Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 325 - Department of Correction
Section 18-82. - Administrators of correctional institutions: Appointment, removal and qualifications.

The Commissioner of Correction shall appoint and may remove the following administrators, all of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall be exempt from the classified service: All correctional wardens, including any warden with oversight of a district, a correctional institution, parole and community services, population management, programs and treatment, security and academy training or staff development. Such wardens shall possess skill and experience in correctional administration. The commissioner may designate a deputy warden to serve as director of reentry services.

(1967, P.A. 152, S. 7; 1969, P.A. 300; 1971, P.A. 154, S. 3; P.A. 75-85; P.A. 77-614, S. 272, 610; P.A. 85-397; P.A. 87-282, S. 13; P.A. 94-193, S. 4; P.A. 03-90, S. 1; P.A. 07-158, S. 7; P.A. 21-85, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act replaced deputy commissioners for disciplinary and treatment services and for field services with deputy commissioners of institution services and of community services, replaced State Farm and State Prison for Women with Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, replaced State Prison with Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, replaced reformatory with Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire and jails with community correctional centers; 1971 act replaced Osborn correctional institution with Enfield correctional institution; P.A. 75-85 replaced provisions re appointment of specific deputy commissioners and re duties of deputy commissioner of women's services with statement that there shall be three deputy commissioner's; P.A. 77-614 deleted references to council of correction, removed deputy commissioners entirely and included appointment of community correctional center wardens, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-397 revised language re administrative heads of state correctional institutions; P.A. 87-282 deleted references to “superintendents” of institutions; P.A. 94-193 clarified the meaning of “administrative heads of state institutions” as “administrators, all of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall be exempt from the classified service” and made other technical corrections for clarity; P.A. 03-90 deleted “all correctional service directors and all regional support services administrators” from list of administrators the commissioner shall appoint and may remove; P.A. 07-158 revised provisions re types of wardens appointed as administrators, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 21-85 added language re designation of deputy warden, effective June 28, 2021.

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