61 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions
Subchapter A. (Reserved)
Subchapter B. County Jail Oversight Boards
- Section 1721 - Scope Of Subchapter
This subchapter relates to county jail oversight boards. (Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, eff. imd.) 2010 Amendment. Section 27(1) of Act 95 provided that...
- Section 1722 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
- Section 1723 - County Jail Oversight Board
(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in each county a county jail oversight board which shall be named the (Name of County) County Jail Oversight...
- Section 1724 - Powers And Duties
(a) General rule.--The board's administrative powers and duties shall include the operation and maintenance of the prison and all alternative housing facilities, the oversight...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 1727 - Board Meetings
The board shall meet at least once each month and shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection.
- Section 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...
Subchapter C. Board of Inspectors
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
Subchapter D. Alternative Plan for Certain Counties
Subchapter E. Penal Operations and Procedures
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 1758 - County Recording System For Application Of Restraints To Pregnant Prisoners Or Detainees
(a) General rule.--The application of restraints to a pregnant prisoner or detainee occurring pursuant to section 5905 (relating to healthy birth for incarcerated women)...
Subchapter F. Joint Detention Centers
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 1763 - Buildings
After the selection and acquisition of sites, the county commissioners of the counties may erect and construct suitable and necessary buildings thereon, repair any...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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,...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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....
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 1775 - Exemption From Taxation
All the property, real and personal, authorized to be held by counties under this subchapter shall be exempt from taxation.
Subchapter G. Joint Industrial Farms and Workhouses
- Section 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)...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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,...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 1797 - Exemption From Taxation
All the property, real and personal, authorized to be held under this subchapter shall be exempt from taxation.
- Section 1798 - Nonapplicability
This subchapter does not apply to cities and counties of the first class.
Last modified: October 8, 2016