2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 81 - Corrections Administration (§§ 1101 — 1284) › Subchapter XIII - Convicts of Other Jurisdictions (§§ 1245 — 1249) › § 1249 - Transportation Office

(a) Redefinition of the Office. — The functions of the Corrections Administration Transportation Office of members of the correctional population, is hereby defined. The office may acquire, gratuitously or by purchase, the equipment, goods, and services of §§ 931 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “General Services Administration Organic Act”.
(b) Functions and duties of the Office. — The Office shall have the following functions and duties:
(A) [The] custody of the members of the correctional population of the Corrections Administration.
(B) Protect the members of the correctional population of the Corrections Administration and the property.
(C) Transport those persons on whom an arrest warrant is issued by the Parole Board.
(D) Transport the members of the correctional population from the institutions to the courts to respond to a summons issued by a court. When arriving at the courts, they shall turn over custody of the members of the correctional population to the marshals of the General Court of Justice.
(E) Transport those persons for whom cause is determined and their detention has been ordered from the court to the correctional institution.
(F) Transport every person convicted to be confined by an order issued by a competent court from the court to the correctional institution.
(G) Transport those members of the correctional population who must meet appointments as part of the rehabilitation programs, through work, study, or treatment.
(H) Transport the members of the correctional population to medical evaluations and hospitals.
(I) Perform such other functions needed to implement this section.
(J) Adopt those regulations needed to carry out the functions of the Office.
(K) Perform any other functions needed to execute the purposes of this section.
(c) Functions and duties of the Director. — The Office shall be directed by a director, who shall be appointed by the Administrator and shall be subject to his/her authority and supervision. The appointment shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It functions and duties shall be:
(A) To administer and supervise the operations of the Office, including its personnel.
(B) To prepare reports for the Correctional Administration on the work performed by the Office.
(C) To prepare the Office’s annual budget and submit it to the Secretary of the Department through the Correctional Administrator for his/her approval.
(C) To prepare the Office’s annual budget and submit it to the Secretary of the Department through the Correctional Administrator for his/her approval.
(D) Any other function needed to carry out the purposes of this section.
(d) The members of the correctional population of the Corrections Administration shall be in custody of the members of the Correctional Officers Corps.
(e) Transfer of resources. — All the resources, records, equipment and property being used or assigned with regard to the functions, faculties and duties and that are hereby gradually assigned, are transferred in the most convenient and speedy manner to the Correctional Administration Transportation Office, ascertaining that the rendering of services is not interrupted.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 116, Part 1, p. 501, added as § [49a] on Aug. 20, 1996, No. 155, § 1; July 18, 2001, No. 60, §§ 25, 26 and 27.