Maine Revised Statutes
Article 3: TRANSFER AND REMOVAL OF COMMITTED OFFENDERS
34-A §3061. Transfer to correctional facilities

§3061. Transfer to correctional facilities
1.  Transfer.  The commissioner may transfer any client from one correctional or detention facility or program, including prerelease centers, work release centers, halfway houses, supervised community confinement or specialized treatment facilities, to another. A juvenile may not be transferred to another facility or program for adult offenders and an adult offender may not be transferred to another facility or program for juveniles, except that an adult offender may be housed in the Long Creek Youth Development Center or the Mountain View Correctional Facility pursuant to section 4117 or Title 17‑A, section 1611.  
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §98 (AMD).]
2.  Applicable rules.  Any person transferred under this section shall be subject to the general rules of the facility or program to which he is transferred, except that:  
A. The term of his original sentence or commitment remains the same unless altered by the court; and   [PL 1983, c. 581, §§26, 59 (RPR).]
B. The person becomes eligible for release and discharge as provided in Title 17‑A, section 2314.   [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §99 (AMD).]
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §99 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 581, §§26,59 (RPR). PL 1991, c. 314, §53 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 845, §5 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 28, §10 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 148, §7 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §§98, 99 (AMD).

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