Chapter 56
Corrections Department

Index of Sections

§ 42-56-1. Declaration of policy.

§ 42-56-2. Establishment of department — Director.

§ 42-56-3. Transfer of functions from the department of human services.

§ 42-56-4. Organization of department.

§ 42-56-5. Director to be the appointing authority.

§ 42-56-5.1. Justice reinvestment.

§ 42-56-6. Management of institutions.

§ 42-56-7. Parole and probation.

§ 42-56-8. Departmental seal.

§ 42-56-9. Authority of department broadly construed.

§ 42-56-10. Powers of the director.

§§ 42-56-11 — 42-56-13. Repealed.

§ 42-56-14. Buildings and grounds comprising institutions.

§ 42-56-14.1. Statutory references to former institutions.

§ 42-56-15. References to jailers and jail keepers.

§ 42-56-16. Deputy warden and employees, women’s division, adult correctional institutions.

§ 42-56-17. Identification and description of inmates.

§ 42-56-18. Inmate furloughs.

§ 42-56-19. Educational and vocational training unit.

§ 42-56-20. Care and employment of short term prisoners.

§ 42-56-20.1. Repealed.

§ 42-56-20.2. Community confinement.

§ 42-56-20.3. Community correctional program for women offenders.

§ 42-56-20.4. Repealed.

§ 42-56-20.5. Establishment of a women’s transitional housing facility.

§ 42-56-20.6. Restitution mandatory — Prior to community confinement.

§ 42-56-21. Labor of prisoners committed for criminal offense, qui tam, penal action, or failure to give recognizance.

§ 42-56-21.1. Notification upon work release.

§ 42-56-21.2. Restitution mandatory — Prior to work release.

§ 42-56-22. Labor by persons committed on mesne process or to answer criminal charge.

§ 42-56-23. Body of deceased inmate.

§ 42-56-24. Earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion.

§ 42-56-25. Repealed.

§ 42-56-26. Additional time allowed for meritorious service.

§ 42-56-27. Clothing and payment of discharged prisoners.

§ 42-56-28. Prisoners previously sentenced.

§ 42-56-29. Receiving and orientation unit — Study of incoming prisoners.

§ 42-56-30. Classification board.

§ 42-56-31. Determination of classification and rehabilitation programs of prisoners.

§ 42-56-32. Classification unit.

§ 42-56-33. Training school for youth.

§ 42-56-34. Designation of land and buildings for training school for youth.

§ 42-56-35. Repealed.

§ 42-56-36. Transfer of powers and functions from department of corrections.

§ 42-56-37. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing.

§ 42-56-38. Assessment of costs.

§ 42-56-38.1. Prisoner telephone use.

§ 42-56-38.2. Furnishing of health records.

§ 42-56-39. A prison impact statement.

§ 42-56-40. Transfer of foreign convicted offenders under treaty.

§ 42-56-41. Severability.

§ 42-56-42. Severability.