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Section
42-56-1

Declaration of policy.

Section
42-56-2

Establishment of department - Director.

Section
42-56-3

Transfer of functions from the department of human services.

Section
42-56-4

Organization of department.

Section
42-56-5

Director to be the appointing authority.

Section
42-56-5.1

Justice reinvestment.

Section
42-56-6

Management of institutions.

Section
42-56-7

Parole and probation.

Section
42-56-8

Departmental seal.

Section
42-56-9

Authority of department broadly construed.

Section
42-56-10

Powers of the director.

Section
42-56-11

42-56-13 - Repealed.

Section
42-56-14

Buildings and grounds comprising institutions.

Section
42-56-14.1

Statutory references to former institutions.

Section
42-56-15

References to jailers and jail keepers.

Section
42-56-16

Deputy warden and employees, women's division, adult correctional institutions.

Section
42-56-17

Identification and description of inmates.

Section
42-56-18

Inmate furloughs.

Section
42-56-19

Educational and vocational training unit.

Section
42-56-20

Care and employment of short term prisoners.

Section
42-56-20.1

Repealed.

Section
42-56-20.2

Community confinement.

Section
42-56-20.3

Community correctional program for women offenders.

Section
42-56-20.4

Repealed.

Section
42-56-20.5

Establishment of a women's transitional housing facility.

Section
42-56-20.6

Restitution mandatory - Prior to community confinement.

Section
42-56-21

Labor of prisoners committed for criminal offense, qui tam, penal action, or failure to give recognizance.

Section
42-56-21.1

Notification upon work release.

Section
42-56-21.2

Restitution mandatory - Prior to work release.

Section
42-56-22

Labor by persons committed on mesne process or to answer criminal charge.

Section
42-56-23

Body of deceased inmate.

Section
42-56-24

Earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion.

Section
42-56-25

Repealed.

Section
42-56-26

Additional time allowed for meritorious service.

Section
42-56-27

Clothing and payment of discharged prisoners.

Section
42-56-28

Prisoners previously sentenced.

Section
42-56-29

Receiving and orientation unit - Study of incoming prisoners.

Section
42-56-30

Classification board.

Section
42-56-31

Determination of classification and rehabilitation programs of prisoners.

Section
42-56-32

Classification unit.

Section
42-56-33

Training school for youth.

Section
42-56-34

Designation of land and buildings for training school for youth.

Section
42-56-35

Repealed.

Section
42-56-36

Transfer of powers and functions from department of corrections.

Section
42-56-37

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing.

Section
42-56-38

Assessment of costs.

Section
42-56-38.1

Prisoner telephone use.

Section
42-56-38.2

Furnishing of health records.

Section
42-56-39

A prison impact statement.

Section
42-56-40

Transfer of foreign convicted offenders under treaty.

Section
42-56-41

Severability.

Section
42-56-42

Severability.