§ 12-28-601 - Title.
This subchapter shall be known as the "Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act".
§ 12-28-602 - Definitions.
As used in this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the Board of Corrections; (2) "County backlog" means those inmates sentenced to the Department of Correction...
§ 12-28-603 - Declaration of Emergency.
(a) (1) Whenever the population of the prison system exceeds ninety-eight percent (98%) of the rated capacity for thirty (30) consecutive days, or whenever...
§ 12-28-605 - Successive States of Emergency.
(a) The Board of Corrections may declare succeeding prison overcrowding states of emergency at any time when the prison population exceeds ninety-eight percent (98%)...
§ 12-28-606 - Declaration of End of Emergency.
At any time during a declared prison overcrowding state of emergency, the Board of Corrections may declare the prison overcrowding state of emergency to...