Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE
Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 17 was added August 11, 2009, P.L.147, No.33,...

Section 1721 - Scope of subchapter - This subchapter relates to county jail oversight boards. (Oct. 27,...

Section 1722 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...

Section 1723 - County jail oversight board - (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in each county a county...

Section 1724 - Powers and duties - (a) General rule.--The board's administrative powers and duties shall include...

Section 1725 - Rules and regulations - The board shall, in the manner provided by law, promulgate...

Section 1726 - Warden - (a) Appointment.-- (1) The chief executive shall appoint a warden...

Section 1727 - Board meetings - The board shall meet at least once each month and...

Section 1728 - Contracts and purchases - All contracts and purchases required for the maintenance and support...

Section 1731 - Establishment - (a) General rule.-- (1) In counties of the third, fourth...

Section 1732 - Board meetings - (a) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the board shall...

Section 1733 - Appointment of warden and employees - The board shall appoint a warden of the county correctional...

Section 1734 - Powers of peace officers - A chief administrator, deputy warden or corrections officer of a...

Section 1735 - Expenditures - All the expenditures required for the support and maintenance of...

Section 1736 - Bonding requirement - The chief administrator of a county correctional institution, at the...

Section 1741 - Sixth, seventh and eighth class counties - (a) Management by sheriff.--In a county of the sixth, seventh...

Section 1742 - Appointment of prison commissioners - Whenever the appointment of prison commissioners in any county having...

Section 1751 - Costs of confinement - (a) Liability of cities.-- (1) When an inmate is committed...

Section 1752 - Board of inspectors to regulate salaries of wardens and other staff - (a) General rule.--The board of inspectors in any county where...

Section 1753 - Residence of warden - In any county where the government of the county prison...

Section 1754 - Bonds for county prison staff in fourth class counties - In any county of the fourth class in which there...

Section 1755 - Property exempt from taxation - All the property, real and personal, authorized to be held...

Section 1756 - Loss of privileges - A chief administrator of a county correctional institution may refuse...

Section 1757 - Collection from certain inmates - The governing body of a county correctional institution or, where...

Section 1758 - County recording system for application of restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees - (a) General rule.--The application of restraints to a pregnant prisoner...

Section 1761 - Establishment by adjoining counties - (a) Authority.--The county commissioners of any two or more adjoining...

Section 1762 - Selection of site - Whenever the commissioners of any two or more adjoining counties...

Section 1763 - Buildings - After the selection and acquisition of sites, the county commissioners...

Section 1764 - Construction contracts - Joint detention facilities shall be constructed by contract or contracts...

Section 1765 - Advisory board - After joint detention facilities have been erected and equipped and...

Section 1766 - Meetings - (a) General rule.--The advisory board shall meet at such times...

Section 1767 - Chief administrator and employees - The county commissioners of the counties may, after consultation with...

Section 1768 - Rules and regulations - The county commissioners of the counties shall, before any inmate...

Section 1769 - Initial transfer of inmates - When, in any district formed by counties under this subchapter,...

Section 1770 - Employment of inmates - An inmate of a joint detention facility under the provisions...

Section 1771 - Cost of transporting inmates - The cost of transporting inmates committed to the joint detention...

Section 1772 - Financial reporting - A detailed statement of the receipt and expenditures by any...

Section 1773 - Allocation of expenses to counties - (a) General rule.--The original cost of the site and buildings...

Section 1774 - County appropriations - The county commissioners of each county joining in establishing detention...

Section 1775 - Exemption from taxation - All the property, real and personal, authorized to be held...

Section 1781 - Establishment by counties - The county commissioners of any two or more counties may...

Section 1782 - Selection of site - Whenever the commissioners of any two or more counties decide...

Section 1783 - Buildings - After the selection and acquisition of the sites, the county...

Section 1784 - Construction contracts - Joint industrial farm and workhouse buildings shall be constructed by...

Section 1785 - Advisory board - After a joint industrial farm and workhouse has been erected...

Section 1786 - Meetings - (a) General rule.--The advisory board shall meet monthly and at...

Section 1787 - Chief administrator and employees - The county commissioners of the counties may, after consultation with...

Section 1788 - Rules and regulations - The county commissioners of the counties shall, before any inmate...

Section 1789 - Initial transfer of inmates - (a) General rule.--When, in any district formed by the counties,...

Section 1790 - Employment of inmates - (a) General rule.--An inmate committed to a joint industrial farm...

Section 1791 - Cost of transporting inmates - (a) General rule.--The cost of transporting inmates committed to the...

Section 1792 - Nature of inmate employment - A joint industrial farm and workhouse shall employ the inmates...

Section 1793 - Sale of goods and materials - All road material, brick, tile, concrete and other goods and...

Section 1794 - Financial reporting - A detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures by any...

Section 1795 - Allocation of expenses to counties - (a) General rule.--The original cost of the site and buildings...

Section 1796 - Borrowing authorized - The county commissioners of each county joining in establishing a...

Section 1797 - Exemption from taxation - All the property, real and personal, authorized to be held...

Section 1798 - Nonapplicability - This subchapter does not apply to cities and counties of...