Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 325 - Department of Correction
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.

A person convicted of a crime who is incarcerated on or after July 1, 1993, who received a definite sentence of two years or less, and who has been confined under such sentence for not less than one-half of the sentence imposed by the court, less such time as may have been earned under the provisions of section 18-7, 18-7a, 18-98a, 18-98b or 18-98d or less any risk reduction credit earned under the provisions of section 18-98e, may be released pursuant to subsection (e) of section 18-100 or to any other community correction program approved by the Commissioner of Correction.

(P.A. 90-261, S. 4; P.A. 93-219, S. 1, 14; P.A. 11-51, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 93-219 expanded release eligibility to include prisoners who received a definite sentence of two years or less, rather than one year or less, and added references to Secs. 18-7a, 18-98a, 18-98b and 18-98d, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 11-51 provided for deduction from sentence of any risk reduction credit earned under Sec. 18-98e, effective July 1, 2011.
See Sec. 54-125a re release on parole of inmates with sentences of more than two years.

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Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction

Chapter 325 - Department of Correction

Section 18-78. - Composition of department.

Section 18-78a. - Applicability of Uniform Administrative Procedure Act to department. Exceptions.

Section 18-78b. - Victim Services Unit. Duties and responsibilities.

Section 18-79. - Council of Correction.

Section 18-80. - Commissioner.

Section 18-81. - Duties of commissioner.

Section 18-81a. - Habeas corpus for person in custody of commissioner.

Section 18-81aa. - Secure video connections for parole release hearings.

Section 18-81b. - Informational and educational experiences for the public.

Section 18-81bb. - Advisory committees established in certain municipalities with correctional facilities.

Section 18-81c. - Community Partners in Action: Office space and telephone service.

Section 18-81cc. - Prevention, detection and monitoring of, and response to, sexual abuse in prisons, jails, correctional centers and juvenile facilities.

Section 18-81d. - 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.

Section 18-81e. - Notification of victim of release of inmate from correctional facility.

Section 18-81ee. - Pilot program re use of renewable energy at correctional facilities.

Section 18-81f. - 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.

Section 18-81g. (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.

Section 18-81h. - Public safety committees established in municipalities with correctional facilities. Reports.

Section 18-81hh. - Privacy-related protections for certain inmate activities.

Section 18-81i. - 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 g...

Section 18-81j. - Annual notification of municipal official in municipalities with correctional facilities concerning capacity and inmate population in facility.

Section 18-81jj. - Correction Advisory Committee.

Section 18-81k. - 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.

Section 18-81l. - 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.

Section 18-81m. - 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.

Section 18-81n. - 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.

Section 18-81o. - Notification of municipal official and public safety committee concerning agreement for placement of persons in correctional facility.

Section 18-81oo. - Communication services in correctional facilities.

Section 18-81p. - Review of substance use disorder, screening, diagnostic and treatment services and mental health screening, diagnostic and treatment services.

Section 18-81pp. - Plan for the provision of health care services to inmates. Report.

Section 18-81q. - Return of unused prescription drugs dispensed in correctional facilities to vendor pharmacies. Requirements. Regulations.

Section 18-81qq. - Office of the Correction Ombuds.

Section 18-81r. - Ombudsman services.

Section 18-81s. - Pilot program for debit account telephone system.

Section 18-81t. - Quarterly report on disciplinary reports, inmate assaults, workers' compensation claims and inmate population density for each correctional facility.

Section 18-81u. - Use of computer with Internet access by certain inmates prohibited.

Section 18-81v. - Procedures for conducting metal detector searches of visitors.

Section 18-81w. - Development and implementation of reentry strategy.

Section 18-81x. - (Note: This section is repealed, effective October 1, 2022.) Funds for inmate educational services and reentry program initiatives.

Section 18-81y. - Lost property board.

Section 18-81z. - Development of risk assessment strategy.

Section 18-82. - Administrators of correctional institutions: Appointment, removal and qualifications.

Section 18-82a. - Parole officer training on resilience and self-care techniques.

Section 18-83. - Acceptance of bequests, devises and gifts.

Section 18-84. - “Inmate” and “prisoner” defined.

Section 18-84a. - Discharge savings accounts. Regulations.

Section 18-85. - Compensation of inmates. Deposit in account. Disbursement priorities.

Section 18-85a. - Assessment for costs of incarceration. State's claim against inmate's property for repayment of costs of incarceration. Exempt property. Program fees. Regulations.

Section 18-85b. - State's claim against proceeds of person's cause of action or person's inheritance for repayment of costs of incarceration.

Section 18-85c. - State's claim against person's estate for repayment of costs of incarceration.

Section 18-86. - Transfers between institutions of department.

Section 18-86a. - Contracts with other states for confinement of Connecticut inmates.

Section 18-86b. - Contracts with governmental and private vendors for supervision of state inmates outside the state.

Section 18-86c. - Contracts re release of inmates.

Section 18-86d. - Agreements with institutions of higher education re free courses for inmates.

Section 18-86e. - Reentry employment advisory committee.

Section 18-87. - Transfers to other state institutions and to the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch.

Section 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: De...

Section 18-87i. - Emergency correctional facility projects and large increases in correctional facility inmate populations: Notices, negotiated agreements between state and municipalities, arbitration.

Section 18-87j. - Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission.

Section 18-87k. - Powers and duties of commission.

Section 18-87l. - New Haven Armory not to be used to house prisoners or other detainees.

Section 18-87m. - Alternatives to Incarceration Advisory Committee: Membership, duties, report. Commissioner to implement alternatives to incarceration initiatives to reduce prison population.

Section 18-88. (Formerly Sec. 18-14). - Industrial activities. State agencies required to purchase necessary products from institution industries. Retail hobby stores.

Section 18-88a. - Correction Industries Revolving Fund, charge for fringe benefits prohibited.

Section 18-89. (Formerly Sec. 18-9). - Contracts for labor; public institutions.

Section 18-90. (Formerly Sec. 18-10). - Prisoners; employment restricted.

Section 18-90a. - Employment of inmates.

Section 18-90b. - Pilot program for inmate labor in private industry.

Section 18-90c. - Investigation of certain inmates re child support orders and arrearages.

Section 18-90d. - Vocational village program.

Section 18-90e. - Preparation for and administration of commercial driver's license knowledge tests in institution or facility.

Section 18-91. (Formerly Sec. 18-16). - Use of correctional institutions by United States. Removal of inmates to federal institutions.

Section 18-91a. - International transfer or exchange of prisoners.

Section 18-92. - Expiration of term on Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Section 18-93. - Rules re clothing, transportation, grants and loans to discharged persons.

Section 18-94. (Formerly Sec. 17-16). - Retention of inmates with sexually transmitted disease in correctional or charitable institutions.

Section 18-95. (Formerly Sec. 17-18). - Compensation for injuries of inmates of state correctional and reformatory institutions.

Section 18-96. (Formerly Sec. 18-22). - Proceedings on discharge of mentally ill prisoners.

Section 18-96a. - 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 me...

Section 18-96b. - Restrictive housing status and isolated confinement for incarcerated persons. Reports.

Section 18-97. - Confinement under a mittimus: Presentence confinement credit prior to July 1, 1981.

Section 18-98. - Confinement where bail unobtainable: Presentence confinement credit prior to July 1, 1981.

Section 18-98a. - Deduction of time for periods of employment.

Section 18-98b. - Outstandingly meritorious performance award.

Section 18-98c. - Good conduct credit for presentence confinement prior to July 1, 1981.

Section 18-98d. - Credit for presentence confinement.

Section 18-98e. - Earned risk reduction credit.

Section 18-98f. - Use of earned risk reduction credits. Report.

Section 18-98g. - General offender sentencing information made publically available.

Section 18-99. - Camp for community correctional center, Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire, and School for Boys inmates.

Section 18-99a. - Creation and administration of school district within the Department of Correction. Unified School District #1.

Section 18-99b. - Powers of district. Cooperation with federal government. Provision of menstrual products.

Section 18-100. - Work-release and education-release programs. Transfer to correctional institution, halfway house, group home, mental health facility or community or private residence.

Section 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.

Section 18-101. - 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.