Where an inmate is in a State correctional institution either because of the inmate's sentence pursuant to the inmate's conviction or plea of guilty to a criminal charge or because of a commitment issued by any court of the Commonwealth having jurisdiction and, while so confined, the inmate commits a criminal offense and is subsequently convicted or enters a plea of guilty, the expenses of keeping the inmate in any State correctional institution pursuant to such subsequent conviction or plea of guilty shall be borne by the Commonwealth.
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