Title 18 — Title 18: Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction

Sec. 18-81l. Criminal history records checks of correctional personnel. The Commissioners of Correction and Administrative Services shall (1) require each applicant for a position that will involve direct contact with inmates to state whether such person has ever been convicted o…

Sec. 18-81ll. Department's responsibilities re release of medical information by inmate to family or emergency contact. The Department of Correction shall post on its Internet web site and in all of its medical units notice informing the inmate that he or she is required to sign …

Sec. 18-81m. Notification re existence of standing criminal protective order upon release. When any person against whom a standing criminal protective order has been issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 53a-40e is released from confinement in a correctional institution, t…

Sec. 18-81mm. Release of inmate self-identified as suffering from opioid use disorder. Information provided. Not later than forty-five days before the scheduled release of an inmate from the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, including release subject to parole or supervi…

Sec. 18-81n. Notification of municipal official concerning agreement for medical care of inmates. The Commissioner of Correction, or his designee, shall provide written notice to the chief executive officer of a municipality not less than sixty days prior to: (1) The effective da…

Sec. 18-81nn. Intervention in or reporting of use of unreasonable, excessive or illegal force by a witnessing officer. Whistle blower protections. (a) Any correction officer who witnesses another correction officer use what the witnessing correction officer objectively knows to b…

Sec. 18-81o. Notification of municipal official and public safety committee concerning agreement for placement of persons in correctional facility. The Commissioner of Correction or his designee shall provide written notice to the chief executive officer of a municipality and any…

Sec. 18-81oo. Communication services in correctional facilities. (a) The Commissioner of Correction shall not use the provision of voice communication service or any other communication service to persons who are in the custody of the commissioner and confined in a correctional f…

Sec. 18-81p. Review of substance use disorder, screening, diagnostic and treatment services and mental health screening, diagnostic and treatment services. The Commissioner of Correction, in consultation with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Judicial…

Sec. 18-81pp. Plan for the provision of health care services to inmates. Report. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Advanced practice registered nurse” means an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under chapter 373; (2) “Alcohol and drug counselor” means an alcohol and dru…

Sec. 18-81q. Return of unused prescription drugs dispensed in correctional facilities to vendor pharmacies. Requirements. Regulations. (a) Each correctional institution shall return to the vendor pharmacy which shall accept, for repackaging and reimbursement to the Department of …

Sec. 18-81qq. Office of the Correction Ombuds. (a)(1) There is, within the Office of Governmental Accountability established under section 1-300, the Office of the Correction Ombuds for the provision of ombuds services. The Correction Ombuds appointed pursuant to section 18-81jj …

Sec. 18-81r. Ombudsman services. Section 18-81r is repealed, effective May 7, 2010. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 76, 131; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 105; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 60; P.A. 06-196, S. 145; P.A. 10-179, S. 158.)

Secs. 18-81rr to 18-81zz. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 18-81s. Pilot program for debit account telephone system. Section 18-81s is repealed, effective July 8, 2019. (P.A. 02-104, S. 1; P.A. 03-106, S. 2; P.A. 19-167, S. 2.)

Sec. 18-81t. Quarterly report on disciplinary reports, inmate assaults, workers' compensation claims and inmate population density for each correctional facility. (a) Not later than thirty days after September 30, 2009, and not later than thirty days after the close of each calen…

Sec. 18-81u. Use of computer with Internet access by certain inmates prohibited. The Commissioner of Correction shall prohibit any person who has been convicted of a crime that requires registration pursuant to chapter 969 from using a computer with Internet access while such per…

Sec. 18-81v. Procedures for conducting metal detector searches of visitors. (a) The Commissioner of Correction shall ensure that the following procedures are implemented at each correctional institution in the state: (1) Any visitor who activates a walk-through metal detector sha…

Sec. 18-81w. Development and implementation of reentry strategy. (a) The Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management shall develop and implement a comprehensive reentry strategy that provides a continuum of custody, care and control fo…

Sec. 18-81x. Funds for inmate educational services and reentry program initiatives. Section 18-81x is repealed, effective October 1, 2022. (P.A. 06-119, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 76; P.A. 21-54, S. 3.)

Sec. 18-81y. Lost property board. The Commissioner of Correction shall establish a lost property board within the Department of Correction to hear and determine any claim by an inmate of a correctional facility who seeks compensation not exceeding three thousand five hundred doll…

Sec. 18-81z. Development of risk assessment strategy. The Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall develop a risk assessment strategy for offenders committed to the custody of the Commissioner …

Sec. 18-82. Administrators of correctional institutions: Appointment, removal and qualifications. The Commissioner of Correction shall appoint and may remove the following administrators, all of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall be exempt from the cla…

Sec. 18-82a. Parole officer training on resilience and self-care techniques. In consultation with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Correction shall provide resilience and self-care technique training for each parole officer, as defined in …

Sec. 18-83. Acceptance of bequests, devises and gifts. The Commissioner of Correction may accept and receive, on behalf of the department or any institution or facility thereof, any bequest or gift of personal property and, subject to section 4b-22, any devise or gift of real pro…

Sec. 18-84. “Inmate” and “prisoner” defined. The terms “inmate” and “prisoner”, as used in this title and sections 54-125 to 54-129, inclusive, and 54-131, include any person in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction or confined in any institution or facility of the Depart…

Sec. 18-84a. Discharge savings accounts. Regulations. Section 18-84a is repealed, effective October 1, 2018. (P.A. 07-158, S. 2; P.A. 13-69, S. 1; 18-155, S. 10.)

Sec. 18-85. Compensation of persons who are incarcerated. Deposit in account. Disbursement priorities. (a) The Commissioner of Correction, after consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall establish…

Sec. 18-85a. Assessment for costs of incarceration. State's claim against inmate's property for repayment of costs of incarceration. Exempt property. Program fees. Regulations. Termination of recovery for costs related to time served for erased criminal record. (a) The Commission…

Sec. 18-85b. State's claim against proceeds of person's cause of action or person's inheritance for repayment of costs of incarceration. Exemption. (a) In the case of causes of action of any person who was incarcerated for a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b …

Sec. 18-85c. State's claim against person's estate for repayment of costs of incarceration. Property subject to recovery. Upon the death of any person obligated to pay the costs of such person's incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said se…

Sec. 18-86. Transfers between institutions of department. The commissioner may transfer any inmate of any of the institutions or facilities of the department to any other such institution or facility, irrespective of the institution to which the inmate was originally committed or…

Sec. 18-86a. Contracts with other states for confinement of Connecticut inmates. The Commissioner of Correction may enter into one or more contracts, with the appropriate official or officials of any state which is not a party to the New England Interstate Corrections Compact or …

Sec. 18-86b. Contracts with governmental and private vendors for supervision of state inmates outside the state. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 18-105 to 18-107, inclusive, the Commissioner of Correction is authorized to improve the operation of the state's correc…

Sec. 18-86c. Contracts re release of inmates. Any contract entered into between the Commissioner of Correction and a provider operating a halfway house, group home, mental health facility or other community residence to which the commissioner may release inmates, shall specify wh…

Sec. 18-86d. Agreements with institutions of higher education re free courses for inmates. An institution of higher education that enters into an agreement with the Department of Correction for an employee or agent of such institution to teach one or more for-credit courses to in…

Sec. 18-86e. Reentry employment advisory committee. (a) There is established a reentry employment advisory committee that shall advise the Commissioner of Correction on alignment of education and job training programs offered by the Department of Correction with the needs of empl…

Sec. 18-87. Transfers to other state institutions and to the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch. The Commissioner of Correction may transfer any inmate of any of the institutions of the Department of Correction to any other appropriat…

Secs. 18-87a to 18-87f. Contracts with private agencies for: Halfway house handling of prerelease inmates; reentry services for paroled or discharged offenders. Early release: Pretrial inmates; sentenced inmates. Prison overcrowding emergency: Definitions; construction program, r…

Secs. 18-87g and 18-87h. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 18-87i. Emergency correctional facility projects and large increases in correctional facility inmate populations: Notices, negotiated agreements between state and municipalities, arbitration. Section 18-87i is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (P.A. 89-353, S. 7, 8; P.A. …

Sec. 18-87j. Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission. There is established a Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission which shall be within the Office of Policy and Management for administrative purposes only. The commission shall consist of the undersecretary of the Crimi…

Sec. 18-87k. Powers and duties of commission. (a) The Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission shall: (1) Develop and recommend policies for preventing prison and jail overcrowding; (2) examine the impact of statutory provisions and current administrative policies on prison an…

Sec. 18-87l. New Haven Armory not to be used to house prisoners or other detainees. The New Haven Armory may not be used in any part or at any time for the incarceration or holding of persons charged with, or convicted of, a crime, including, but not limited to, any temporary hou…

Sec. 18-87m. Alternatives to Incarceration Advisory Committee: Membership, duties, report. Commissioner to implement alternatives to incarceration initiatives to reduce prison population. Section 18-87m is repealed, effective July 1, 2006. (June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 158; P.…

Sec. 18-88. (Formerly Sec. 18-14). Industrial activities. State agencies required to purchase necessary products from institution industries. Retail hobby stores. (a) The commissioner shall use the industrial fund for the institutions of the department as a revolving fund for the…

Sec. 18-88a. Correction Industries Revolving Fund, charge for fringe benefits prohibited. The Comptroller shall not charge the Correction Industries Revolving Fund for the cost of fringe benefits for employees of said fund paid by the Comptroller. (P.A. 86-312, S. 18, 21.)

Sec. 18-89. (Formerly Sec. 18-9). Contracts for labor; public institutions. No contract or agreement shall be made for the labor or services of inmates of any correctional or other state institution in the manufacture of goods or any portion of such manufacture, or for the produc…

Sec. 18-90. (Formerly Sec. 18-10). Prisoners; employment restricted. Section 18-90 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3005; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-14.)

Sec. 18-90a. Employment of inmates. The Commissioner of Correction may permit any inmate of a correctional facility under his jurisdiction to be employed by any department or agency of the state, any political subdivision of the state or federal government or any private, nonprof…