District of Columbia Code
Title 24 - Prisoners and Their Treatment

§ 24–106. Permitting expenditure of funds to carry out certain sewer agreement - Notwithstanding the fourth sentence of § 1-204.46, the District of...

Subchapter II - Sentencing

§ 24–111. Truth in sentencing commission - (a) Establishment. — There is established as an independent agency...

§ 24–112. General duties, powers, and goals of Commission - (a) Recommendations. — The Commission shall, within 180 days after...

§ 24–113. Data collection - (a) Data for Attorney General. — The Commission, the Superior...

§ 24–114. Enactment of amendments to District of Columbia Official Code - If, within 270 days after August 5, 1997, the Council...

Subchapter III - Offender Supervision and Parole

§ 24–131. Parole - (a) Paroling jurisdiction. — (1) Jurisdiction of Parole Commission to...

§ 24–132. Pretrial services, parole, adult probation and offender supervision trustee - (a) Appointment and removal. — (1) Appointment. — The Attorney...

§ 24–133. Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency - (a) Establishment. — There is established within the executive branch...

§ 24–134. Authorization of appropriations - There are authorized to be appropriated in each fiscal year...

Subchapter IV - Special Provisions for Trustees

§ 24–141. Reemployed annuitant Trustee - Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or District of Columbia...

§ 24–142. Exemption from personnel and budget ceilings for Trustees and related agencies - The Trustees described in §§ 24-102 and 24-132 and the...

Chapter 2 - Prisons and Prisoners

Subchapter I - Prisons

Part A - General

§ 24–201.01. Place of imprisonment; cumulative sentences; jurisdiction of prosecutions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 623, Pub. L. 88-241,...

§ 24–201.02. Imprisonment for more than 1 year; jurisdiction over Reformatory prisoners; transfer from penitentiary to Reformatory - Whenever any person has been convicted of crime in any...

§ 24–201.03. Transfer from Jail to Workhouse - The United States District Court for the District of Columbia,...

§ 24–201.04. Commutation of fine - In all cases in the District of Columbia where a...

§ 24–201.05. Good conduct deduction. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 11, 1987, D.C. Law 6-218, § 9, 34...

§ 24–201.06. Release in District - All inmates of the Workhouse and Reformatory for the District...

§ 24–201.07. Jail and Washington Asylum combined - The Jail of the District of Columbia and the Washington...

§ 24–201.08. Commitments to Washington Asylum and Jail - Whenever and wherever authority of law exists to sentence, commit,...

§ 24–201.09. Board of Public Welfare to have exclusive management and control of Workhouse, Reformatory, and Washington Asylum and Jail. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–201.10. Detention of United States prisoners in Washington Asylum and Jail - The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized and directed to...

§ 24–201.11. Appointment and supervision of prison personnel - The superintendents and all other employees engaged on March 16,...

§ 24–201.12. Employment of prisoners - Persons sentenced to imprisonment in the Jail may be employed...

§ 24–201.13. Commitment by Marshal - Nothing in §§ 24-201.12 and 24-201.15 shall be construed to...

§ 24–201.14. Delivery of prisoners to Marshal - It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of the...

§ 24–201.15. Accountability for safekeeping of prisoners - The Superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail shall be...

§ 24–201.16. Annual report by Superintendent - The Superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail shall annually,...

§ 24–201.17. Execution of judgments in capital cases; failure to make specific appropriation not abolition of position - The Superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail appointed by...

§ 24–201.18. Sale of products of Workhouse and Reformatory. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 1920, 41 Stat. 869, ch. 234; Feb....

§ 24–201.19. Sale of gun mountings. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 1, 1957, 71 Stat. 45, Pub. L. 85-45,...

§ 24–201.20. Workhouse; Reformatory; Superintendents and all other employees; appointment; discharge; supervision of Board of Public Welfare. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–201.21. Grounds of Jail increased - The buildings and grounds adjoining the Washington Asylum in the...

§ 24–201.22. Payment for subsistence of prisoners - There shall be allowed and paid by the Attorney General...

§ 24–201.23. Payment for maintenance of Jail - All expenses incurred for maintenance of the Jail of the...

§ 24–201.24. Reimbursement of United States - The United States shall be reimbursed, as heretofore, for the...

§ 24–201.25. Charge against District for care of convicts - The cost of the care and custody of District of...

§ 24–201.26. Place of imprisonment - All prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia for any...

§ 24–201.27. Rewards - The Mayor of the District of Columbia, pursuant to regulations...

§ 24–201.28. Discharge and release payments - The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to...

§ 24–201.29. Institutional good time. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Aug. 20, 1994, D.C. Law 10-151, § 802, 41...

Part B - Prison Overcrowding

§ 24–201.41. Definitions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Nov. 14, 1987, D.C. Law 7-43, § 2, 34...

§ 24–201.42. Declaration of state of emergency; reduction of minimum and maximum sentences [Repealed] - Repealed. (Nov. 14, 1987, D.C. Law 7-43, § 3, 34...

§ 24–201.43. Termination of state of emergency [Repealed] - Repealed. (Nov. 14, 1987, D.C. Law 7-43, § 4, 34...

§ 24–201.44. New housing or facilities; rated design capacity [Repealed] - Repealed. (Nov. 14, 1987, D.C. Law 7-43, § 5, 34...

§ 24–201.45. Exception [Repealed] - Repealed. (Nov. 14, 1987, D.C. Law 7-43, § 6, 34...

Part C - District of Columbia Jail Inmate Cap

§ 24–201.61. Cap on sentenced persons housed at District of Columbia Jail - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Part D - Population Caps and Design Capacity

§ 24–201.71. Central Detention Facility requirements - (a) The number of inmates housed at any one time...

§ 24–201.72. New housing or facilities for use as prisons; rated design capacity - (a) After January 30, 2004, all new housing or facilities...

Subchapter II - Department of Corrections

Part A - General

§ 24–211.01. Created - There is created in and for the District of Columbia...

§ 24–211.02. Powers; promulgation of rules - (a) Said Department of Corrections under the general direction and...

§ 24–211.02a. Processing and release of inmates from the Central Detention Facility - (a) The Department of Corrections shall process and release inmates...

§ 24–211.03. Transfer of duties, powers and materials of Board of Public Welfare - With respect to the said institutions, the Mayor of the...

§ 24–211.04. Continuance of regulations - All rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Public...

§ 24–211.05. Continuance of prior contracts; prior appropriations - No contract for services or supplies made by the Board...

§ 24–211.06. Charge against United States for care of convicts - The cost of the care and custody of persons confined...

§ 24–211.07. Prohibition on cooperation with federal immigration agencies - (a) Absent a judicial warrant or order issued by a...

§ 24–211.08. Automatic voter registration and voter assistance and notification to incarcerated individuals in Department of Corrections custody - (a) In addition to any obligations imposed upon the Department...

Part B - Department of Corrections Employee Mandatory Drug and Alcohol Testing

§ 24–211.21. Definitions - For the purposes of this part, the term: (1) “Applicant”...

§ 24–211.22. Employee testing - (a) The following Department employees shall be tested for drug...

§ 24–211.23. Testing methodology - (a) Testing shall be performed by an outside contractor. The...

§ 24–211.24. Procedure and employee impact - The drug testing policy shall be issued in advance to...

Part C - Department of Corrections Criminal Background Investigations

§ 24–211.41. Authorization of investigation - (a) The Director of the Department of Corrections (“Director”) shall...

Part D - Limitation on Department of Corrections’ Use of Facilities on D.C. General Hospital Campus

§ 24–211.61. Limitation on Department of Corrections’ use of facilities on D.C. General Hospital Campus - The Department of Corrections shall not house any misdemeanants, felons,...

Part E - Grant for Inmate and Returning Citizen Assistance

§ 24–211.71. Department of Corrections inmate and returning citizen assistance grant - (a) In Fiscal Year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter,...

Subchapter III - Educational Good Time Credits

§ 24–221.01. Educational good time - (a) Every person whose conduct complies with institutional rules and...

§ 24–221.01a. Meritorious good time credit - (a) In the discretion of the Director of the Department...

§ 24–221.01b. Limitations - Educational and meritorious good time credits shall not reduce the...

§ 24–221.01c. Credits for good behavior, rehabilitation programs, work details, and special projects - (a) A person sentenced for a misdemeanor whose conduct complies...

§ 24–221.02. Administration of good time credits - (a)(1) The Mayor shall administer the award of good time...

§ 24–221.03. Jail time; parole - (a) Every person shall be given credit on the maximum...

§ 24–221.04. Forfeiture - The award of good time credits for good behavior and...

§ 24–221.05. Reporting requirement - The Department shall regularly inform inmates of all awards, forfeitures,...

§ 24–221.06. Exceptions - Institutional and educational good time credits shall not be applied...

Subchapter IV - Prison Industries

§ 24–231.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Bureau...

§ 24–231.02. Establishment of Prison Industries Fund - (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury a revolving...

§ 24–231.03. Use of Fund revenues - Receipts from the sales of goods and services produced by...

§ 24–231.04. Maintenance of the prison industries program; administration by the Director - (a) The Mayor shall maintain a prison industries program which...

§ 24–231.05. Sales, advertising and marketing of prison industries products and services; tax exemption - (a) Whenever goods or services scheduled for purchase by an...

§ 24–231.06. Joint venture agreements - (a) The Mayor is authorized to enter into an agreement...

§ 24–231.07. Prison Industries Joint Venture Advisory Board. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 8, 1996, D.C. Law 11-117, § 8, 43...

§ 24–231.08. Employment of prisoners; terms and conditions; opportunities for advancement; qualifications - (a) A prison industry shall employ eligible prisoners in all...

§ 24–231.09. Status of prisoners with respect to prison industries - Prisoners who apply and are eligible for employment in a...

§ 24–231.10. Wages of employed prisoners; unemployment compensation - (a) All prisoners employed by a prison industry shall be...

§ 24–231.11. Disbursement of wages to employed prisoners; deductions; accounting - (a) Wages paid to prisoners employed by a prison industry...

§ 24–231.12. Workers’ compensation insurance - (a) The requirements of Chapter 15 of Title 32 shall...

§ 24–231.13. Annual report; annual inventory - (a) The Director shall provide the Mayor and the Council...

§ 24–231.14. Disposition of profits - The Mayor is authorized to retain any accumulated profits from...

§ 24–231.15. Transfer of assets - All assets which, on May 8, 1996, are components of...

Subchapter V - Work Release Program

§ 24–241.01. Authority granted to establish program - There is hereby authorized to be established in the District...

§ 24–241.02. Recommendations; order of court or Board of Parole required - At the time of imposition of sentence, the probation officers...

§ 24–241.03. Conditions for release - The Director of the Department of Corrections shall state in...

§ 24–241.04. Regulations; individual plans - The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized to...

§ 24–241.05. Suspension of work release privilege; violations of work release plan - (a) The Director of the Department of Corrections may suspend...

§ 24–241.06. Trust fund for earnings; disbursements - The Mayor is authorized to include in individual work release...

§ 24–241.07. Support of dependents - Payments for support pursuant to § 24-241.06 shall be made...

§ 24–241.08. Designation of Mayor as representative of Attorney General - The Attorney General of the United States may, in order...

§ 24–241.09. “Mayor” defined; authority of Commissioners - (a) As used in this subchapter the term “Mayor” means...

§ 24–241.10. Prisoner not agent, employee or servant of District - Except when employed and paid by the District of Columbia...

Subchapter VI - Resocialization Furlough Program

§ 24–251.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) The term “Department”...

§ 24–251.02. Authority to grant furloughs - (a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia, or his...

§ 24–251.03. Purposes of furloughs; furloughs over 12 hours - (a) The Mayor, or his designated agent, may grant a...

§ 24–251.04. Procedures - (a) Each caseworker or counselor on the staff of the...

§ 24–251.05. Records and reports - (a) Residents being released on furlough shall be reported as...

§ 24–251.06. Institutional review committees - There shall be established, within each facility and institution of...

§ 24–251.07. Report to Council - The Director shall submit to the Council’s Committee on Public...

§ 24–251.08. Severability - If any section or provision of this subchapter is held...

Subchapter VII - Correctional Treatment Facility

§ 24–261.01. Rules - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “CTF”...

§ 24–261.02. Use of deadly and non-deadly force - (a) A private correctional officer may carry firearms provided by...

§ 24–261.02a. Registration of firearms for private operator - (a) In order to register firearms, the private operator shall...

§ 24–261.02b. Health professionals transferring from District government employment to employment by a private operator - A health professional shall remain covered by § 3-1201.04 if...

§ 24–261.03. Inmates confined to CTF - (a) An inmate confined in the CTF shall be deemed...

§ 24–261.04. Immunity from liability; indemnification insurance - (a) The private operator shall protect, defend, indemnify, save, and...

§ 24–261.05. Exemptions from leasing and property laws - (a) Notwithstanding § 1-301.110a, and § 10-801, the Mayor of...

Subchapter VII-A - Fair Phone Charges for Prisoners

§ 24–263.01. Telephone charges in penal or correctional institutions - (a) Notwithstanding any other District of Columbia law, no telephone...

§ 24–263.02. Prohibited charges in government contracts - In any contract to which the District of Columbia is...

§ 24–263.03. Department of Corrections report - (a) The Department of Corrections (“Department”) shall survey the communications...

§ 24–263.04. Operator-assisted calls - The Public Service Commission shall determine the maximum rate for...

Subchapter VIII - Correctional Industries Fund. [Repealed]

§ 24–271. Establishment of Fund [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 1000, Pub. L. 88-622,...

§ 24–272. Availability of fund for rehabilitation of convicts [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 1000, Pub. L. 88-622,...

§ 24–273. Sale of products and services, deposit of receipts, use [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 1000, Pub. L. 88-622,...

§ 24–274. Annual report, disposition of funds [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 1000, Pub. L. 88-622,...

§ 24–275. Transfer of assets [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 1000, Pub. L. 88-622,...

Subchapter VIII-A - Limitations on the Use of Restraints on Certain Confined Women

§ 24–276.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Administrator”...

§ 24–276.02. Use of restraints by places of confinement - (a) In any instance that restraints are used on a...

§ 24–276.03. Reporting requirements - (a)(1) Within 10 days after the Administrator authorizes the use...

§ 24–276.04. Notice requirements - The Administrator shall provide notice of the requirements of this...

Subchapter IX - Inmate Welfare Fund

§ 24–281. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Commissary”...

§ 24–282. Establishment of Inmate Welfare Fund; audit; report - (a) There is established a nonlapsing fund to be known...

§ 24–283. Uses of Inmate Welfare Fund - The Fund shall be used for the following purposes, in...

§ 24–284. Inmate Welfare Fund Committee - (a) The Inmate Welfare Fund Committee is established for the...

Chapter 3 - Probation

§ 24–301. Probation system; probation officers; appointment. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2425, Pub. L. 105-274,...

§ 24–302. When probation may be granted; statement to probationers; rules and regulations. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 626, Pub. L. 88-241,...

§ 24–303. Investigations and reports - The probation officers shall carefully investigate all cases referred to...

§ 24–304. Discharge from or continuance of probation; modification or revocation of order - (a) Upon the expiration of the term fixed for such...

§ 24–305. Office and supplies for probation officers; expenses. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 25, 1910, 36 Stat. 865, ch. 433, §...

§ 24–306. Psychiatric services - The Mayor shall appoint a qualified psychiatrist and a qualified...

Chapter 4 - Indeterminate Sentences and Paroles

Subchapter I - General Provisions

§ 24–401. Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 17, 1947, 61 Stat. 379, ch. 263, §...

§ 24–401.01. Board of Parole — Creation; term of members. [Abolished] - Abolished. (Apr. 28, 1988, D.C. Law 7-103, § 2, 34...

§ 24–401.02. Powers and duties of Board; transfer of employees, official records, etc. from Board of Parole. [Abolished] - Abolished. (Apr. 28, 1988, D.C. Law 7-103, § 3, 34...

§ 24–401.03. Rulemaking. [Abolished] - Abolished. (Apr. 28, 1988, D.C. Law 7-103, § 4, 34...

§ 24–401a. Board of Parole — Created; members; procedural rules; transfer of powers, employees, supplies and appropriations of Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole; duties of Parole Executive; cooperation of Department of Corrections. [Repealed... - Repealed. (Apr. 28, 1988, D.C. Law 7-103, § 5(a), 34...

§ 24–401b. Board of Parole — Created; members; procedural rules; transfer of powers, employees, supplies and appropriations of Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole; duties of Parole Executive; cooperation of Department of Corrections. [Repealed... - Repealed. (Apr. 28, 1988, D.C. Law 7-103, § 5(a), 34...

§ 24–401c. Application for reduction of sentence - When by reason of his training and response to the...

§ 24–402. Employees of Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole. [Repealed] - Repealed. (July 17, 1947, 61 Stat. 379, ch. 263, §...

§ 24–403. Indeterminate sentences; life sentences; minimum sentences - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...

§ 24–403.01. Sentencing, supervised release, and good time credit for felonies committed on or after August 5, 2000 - (a) For any felony committed on or after August 5,...

§ 24–403.01a. Good time credit for felony offenses committed before August 5, 2000 - (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a defendant who...

§ 24–403.02. Sentencing and good time credit for misdemeanors committed on or after August 5, 2000 - A sentence of incarceration, or of commitment pursuant to §...

§ 24–403.03. Modification of an imposed term of imprisonment for violations of law committed before 25 years of age - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall...

§ 24–403.04. Motions for compassionate release for individuals convicted of felony offenses - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall...

§ 24–404. Authorization of parole; custody; discharge - (a) Whenever it shall appear to the United States Parole...

§ 24–405. Arrest for violation of parole - If said Board of Parole, or any member thereof, shall...

§ 24–406. Hearing after arrest; confinement in non-District institution - (a) When a prisoner has been retaken upon a warrant...

§ 24–407. Repeal of inconsistent laws; savings provision - All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions...

§ 24–408. Prisoners who may be paroled - (a) The power of the Board of Parole shall extend...

§ 24–409. Federal Parole Board - The Board of Parole created by § 723a [repealed] of...

Subchapter II - Interstate Parole and Probation Compact

§ 24–451. Authority of Mayor to execute Interstate Parole and Probation Compact - The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized...

§ 24–452. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, the term “state” means any...

§ 24–453. Severability - If any section or provision of this subchapter is held...

Subchapter III - Medical and Geriatric Parole

§ 24–461. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Geriatric...

§ 24–462. Conditions present at time of sentencing excluded - No physical or medical condition set forth in § 24-461...

§ 24–463. Board of Parole authority - (a) The Board of Parole (“Board”) shall establish a medical...

§ 24–464. Medical parole - (a) The Department shall identify permanently incapacitated and terminally ill...

§ 24–465. Conditions for geriatric release - (a) A geriatric inmate who is 65 years of age...

§ 24–466. Eligibility for public assistance - (a) When a person has been granted either medical or...

§ 24–467. Exceptions - Persons convicted of first degree murder or persons sentenced for...

§ 24–468. Medical and geriatric suspension of sentence - (a)(1) Upon a motion by the Director of the Federal...

Chapter 4A - Clemency Board

§ 24–481.01. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Clemency Board Establishment...

§ 24–481.02. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Board"...

§ 24–481.03. Establishment and duties - (a) There is established a Clemency Board within the EOM...

§ 24–481.04. Composition - (a) The Board shall consist of the following members: (1)...

§ 24–481.05. Eligibility for a clemency recommendation - (a) All District offenders shall be eligible to apply for...

§ 24–481.06. Confidentiality of proceedings - (a) Proceedings of the Board shall be subject to subchapter...

§ 24–481.07. Confidentiality of information - (a) Except as provided by this section, information and records...

§ 24–481.08. Rules - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...

Chapter 5 - Insane Defendants

§ 24–501. Acquittal by reason of insanity; release after confinement; expenses of confinement; inconsistent statutes superseded; escaped persons; insanity defense; motions for relief - (a) Repealed. (a-1) Repealed. (b) Repealed. (c) When any person...

§ 24–502. Commitment while serving sentence - Any person while serving sentence of any court of the...

§ 24–503. Restoration to sanity - (a) Repealed. (b) When any person confined in a hospital...

Chapter 5A - Evaluation and Treatment of Incompetent Defendants

§ 24–531.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Competence”...

§ 24–531.02. Competence to proceed — Generally - (a) A defendant shall not be tried, be sentenced, enter...

§ 24–531.03. Competence examinations - (a) At any time after the prosecutor moves for a...

§ 24–531.04. Initial competence determination - (a)(1) A hearing to determine competence of a defendant shall...

§ 24–531.05. Competence treatment - (a)(1) If the court makes a finding pursuant to §...

§ 24–531.06. Court hearings during and after treatment - (a) The Court shall hold a prompt hearing, with reasonable...

§ 24–531.07. Extending treatment pending the completion of a civil commitment proceeding - (a) Thirty days after the court has ordered extended treatment...

§ 24–531.08. Dismissal - (a) If a defendant charged with any offense other than...

§ 24–531.09. Involuntary medication - (a) Except as set forth in subsection (b) of this...

§ 24–531.10. Statements made during the course of competence examination or treatment - (a) Any statement that is obtained during a court-ordered examination,...

§ 24–531.11. Tolling provisions - In computing any time period in this chapter, the court...

§ 24–531.12. Independent experts - At any time from the initial court appearance through the...

§ 24–531.13. General provisions - (a) Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a person confined...

Chapter 6 - Rehabilitation of Alcoholics

Subchapter I - General

§ 24–601. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a comprehensive...

§ 24–602. Definitions - For purposes of this subchapter: (1) The term “chronic alcoholic”...

§ 24–603. Public health program; delegation of powers by Mayor - (a) The Mayor shall establish and maintain an effective public...

§ 24–604. Public intoxication; confidential records - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...

§ 24–605. Voluntary admission to inpatient centers; information program; involuntary detention - (a) Any person may voluntarily request admission to the inpatient...

§ 24–606. Outpatient treatment; treatment where recovery unlikely; coordination of treatment programs - (a) A chronic alcoholic shall be encouraged to consent to...

§ 24–607. Commitment by Court order - (a) The Court may, on a petition of the Corporation...

§ 24–608. Limitation of application of chapter - The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to chronic alcoholics...

§ 24–609. Authority of Mayor to contract - The Mayor may contract with any appropriate public or private...

§ 24–610. Programs for alcoholic employees - (a) The Mayor shall be responsible for developing and maintaining,...

§ 24–611. Program for inmates in correctional institutions - The Mayor shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining a...

§ 24–612. Program for juveniles and young adults - The Mayor shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining, in...

§ 24–613. Evaluations and recommendations by Mayor; publications; comprehensive plan - (a) The Mayor shall maintain a continuing evaluation of his...

§ 24–614. Cost of treatment - (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this...

§ 24–615. Donations - The Mayor may accept on behalf of the District of...

Subchapter II - Omitted and Repealed Provisions

§ 24–631. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–632. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–633. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–634. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–635. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–636. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–637. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–638. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–639. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–640. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–641. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–642. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–643. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–644. Advisory committee. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Aug. 3, 1968, 82 Stat. 624, Pub. L. 90-452,...

Chapter 7 - Rehabilitation of Users of Narcotics

§ 24–701. Purpose - The purpose of §§ 24-701 to 24-711 is to protect...

§ 24–702. Definitions - For the purpose of §§ 24-701 to 24-711: (1) The...

§ 24–703. Order of examination - (a) Whenever the Mayor has probable cause to believe that...

§ 24–704. Right to counsel - (a) A patient shall have the right to the assistance...

§ 24–705. Examinations by physicians - (a) Whenever the Mayor orders a patient into an institution...

§ 24–706. When hearing is required - If, in a report filed pursuant to § 24-705, either...

§ 24–707. Hearing - (a) Upon the evidence introduced at a hearing held for...

§ 24–708. Confinement of patient - If the court finds the patient to be a drug...

§ 24–709. Release of patient - (a) When the head of the hospital to which the...

§ 24–710. Periodic examination of released patients - (a) For 2 years after his release, the patient shall...

§ 24–711. Patient not deemed a criminal - The patient in any proceedings under §§ 24-701 to 24-711...

§ 24–712. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–713. Care and treatment of drug users; authority of Surgeon General - (a) The Surgeon General is authorized to provide for the...

§ 24–714. Admittance into Public Health Service hospitals; narcotics users from District - (a) The Surgeon General is authorized to admit for care...

§ 24–715. Release of patients - For purposes of §§ 24-713 to 24-715, an individual shall...

Chapter 7A - Treatment Instead of Jail for Certain Non-Violent Offenders. [Repealed]

§ 24–751.01. Long title. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 1, 50...

§ 24–751.02. Need for drug treatment. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 2, 50...

§ 24–751.03. Purpose and intent. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 3, 50...

§ 24–751.04. Definitions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 4, 50...

§ 24–751.05. Treatment motion, hearing and assessment. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 5, 50...

§ 24–751.06. Eligibility for Treatment. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 6, 50...

§ 24–751.07. Treatment plan. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 7, 50...

§ 24–751.08. Modification of treatment plan. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 8, 50...

§ 24–751.09. Violation; consequences; removal from treatment plan. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 9, 50...

§ 24–751.10. Completion of Program; benefits; limitations. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 10, 50...

§ 24–751.11. Limited scope of treatment right. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 11, 50...

§ 24–751.12. Severabilitiy. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 12, 50...

§ 24–751.13. Effective date. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 5, 2003, D.C. Law 14-308, § 13, 50...

Chapter 8 - Interstate Agreement on Detainers

§ 24–801. Enactment - The Interstate Agreement on Detainers is hereby enacted into law...

§ 24–802. Definitions - (a) The term “Governor” as used in the Agreement on...

§ 24–803. Enforcement and cooperation required of parties - All courts, departments, agencies, officers, and employees of the United...

§ 24–804. Regulations - For the United States, the Attorney General, and for the...

§ 24–805. Reservation of authority - The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is...

Chapter 9 - Youth Offender Programs

Subchapter I - Youth Rehabilitation

§ 24–901. Definitions - For purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Committed youth...

§ 24–902. Facilities, treatment, and services for youth offenders - (a) The Mayor shall provide facilities, treatment, and services for...

§ 24–903. Sentencing alternatives - (a)(1) If the court determines that a youth offender would...

§ 24–904. Conditional release; unconditional discharge - (a) A committed youth offender may be released conditionally under...

§ 24–905. Determination that youth offender will derive no further benefit; appeal. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Dec. 7, 1985, D.C. Law 6-69, § 6, 32...

§ 24–906. Unconditional discharge sets aside conviction - (a) Upon unconditional discharge of a committed youth offender before...

§ 24–906.01. Grants for victims of crime and youth offenders - The Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants shall, on...

§ 24–906.02. Biennial analysis and information-sharing - (a) By October 1, 2022, and every 2 years thereafter,...

§ 24–907. Rules - The Mayor may issue rules to implement the provisions of...

Subchapter I-A - Conditions of Confinement of Juveniles

§ 24–911. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) "Juvenile"...

§ 24–912. Limitations on the use of room confinement - (a) Penal institutions and secure juvenile facilities shall not use...

§ 24–913. Age-appropriate housing for youth - (a) On October 1, 2017, and on a quarterly basis...

Subchapter II - BOOT CAMP Program

§ 24–921. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “BOOT...

§ 24–922. Establishment of the BOOT CAMP - The Director of the Department of Human Services (“Director”) shall...

§ 24–923. Location of BOOT CAMP - (a) The Director shall use an existing building or set...

§ 24–924. Daily schedule - The daily schedule at the BOOT CAMP shall include: (1)...

§ 24–925. Evaluation process - The Director shall establish a system of evaluating the eligible...

§ 24–926. Discipline - (a) Eligible juvenile offenders are expected to adhere to strict...

§ 24–927. Grooming - The Director shall promulgate regulations regarding grooming habits. (Jan. 27,...

§ 24–928. Agreement form - The Director shall promulgate an agreement to be signed by...

§ 24–929. Removal - An eligible juvenile offender participating in the BOOT CAMP may...

§ 24–930. Graduation - Upon completion of the BOOT CAMP, a graduation ceremony may...

§ 24–931. Post-BOOT CAMP supervision - The Director shall promulgate rules establishing a program of continuing...

§ 24–932. Report - The Director shall prepare a report assessing the BOOT CAMP,...

Subchapter III - Closure of Oak Hill Youth Center

§ 24–941. Closure of Oak Hill Youth Center; transfer of operations to new facilities - The Mayor shall develop and implement a comprehensive plan resulting...

Chapter 10 - Interstate Corrections Compact

§ 24–1001. Interstate Corrections Compact - The Mayor is authorized to enter into and execute on...

§ 24–1002. Additional duties of Mayor - The Mayor shall do all things necessary and incidental to...

Chapter 11 - Interstate Compact on Juveniles

§ 24–1101. Congressional findings and purposes - (a) The Congress finds that: (1) Juveniles who are not...

§ 24–1102. Authority to enter into and execute Compact - The Mayor is authorized to enter into and execute on...

§ 24–1103. Appointment of Compact Administrator; administration of Compact and supplementary agreements - (a) The Mayor shall appoint or designate an officer of...

§ 24–1104. Enforcement of Compact - The courts, departments, agencies, and officers of the District of...

§ 24–1105. Construction of Compact - The Compact shall not be construed to prohibit the adoption...

§ 24–1106. Right to alter, amend, or repeal provisions - The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is...

Chapter 12 - Judiciary Square Detention Facility Construction

§ 24–1201. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Council”...

§ 24–1202. Judiciary Square detention facility requirements - (a) The Mayor shall construct or renovate a building within...

§ 24–1203. Responsibilities of the Mayor - (a) The Mayor shall submit to the Council a proposal...

Chapter 13 - Returning Citizens

Subchapter I - General

§ 24–1301. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Commission”...

§ 24–1302. Establishment of the Office on Returning Citizen Affairs - (a) There is established, as a subordinate Executive agency within...

§ 24–1303. Establishment of the Commission on Re-Entry and Returning Citizen Affairs - (a) There is established the Commission on Re-Entry and Returning...

§ 24–1304. Issuance of certificate of good standing - (a) The Mayor is authorized to establish a program for...

Subchapter II - Limited Liability for Employers Regarding Criminal History of Employees

§ 24–1351. Limited liability - Information regarding a criminal history record of an employee or...

Chapter 14 - Delivery of Health Care to Inmates

§ 24–1401. Delivery of health care to Department of Corrections inmates - The Mayor shall contract for delivery of health care for...

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