It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Corrections vigorously provide assistance to the United States Department of Justice:
1. For the identification of foreign-born nationals who are in the custody of the Department of Corrections;
2. In conducting interviews of and processing foreign-born nationals or suspected foreign-born nationals who are in the custody of the Department of Corrections; and
3. In conducting and completing the deportation process of inmates whom the United States Department of Justice determines to be aliens deportable from the United States. The Department of Corrections shall assist the Immigration and Naturalization Service in obtaining court certified copies of any records requested for use in official criminal or administrative proceedings.
The Department of Corrections shall implement rules for the determination of the place of birth of all inmates in the custody of the Department. This determination shall be completed by January 1, 1997. Upon completion of this determination, the Department of Corrections shall report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives how many inmates in the custody of the Department are not citizens of the United States. The Department of Corrections shall submit updated reports to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on a quarterly basis.
The Department of Corrections shall also implement rules for the notification of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the identity of all inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections who are foreign-born nationals or that the Department of Corrections suspects are foreign-born nationals. The Department of Corrections shall convene a working group and include the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the formulation of rules for implementation of this section.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 168, § 3, eff. July 1, 1996.