(a) General rule.--The department shall have the power and its duty shall be:
(1) To establish standards for county correctional institutions, including, but not limited to, standards for physical facilities and standards for correctional programs of treatment, education and rehabilitation of inmates.
(2) To inspect county correctional institutions and to classify them in accordance with standards adopted under paragraph (1) as eligible to receive inmates sentenced to maximum terms of six months or more but less than five years.
(b) Rules and regulations.--The department may prescribe, adopt, promulgate and enforce rules and regulations in order to administer the provisions of this section.
(Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, eff. imd.)
2010 Amendment. Act 95 added section 1105, retroactive to November 9, 2009. See section 23 of Act 95 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of regulations adopted under prior law.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 11 - General Administration
Section 1101 - Benefits to injured employees of State correctional institutions
Section 1102 - Correctional facility for criminological diagnosis
Section 1103 - Recording system for identification of criminal offenders
Section 1105 - Powers and duties of department
Section 1106 - Powers of peace officers
Section 1151 - General transfer authorization
Section 1152 - Transfers to city department
Section 1153 - Expense of removing certain inmates
Section 1154 - Law enforcement use of county correctional institutions
Section 1161 - Return of escaped inmates
Section 1162 - Escaped inmate costs
Section 1163 - Maintenance of escaping inmates under new sentence
Section 1164 - Criminal offense during confinement
Section 1171 - Scope of subchapter
Section 1173 - Return to and redispensing by vendor pharmacy
Section 1174 - Vendor pharmacy redispensing
Section 1175 - Credit for redispensing