which shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
(a) To collaborate with the government agencies responsible for complying with the mandate instituted by this chapter, as well as the community programs that voluntarily participate in this effort to expedite the integrated efforts of all persons and entities bound and committed with the moral and social rehabilitation of the convicted population, including adult and juvenile offenders.
(b) To evaluate every six (6) months the progress of the compliance with the moral and social rehabilitation mandate instituted by this chapter, and to render reports on the result of their evaluation with their recommendations during the next two (2) years as of the effectiveness of this act to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House.
(c) To hear and address those matters related to compliance with the mandate instituted by this chapter that are referred to the same by persons and entities concerned with the goal of achieving the social and moral rehabilitation of the convicted population.
(d) To promote citizen education toward understanding the importance of the rehabilitation of the convicted population and the benefits of the model of restorative justice in the penal system toward the achievement of social peace and protection, either by itself or through other persons or entities concerned and capable therefor.
(e) To hear and address the complaints and grievances on the rehabilitation programs and evaluation and classification services submitted by the citizens, inmates and convicted persons, and to make the necessary administrative and legal recommendations.
(f) To lodge before the pertinent forums the claims and administrative or judicial actions that may apply in order to achieve the objectives of this chapter.
(g) To appear before the Legislature each year if both Houses so agree, to report in a public hearing, joint session or inquest on the progress of the changes in the existing rehabilitation programs and the recommendations for legislative or administrative changes that may apply. The Legislative Chambers may request that the Committee appear jointly with or separately from the heads and other officers of the agencies that are mainly responsible for compliance with the mandate provided herein.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 377, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 90 - Constitutional Mandate for Rehabilitation (§§ 1611 — 1616) › § 1614 - Citizens’ Committee—Composition

The Citizens’ Committee shall be composed of five (5) citizens with education, experience or interest in the moral and social rehabilitation of the convicted population.
The Governor shall appoint the Chairperson of the Committee. The initial appointments shall be two (2) for three (3) years, and three (3) for four (4) years. Subsequent appointments shall be for a term of four (4) years.
The presiding officers of each legislative chamber shall nominate to the governor one (1) member of the House of Representatives and one (1) member of the Senate as ex officio members in representation of the two Legislative Chambers.
Once constituted, the Committee may appoint additional members that, as individuals or as representatives of community organizations, educational entities or agencies or public corporations may help or be interested in helping to achieve compliance with its purposes. Once thus appointed, the Chairperson shall report to the Governor of Puerto Rico and to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House.
The Committee shall approve bylaws for the operations of this entity which, among other matters, shall provide for the duration of the terms of the additional committee members that are appointed by means of this method.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 377, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 90 - Constitutional Mandate for Rehabilitation (§§ 1611 — 1616) › § 1616 - Injunction and mandamus

No injunction shall be issued to stop the application of this chapter or any of its provisions. The legal actions instituted to require compliance with the mandatory provisions shall be processed by means of the recourse of mandamus.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 377, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 91 - International Foreign Inmate Transfer Act (§§ 1621 — 1623) › § 1621 - Power of the Governor to authorize the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to consent to the transfer of inmates

Should a treaty exist between the United States of America and a foreign country that provides for the transfer of convicted foreign nationals to the country of their citizenship or nationality, the Governor, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and subject to the terms of the pertinent treaty and to the provisions of this chapter, shall authorize the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to consent to the transfer of such offenders and to take any other action necessary to initiate the participation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the treaty.
History —Sept. 21, 2006, No. 201, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 91 - International Foreign Inmate Transfer Act (§§ 1621 — 1623) › § 1622 - Duty to notify the Department of Justice

It shall be the duty of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to notify the Department of Justice of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico about any transfer request made by an inmate pursuant to this chapter in order to investigate whether he/she has any matters pending in other states or territories whose interests the Department of Justice may represent in extradition cases.
History —Sept. 21, 2006, No. 201, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 91 - International Foreign Inmate Transfer Act (§§ 1621 — 1623) › § 1623 - Regulations

The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall promulgate the necessary regulations to comply with the provisions of this chapter, establishing as minimum requirements the provisions of the federal legislation created for such purposes, Public Law 95-144 of October 28, 1977, as amended, known as the “Transfer to and from Foreign Countries”.
History —Sept. 21, 2006, No. 201, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 92 - Inmates; Prevention of Unauthorized Communications (§§ 1631 — 1635) › § 1631 - Declaration of public policy

(a) The Constitution of Puerto Rico empowers the Legislative Assembly to approve laws that protect the life, health, and wellbeing of the people.
(b) The practice of introducing personal telecommunications equipment, including cellular phones, into penal and juvenile facilities has proliferated, and its frequent use to make or coordinate illegal activities within the facilities has been detected.
(c) This activity jeopardizes the wellbeing of the people and potentially their lives, in addition to impairing the constitutional mandate for rehabilitation.
(d) To restrict the unauthorized use of telecommunications equipment in penal and juvenile facilities in Puerto Rico is vested with a high public interest in order to prevent criminal activity inside such facilities.
(e) The free and unrestricted use of telecommunications media, including cellular phones, is one of the privileges of law-abiding citizens that is revoked when a person is imprisoned for violating the social contract.
(f) It is also appropriate to restrict communications that may interfere with the rehabilitation process, which may be thwarted by contact with criminal activity.
(g) The interception of a telephone communications without the consent of the parties is prohibited, but under current law it is possible to monitor a telephone communication if the parties involved are advised of the fact and give their consent.
(h) With the exception of attorney-client privileged communication, the disciplinary order of the penal or juvenile facility may require that inmates’ communications be conditioned, restricted, or monitored, insofar as they are so notified.
History —Feb. 18, 2011, No. 15, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 92 - Inmates; Prevention of Unauthorized Communications (§§ 1631 — 1635) › § 1632 - Communication restrictions; crimes and penalties

All inmates in a penal or juvenile facility of any security level shall only use those means of communication that are authorized by the facility’s administration. The authority in charge of the facility’s regulation shall establish basic conditions for accessibility, time, place, quantity, and frequency of these communications, which shall be subject to additional restrictions as part of disciplinary or security measures.
Possession by an inmate of any type of unauthorized telecommunications equipment, including cellular phones and any type of equipment or device that allows for the transmission of radio signals, access to cellular communication networks, or wireless connection to the Internet that has not been provided by the facility shall constitute a fourth-degree felony or the equivalent misdemeanor in the case of a minor. This violation shall be taken into consideration when evaluating eligibility for parole, probation, diversion or work program, bonus, or any other benefit to which the inmate could be eligible.
The unauthorized transfer of telecommunications equipment to an inmate in a penal or juvenile facility, or the possession within the penal or juvenile facility by a person unrelated to such facility with the intention of making an unauthorized transfer to an inmate shall constitute a fourth-degree felony if no payment or compensation request or promise is involved, and a third-degree felony if a payment or compensation request or promise is fulfilled. If an employee or contractor of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the agencies attached thereto, or a law enforcement officer is involved in such transaction, it shall constitute a third-degree felony even in the absence of payment or compensation request or promise.
History —Feb. 18, 2011, No. 15, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 92 - Inmates; Prevention of Unauthorized Communications (§§ 1631 — 1635) › § 1633 - Duties and powers of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and attached agencies

In order to implement the public policy and provisions of this chapter, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Administrations attached thereto shall design and implement strategies to detect, track, and deactivate unauthorized cellular or telecommunications equipment inside such facilities, their grounds, and immediate perimeter. To such effect, the Department and the Administrations attached thereto shall have the power to enter into collaborative agreements with state or Federal public entities, academic institutions, professional organizations, and for-profit or non-profit private entities to evaluate proposals, pilot plans, designs and implementations, acquisition and installation, and the procurement of available resources from any source for said type of project.
The Department and the Administrations attached thereto are hereby authorized to take any necessary steps in state and Federal communications regulatory entities in order to discuss applicability under the laws and regulations in effect and, if allowed, to design or initiate experiments, feasibility studies, or pilot programs for the installation of a cellular signal blocking or jamming system inside the structures or perimeters of one or more facilities to the extent allowed by the laws and regulations in effect or approved in the future.
History —Feb. 18, 2011, No. 15, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 92 - Inmates; Prevention of Unauthorized Communications (§§ 1631 — 1635) › § 1634 - Conditions for access; monitoring

Any person incarcerated in a penal or juvenile facility shall exclusively use the telephone, communications, or computer systems provided by the facility, subject to the following conditions:
(a) Every person incarcerated in a penal or juvenile facility shall receive, upon arrival, a verbal and written notice of this restriction, including notification that the possession and use of any communication system not authorized by the Administration is prohibited.
(b) Every person incarcerated in a penal or juvenile facility shall receive, upon arrival, a verbal and written notice stating that, in order to use the communication systems provided by the facility, with the exception set forth below, he/she must consent to possible monitoring thereof and its use may be conditioned to such consent; the Department and the Administrations attached thereto shall establish regulations for nondiscriminatory uniform conditions regarding the circumstances under which said monitoring shall take place.
(c) Monitoring shall not be imposed on attorney-client communications. The Department and the Administrations attached thereto shall establish regulations and protocols to protect such communication.
(d) Regarding available computer systems used for educational or rehabilitation purposes by the inmate population, the facility shall maintain control programs to limit possible access to web pages considered detrimental to the order and discipline of the facility; and in the case of juvenile facilities, websites that contain harmful material for minors; identified as a focus for spreading viruses or malware to the system; transmitting illegal content; or identified as a hub for criminal activity. System users shall be warned through a written notice prior to their first use that Internet access programs will automatically record all websites visited, as well as the origin and destination of all communications.
History —Feb. 18, 2011, No. 15, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 92 - Inmates; Prevention of Unauthorized Communications (§§ 1631 — 1635) › § 1635 - Rulemaking authority

The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall take the necessary measures to approve all applicable regulations for the implementation of this act within a term of ninety (90) days after its approval. During the budget presentation corresponding to the fiscal year following the approval of this act, he/she shall present before the Legislative Assembly the estimate of the fiscal impact that the implementation of this Act entails and the adjustments and allocations necessary to continue with the same.
History —Feb. 18, 2011, No. 15, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 93 - Employment of Inmates for Different Tasks (§§ 1641 — 1646) › § 1641 - Public policy

The employment of inmates under contract with the Corrections Administration of Puerto Rico is hereby adopted as the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico for the performance of different tasks, such as agricultural, embellishment, and construction activities, as well as the auto-detailing of the government’s vehicle fleet, among others, as part of the inmates’ rehabilitation process and reentry into society.
History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 166, § 1; Feb. 29, 2012, No. 49, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 93 - Employment of Inmates for Different Tasks (§§ 1641 — 1646) › § 1642 - Contracting

By virtue of this chapter, all departments, agencies, instrumentalities, and public corporations, as well as municipalities, shall preferably enter into contracts with the Corrections Administration to obtain those goods manufactured and services offered by inmates, such as agricultural, embellishment, and construction activities, cabinetmaking, upholstery, dressmaking, welding, auto repair, and printing, as well as the auto-detailing of the government’s vehicle fleet, among others.
History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 166, § 2; Feb. 29, 2012, No. 49, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 93 - Employment of Inmates for Different Tasks (§§ 1641 — 1646) › § 1643 - Work conditions

The instrumentalities of the Government of Puerto Rico, including municipalities, shall agree to include, within the contracts they enter into with the Corrections Administration, the work conditions that shall apply to inmates who participate in the work programs established under this chapter with regard to working hours, compensation, and any other benefit that may apply. Agreements regarding tasks related to the auto-detailing of the government’s vehicle fleet shall be entered into with the General Services Administration.
History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 166, § 3; Feb. 29, 2012, No. 49, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 93 - Employment of Inmates for Different Tasks (§§ 1641 — 1646) › § 1644 - Income

The Corrections Administration shall deposit the income of inmates in accounts set aside for those purposes. However, the Corrections Administration is hereby empowered to retain twenty percent (20%) of the total income generated by the inmates in order to cover administrative and security expenses incurred in the implementation of this chapter.
History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 166, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 93 - Employment of Inmates for Different Tasks (§§ 1641 — 1646) › § 1645 - Materials and equipment

The departments, agencies, instrumentalities, public corporations, and municipalities shall provide inmates with all the materials and equipment needed to carry out the services for which they were contracted.
History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 166, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 93 - Employment of Inmates for Different Tasks (§§ 1641 — 1646) › § 1646 - Incidental actions

The Corrections Administration is hereby authorized to perform any necessary or convenient incidental actions in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 166, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART VI - Notarial Practice (§§ 2001 — 2166) › Chapter 101 - 1987 Notarial Act (§§ 2001 — 2144) › Subchapter I - The Notary and His Functions (§§ 2001 — 2006) › § 2001 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Notarial Act”.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 75, p. 242, § 1, eff. 60 days after July 2, 1987.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART VI - Notarial Practice (§§ 2001 — 2166) › Chapter 101 - 1987 Notarial Act (§§ 2001 — 2144) › Subchapter I - The Notary and His Functions (§§ 2001 — 2006) › § 2002 - Notary—Concept

The notary is a legal professional who practices a public function, authorized to attest and authenticate pursuant to the laws the juridical business and other acts and extrajudicial events executed before him, without prejudice of what is provided in the special laws. His function is to receive and interpret the will of the parties giving it a legal format, draft the notarial documents and deeds for such purpose and confer authority to them. The notary’s public faith is complete with regard to the facts carried out and corroborated by him in the exercise of his functions, and also with regard to the manner, place, date and time of the execution.
History —July, 2, 1987, No. 75, p. 242, § 2, eff. 60 days after July 2, 1987.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART VI - Notarial Practice (§§ 2001 — 2166) › Chapter 101 - 1987 Notarial Act (§§ 2001 — 2144) › Subchapter I - The Notary and His Functions (§§ 2001 — 2006) › § 2003 - Notary—Autonomy

The notary shall be authorized to practice his office throughout the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In that function he shall enjoy full autonomy and independence. He shall exercise it with impartiality and will be under the administrative direction of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, through the Office of Notarial Inspection created by this chapter.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 75, p. 242, § 3, eff. 60 days after July 2, 1987.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART VI - Notarial Practice (§§ 2001 — 2166) › Chapter 101 - 1987 Notarial Act (§§ 2001 — 2144) › Subchapter I - The Notary and His Functions (§§ 2001 — 2006) › § 2004 - Notary—Public office; incompatibility

In addition to the legal impediments that might exist, the office of notary shall be incompatible with any public office when there is a prohibition of the notarial practice by the public body for which he carries out his functions. The public bodies shall notify the Notarial Inspection Office of the prohibitions they establish, as provided by the Supreme Court by means of regulations.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 75, p. 242, § 4; Dec. 13, 2007, No. 196, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART VI - Notarial Practice (§§ 2001 — 2166) › Chapter 101 - 1987 Notarial Act (§§ 2001 — 2144) › Subchapter I - The Notary and His Functions (§§ 2001 — 2006) › § 2005 - Notary—Prohibitions; ineffectiveness

(a) No notary may authorize documents he is a party to, or which include provisions in his favor. Neither may he authorize them if any one of the executing parties is related to him within the fourth degree of consanguinity or the second degree of affinity, except when he appears in the document as a representative.
(b) The provisions in favor of relatives of the notary who authorized the public document in which they were made within the fourth degree of consanguinity or the second degree of affinity shall have no effect.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 75, p. 242, § 5, eff. 60 days after July 2, 1987.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART VI - Notarial Practice (§§ 2001 — 2166) › Chapter 101 - 1987 Notarial Act (§§ 2001 — 2144) › Subchapter I - The Notary and His Functions (§§ 2001 — 2006) › § 2006 - Notary—Deeds; protocols; deposits

The notary shall write original notarial deeds, issue copies and draw up protocols. He shall be the depository of the documents, securities and sums that the parties wish to deposit with the notary to secure their contracts. Admission of these deposits is voluntary and the notary may impose conditions on the depositor which will be consigned in the receipt or collateral agreement issued by the notary.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 75, p. 242, § 6, eff. 60 days after July 2, 1987.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART VI - Notarial Practice (§§ 2001 — 2166) › Chapter 101 - 1987 Notarial Act (§§ 2001 — 2144) › Subchapter II - Requirements for the Notarial Practice (§§ 2011 — 2013) › § 2011 - Notarial practice—Requirements

Only those presently authorized to practice the notarial profession and those attorneys who in the future are admitted to practice the profession and who thereafter are authorized to practice as notaries by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, may practice the notarial profession in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Every notary shall pledge an oath of fidelity to the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution and Laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico before beginning the practice of his/her office.
No person authorized to practice the profession of notary in Puerto Rico may practice it without having posted and keeping in effect a bond for a sum of not less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to answer for the proper performance of the functions of his/her office and damages caused by his/her actions or omissions in the exercise of his/her duties. This bond’s limit does not impair the rights of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico nor of natural or juridical persons under the provisions of § 5141 of Title 31 or under any other legal or jurisprudential provision. The notary’s surety shall be a mortgage bond, or posted by an insurance company authorized to do business in Puerto Rico, or by the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, which is hereby authorized to charge the amount it deems reasonable for posting that surety as provided in the act.
The surety bond must be renewed annually and approved by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico which shall review its sufficiency with regard to the mortgages, which shall be registered in the corresponding property registry office before its final approval.
The bond shall have preferent liability for the sums that the notary fails to deposit in the public treasury on account of Internal Revenue, notarial, Legal Aid Society, and other legally required stamps, for binding of protocols and any other necessary expense incurred as indicated by the Director of Notarial Inspection in order to carry out the inspection of notaries and their approval. Once the expenses are established, the Director of Notarial Inspection may proceed against the bond directly to pay the obligations.
If the claimant is adjudicated all or part of the bond in a judicial claim against the notary, he/she shall not continue to practice until a new bond is posted.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 75, p 243, § 7; Dec. 13, 2007, No. 196, § 2; Oct. 13, 2009, No. 121, § 8; July 27, 2011, No. 158, § 2; Jan. 4, 2012, No. 6, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART VI - Notarial Practice (§§ 2001 — 2166) › Chapter 101 - 1987 Notarial Act (§§ 2001 — 2144) › Subchapter II - Requirements for the Notarial Practice (§§ 2011 — 2013) › § 2012 - Notarial practice—Certificate; display

The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall issue a certificate to the notary attesting to the name and number of the notary, his/her membership number, the date on which the Supreme Court authorized him/her to practice as a notary, the date on which he/she registered his/her signature, flourish, sign and seal as a notary and the facsimile of his/her signature, sign, seal and flourish, as registered. It shall be the obligation of the notary to display the certificate on one of the walls of his[/her] office.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 75, p. 242, § 8; Dec. 13, 2007, No. 196, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART VI - Notarial Practice (§§ 2001 — 2166) › Chapter 101 - 1987 Notarial Act (§§ 2001 — 2144) › Subchapter II - Requirements for the Notarial Practice (§§ 2011 — 2013) › § 2013 - Notarial practice—Temporary substitutions

The notary may appoint another notary to substitute for him/her when he/she is absent from his/her office for any nonpermanent cause, for a maximum initial period of three (3) months. Said period may be extended after having so requested to the Director of the Notarial Inspection Office in exceptional cases and when there is a just cause, up to a maximum term of six (6) months.
The notary as well as his/her substitute shall notify the Notarial Inspection Office of the appointment, as provided for through regulations.
The substitute notary shall not authorize original documents in the name of the substituted notary. The substitute notary shall be responsible for the custody and conservation of the protocols of the notary he/she is substituting for and, as such may issue certified copies.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 75, p. 242, § 9; Jan. 5, 2002, No. 25, § 1; Dec. 13, 2007, No. 196, § 4.