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Department of Correction

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Composition of department.

Applicability of Uniform Administrative Procedure Act to department. Exceptions.

Victim Services Unit. Duties and responsibilities.

Council of Correction.

Commissioner.

Duties of commissioner.

Habeas corpus for person in custody of commissioner.

Section
18-81aa

Secure video connections for parole release hearings.

Informational and educational experiences for the public.

Section
18-81bb

Advisory committees established in certain municipalities with correctional facilities.

Community Partners in Action: Office space and telephone service.

Section
18-81cc

*(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Prevention, detection and monitoring of, and response to, sexual abuse in prisons, jails, correctional centers and juvenile facilities.

Medical and dental treatment of inmates under age of eighteen.

Section
18-81dd

Amendment to contract with municipality in which a correctional facility is located.

Notification of victim of release of inmate from correctional facility.

Section
18-81ee

Pilot program re use of renewable energy at correctional facilities.

Notification of municipal official concerning status of temporary detention facility.

Section
18-81ff

State identification card or motor vehicle operator's license for inmates upon release.

(Formerly Sec. 17a-645) - Community-based treatment facility for female offenders.

Section
18-81gg

Visitation policies for inmate who is a parent to a child under the age of eighteen.

Public safety committees established in municipalities with correctional facilities. Report.

Section
18-81hh

Privacy-related protections for certain inmate activities.

Storage of weapons.

Section
18-81ii

Care and treatment of inmate with a gender identity differing from assigned sex at birth and a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. Placement of inmate in correctional institution with inmates of the gender consistent with the inmate's gender identity.

Annual notification of municipal official in municipalities with correctional facilities concerning capacity and inmate population in facility.

Section
18-81jj

Ombudsman services.

Maintenance of good relations between department and communities surrounding correctional facilities.

Section
18-81kk

Requests for department's provision of documents related to injury resulting in death or permanent disability of inmate. Regulations.

Criminal history records checks of correctional personnel.

Section
18-81ll

Department's responsibilities re release of medical information by inmate to family or emergency contact.

Notification re existence of standing criminal protective order upon release.

Section
18-81mm

Release of inmate self-identified as suffering from opioid use disorder. Information provided.

Notification of municipal official concerning agreement for medical care of inmates.

Section
18-81nn

Intervention in or reporting of use of unreasonable, excessive or illegal force by a witnessing officer. Whistle blower protections.

Notification of municipal official and public safety committee concerning agreement for placement of persons in correctional facility.

Sections
18-81oo to 18-81zz

Reserved for future use.

Review of substance abuse detoxification and treatment programs. Reintegration of drug-dependent inmates into community.

Return of unused prescription drugs dispensed in correctional facilities to vendor pharmacies. Requirements. Regulations.

Ombudsman services.

Pilot program for debit account telephone system.

Quarterly report on disciplinary reports, inmate assaults, workers' compensation claims and inmate population density for each correctional facility.

Use of computer with Internet access by certain inmates prohibited.

Procedures for conducting metal detector searches of visitors.

Development and implementation of reentry strategy.

Funds for inmate educational services and reentry program initiatives.

Lost property board.

Development of risk assessment strategy.

Administrators of correctional institutions: Appointment, removal and qualifications.

Parole officer training on resilience and self-care techniques.

Acceptance of bequests, devises and gifts.

“Inmate” and “prisoner” defined.

Discharge savings accounts. Regulations.

Compensation of inmates. Deposit in account. Disbursement priorities.

Assessment for costs of incarceration. State's claim against inmate's property for repayment of costs of incarceration. Exempt property. Program fees. Regulations.

State's claim against proceeds of person's cause of action or person's inheritance for repayment of costs of incarceration.

State's claim against person's estate for repayment of costs of incarceration.

Transfers between institutions of department.

Contracts with other states for confinement of Connecticut inmates.

Contracts with governmental and private vendors for supervision of state inmates outside the state.

Contracts re release of inmates.

Agreements with institutions of higher education re free courses for inmates.

Transfers to other state institutions and to the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch.

Sections
18-87a to 18-87f

Contracts with private agencies for: Halfway house handling of prerelease inmates; reentry services for paroled or discharged offenders. Early release: Pretrial inmates; sentenced inmates. Prison overcrowding emergency: Definitions; construction program, release of prisoners.

Sections
18-87g and 18-87h

Reserved for future use.

Emergency correctional facility projects and large increases in correctional facility inmate populations: Notices, negotiated agreements between state and municipalities, arbitration.

Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission.

Powers and duties of commission.

New Haven Armory not to be used to house prisoners or other detainees.

Alternatives to Incarceration Advisory Committee: Membership, duties, report. Commissioner to implement alternatives to incarceration initiatives to reduce prison population.

(Formerly Sec. 18-14) - Industrial activities. State agencies required to purchase necessary products from institution industries. Retail hobby stores.

Correction Industries Revolving Fund, charge for fringe benefits prohibited.

(Formerly Sec. 18-9) - Contracts for labor; public institutions.

(Formerly Sec. 18-10) - Prisoners; employment restricted.

Employment of inmates.

Pilot program for inmate labor in private industry.

Investigation of certain inmates re child support orders and arrearages.

(Formerly Sec. 18-16) - Use of correctional institutions by United States. Removal of inmates to federal institutions.

International transfer or exchange of prisoners.

Expiration of term on Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Rules re clothing, transportation, grants and loans to discharged persons.

(Formerly Sec. 17-16) - Retention of inmates with sexually transmitted disease in correctional or charitable institutions.

(Formerly Sec. 17-18) - Compensation for injuries of inmates of state correctional and reformatory institutions.

(Formerly Sec. 18-22) - Proceedings on discharge of mentally ill prisoners.

Consideration of psychiatrist diagnosis in assessment of and providing mental health services to inmate with a mental illness. Mental health issues training for custodial staff. Agency collaboration re assistance to inmate with a mental illness upon release. Report re mental health services.

Restrictive housing status for inmates. Employee training and wellness.

Confinement under a mittimus: Presentence confinement credit prior to July 1, 1981.

Confinement where bail unobtainable: Presentence confinement credit prior to July 1, 1981.

Deduction of time for periods of employment.

Outstandingly meritorious performance award.

Good conduct credit for presentence confinement prior to July 1, 1981.

Credit for presentence confinement.

Earned risk reduction credit.

Use of earned risk reduction credits. Report.

General offender sentencing information made publically available.

Camp for community correctional center, Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire, and School for Boys inmates.

Creation and administration of school district within the Department of Correction. Unified School District #1.

Powers of district. Cooperation with federal government.

Work-release and education-release programs. Transfer to correctional institution, halfway house, group home, mental health facility or community or private residence.

Sections
18-100a and 18-100b

Petty cash fund for loans for work-release program. Release of prisoners to an approved community residence; eligibility.

Section
18-100c

Release of prisoners with definite sentences of two years or less to halfway house, group home, mental health facility or other approved community correction program.

Section
18-100d

Supervision of persons convicted of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1994, required until expiration of sentence.

Section
18-100e

Pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program.

Section
18-100f

Release of certain arrested persons being held pretrial.

Section
18-100g

Release of aliens to immigration authorities.

Section
18-100h

Release of persons convicted of certain motor vehicle and drug offenses to their residences.

Section
18-100i

Release of inmate from custody and transfer to community-based nursing home for palliative and end-of-life care.

Section
18-100j

Pilot treatment program for methadone maintenance and other drug therapies.

Disposition of inmate compensation.

Section
18-101a

Furloughs.

Section
18-101b

Residential stays at correctional facilities. Continuation in programs beyond discharge date.

Section
18-101c

Special alternative incarceration unit. Program activities.

Section
18-101d

Donald T. Bergin Correctional Institution.

Section
18-101e

Calculation of disability retirement income for correction officers upon designation of extraordinary circumstances.

Section
18-101f

Prohibition against disclosure of certain employee files to inmates under the Freedom of Information Act.

Section
18-101g

Establishment of wellness initiative for certain employees.

Section
18-101h

Definitions.

Section
18-101i

Community-based service programs established.

Section
18-101j

Community correction service areas established.

Section
18-101k

Funding.