A chief administrator, deputy superintendent or corrections officer of a State correctional facility may exercise the powers of a peace officer in the performance of that individual's duties generally in:
(1) Guarding, protecting and delivering inmates.
(2) Protecting the property of the department.
(3) Capturing and returning inmates that may have escaped within the immediate area of a State correctional facility or mode of transport. For the purposes of this section, the immediate area of a State correctional facility or mode of transport shall encompass the curtilage up to and including one-half of one mile.
(June 30, 2021, P.L.260, No.59, eff. imd.)
2021 Amendment. Act 59 added section 1106. See section 28 of Act 59 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to reference in 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