(a) Authority.--The county commissioners of any two or more adjoining counties may join in establishing, according to a plan, detention facilities for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or sentence on criminal charges, convicted on criminal charges or not otherwise eligible for confinement in other county correctional institutions.
(b) Preapproval of plan by department.--Before establishing detention facilities, the counties shall submit their plan to the department for approval. The department may require, as a condition to approving any plan, that two or more adjoining counties join with another adjoining county to establish detention facilities.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions
Section 1721 - Scope of subchapter
Section 1723 - County jail oversight board
Section 1724 - Powers and duties
Section 1725 - Rules and regulations
Section 1728 - Contracts and purchases
Section 1733 - Appointment of warden and employees
Section 1734 - Powers of peace officers
Section 1736 - Bonding requirement
Section 1741 - Sixth, seventh and eighth class counties
Section 1742 - Appointment of prison commissioners
Section 1751 - Costs of confinement
Section 1752 - Board of inspectors to regulate salaries of wardens and other staff
Section 1753 - Residence of warden
Section 1754 - Bonds for county prison staff in fourth class counties
Section 1755 - Property exempt from taxation
Section 1756 - Loss of privileges
Section 1757 - Collection from certain inmates
Section 1761 - Establishment by adjoining counties
Section 1762 - Selection of site
Section 1764 - Construction contracts
Section 1767 - Chief administrator and employees
Section 1768 - Rules and regulations
Section 1769 - Initial transfer of inmates
Section 1770 - Employment of inmates
Section 1771 - Cost of transporting inmates
Section 1772 - Financial reporting
Section 1773 - Allocation of expenses to counties
Section 1774 - County appropriations
Section 1775 - Exemption from taxation
Section 1781 - Establishment by counties
Section 1782 - Selection of site
Section 1784 - Construction contracts
Section 1787 - Chief administrator and employees
Section 1788 - Rules and regulations
Section 1789 - Initial transfer of inmates
Section 1790 - Employment of inmates
Section 1791 - Cost of transporting inmates
Section 1792 - Nature of inmate employment
Section 1793 - Sale of goods and materials
Section 1794 - Financial reporting
Section 1795 - Allocation of expenses to counties
Section 1796 - Borrowing authorized