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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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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 [Repealed] - Repealed.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
§ 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...