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

Sec. 18-100. Work-release and education-release programs. Transfer to correctional institution, halfway house, group home, mental health facility or community or private residence. (a) The Commissioner of Correction, or such person as said commissioner delegates, may, at his disc…

Secs. 18-100a and 18-100b. Petty cash fund for loans for work-release program. Release of prisoners to an approved community residence; eligibility. Sections 18-100a and 18-100b are repealed. (1969, P.A. 609, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-244, S. 3; P.A. 89-39; 89-383, S. 13, 16; P.A. 90-261,…

Sec. 18-100c. Release of prisoners with definite sentences of two years or less to halfway house, group home, mental health facility or other approved community correction program. A person convicted of a crime who is incarcerated on or after July 1, 1993, who received a definite…

Sec. 18-100d. Supervision of persons convicted of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1994, required until expiration of sentence. Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, any person convicted of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1994, shall be sub…

Sec. 18-100e. Pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program. (a) Not later than October 1, 1998, the Commissioner of Correction shall establish a pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program. Eligibility for participation in the program shall be limited to individuals who are el…

Sec. 18-100f. Release of certain arrested persons being held pretrial. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, whenever an arrested person charged with the commission of no crime other than a class D or E felony or a misdemeanor, except a violation of section 53a-60a, 53a-60b, 53a…

Sec. 18-100g. Release of aliens to immigration authorities. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any alien convicted of a crime who received a definite sentence of five years or less and has been confined under such sentence for not less than one-half of the sen…

Sec. 18-100h. Release of persons convicted of certain motor vehicle and drug offenses to their residences. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, whenever a person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment pursuant to section 14-215, subsection (g) of section 14-…

Sec. 18-100i. Release of inmate from custody and transfer to community-based nursing home for palliative and end-of-life care. (a) The Commissioner of Correction, at the commissioner's discretion, may release an inmate from the commissioner's custody, except an inmate convicted o…

Sec. 18-100j. Pilot treatment program for methadone maintenance and other drug therapies. Not later than October 1, 2013, the Department of Correction may initiate, with support from the Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Public Health, a pilot treatment prog…

Sec. 18-101. Disposition of inmate compensation. (a) Whenever any inmate to whom privileges have been granted under section 18-100 is employed for compensation, the Commissioner of Correction or the commissioner's designee shall collect such compensation or require such inmate to…

Sec. 18-101a. Furloughs. The Commissioner of Correction, at the commissioner's discretion, may extend the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate as to whom there is reasonable belief he or she will honor his or her trust, by authorizing the inmate under prescribed condit…

Sec. 18-101b. Residential stays at correctional facilities. Continuation in programs beyond discharge date. (a) Any inmate of a correctional facility under the authority of the Department of Correction, involved in a departmental program for drug dependent inmates or in a departm…

Sec. 18-101c. Special alternative incarceration unit. Program activities. Section 18-101c is repealed. (P.A. 89-390, S. 17, 37; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-9, S. 9, 10.)

Sec. 18-101d. Donald T. Bergin Correctional Institution. Section 18-101d is repealed, effective October 1, 2001. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1, S. 39, 46; P.A. 01-20, S. 3.) PART Ia EMPLOYEES

Sec. 18-101e. Calculation of disability retirement income for correction officers upon designation of extraordinary circumstances. (a) Whenever a correction officer who is a member of a state employee organization and a member of the state employees retirement system, as a result…

Sec. 18-101f. Prohibition against disclosure of certain employee files to inmates under the Freedom of Information Act. A personnel or medical file or similar file concerning a current or former employee of the Division of Public Defender Services, Department of Correction or the…

Sec. 18-101g. Establishment of wellness initiative for certain employees. The Commissioner of Correction shall, within available appropriations, establish a wellness initiative for the benefit of employees of the Department of Correction who interact with inmates at correctional …

Sec. 18-101h. Definitions. As used in this part: (a) “Department” means the Department of Correction. (b) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Correction. (c) “Community-based service programs” means residential or nonresidential programs provided by private, nonprofit commun…

Sec. 18-101i. Community-based service programs established. (a) To establish and develop noninstitutional, community-based service programs, the commissioner shall award grants or purchase of service contracts in accordance with the plan developed under subsection (b) of this sec…

Sec. 18-101j. Community correction service areas established. There shall be five community correction service areas corresponding to the health systems agency regions established pursuant to the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act, Public Law 93-641. These are…

Sec. 18-101k. Funding. (a) In establishing the level of funds in each service area, and funds available for each service contract, the department shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 by February 1, 1981, providing a formula and procedures for the application, rev…

Sec. 18-78. Composition of department. There is established a state Department of Correction which shall consist of all correctional institutions under its jurisdiction, the regional community services facilities and the community correctional centers. (1967, P.A. 152, S. 1; 1969…

Sec. 18-78a. Applicability of Uniform Administrative Procedure Act to department. Exceptions. (a)(1) The provisions of chapter 54 shall apply to the Department of Correction, except that in adopting regulations in regard to riot control procedures, security and emergency procedur…

Sec. 18-78b. Victim Services Unit. Duties and responsibilities. There is established a Victim Services Unit within the Department of Correction. The duties and responsibilities of the unit shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Receiving notices pursuant to section 54-227 from…

Sec. 18-79. Council of Correction. Section 18-79 is repealed. (1967, P.A. 152, S. 2; P.A. 74-150, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

Sec. 18-80. Commissioner. In accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, the Governor shall appoint a Commissioner of Correction who shall be the administrative head of the department. Said commissioner shall be an experienced correctional administrator. He …

Sec. 18-81. Duties of commissioner. The Commissioner of Correction shall administer, coordinate and control the operations of the department and shall be responsible for the overall supervision and direction of all institutions, facilities and activities of the department. The co…

Sec. 18-81a. Habeas corpus for person in custody of commissioner. Whenever any writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum or ad prosequendum or ad respondendum has been issued at the request of a prosecuting attorney or state's attorney for any person in the custody of the Commission…

Sec. 18-81aa. Secure video connections for parole release hearings. Not later than January 1, 2009, the Department of Correction shall provide in each correctional facility a secure video connection to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for the purpose of permitting the board to co…

Sec. 18-81b. Informational and educational experiences for the public. The Commissioner of Correction may provide to the public such informational and educational experiences as are consonant with the department's mission and goals and when such experiences necessitate the expend…

Sec. 18-81bb. Advisory committees established in certain municipalities with correctional facilities. Section 18-81bb is repealed, effective October 1, 2021. (P.A. 11-148, S. 1; P.A. 21-85, S. 8.)

Sec. 18-81c. Community Partners in Action: Office space and telephone service. The Commissioner of Correction shall provide office space and telephone service for Community Partners in Action. (P.A. 81-99; P.A. 15-14, S. 38.) History: P.A. 15-14 substituted “Community Partners in…

Sec. 18-81cc. Prevention, detection and monitoring of, and response to, sexual abuse in prisons, jails, correctional centers and juvenile facilities. (a) Any agency of the state or any political subdivision of the state that incarcerates or detains adult or juvenile offenders, in…

Sec. 18-81d. Medical and dental treatment of inmates under age of eighteen. (a) When he deems it in the best interest of any inmate under the age of eighteen committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, the commissioner or his designee may authorize medical or dent…

Sec. 18-81dd. Amendment to contract with municipality in which a correctional facility is located. The legislative body of any municipality in which a correctional facility is located that is under the supervision of the Commissioner of Correction and is owned or leased by the st…

Sec. 18-81e. Notification of victim or immediate family member of person who is incarcerated when person is released from correctional facility or transferred to another correctional facility. (a) For the purposes of this section, “victim” includes the legal representative of the…

Sec. 18-81ee. Pilot program re use of renewable energy at correctional facilities. (a) The Commissioner of Correction may conduct a pilot program at one or more correctional facilities to provide for the use of renewable sources of energy, including solar, wind, water and biomass…

Sec. 18-81f. Notification of municipal official concerning status of temporary detention facility. The Commissioner of Correction or his designee shall provide written notice to the chief executive officer of any municipality not less than sixty days prior to: (1) The effective d…

Sec. 18-81ff. Issuance of state identity card or motor vehicle operator's license to person discharged or released from correctional facility. (a) The Commissioners of Correction and Motor Vehicles shall ensure that a person who is incarcerated possesses an identity card issued p…

Sec. 18-81g. (Formerly Sec. 17a-645). Community-based treatment facility for female offenders. The Department of Correction shall, within the available appropriations of the Department of Correction, establish a fifteen-bed segregated, community-based alcohol and drug treatment f…

Sec. 18-81gg. Visitation policies for inmate who is a parent to a child under the age of eighteen. The Commissioner of Correction shall establish visitation policies for any inmate who is a parent to a child under the age of eighteen. Such policies shall include, but need not be …

Sec. 18-81h. Public safety committees established in municipalities with correctional facilities. Reports. (a) Each municipality in which a correctional facility is located may establish a public safety committee. Each committee established under this subsection shall be composed…

Sec. 18-81hh. Privacy-related protections for certain inmate activities. All inmates shall be permitted to shower, perform bodily functions and change clothes without nonmedical staff of the opposite gender viewing their breasts, buttocks or genitalia, except in exigent circumsta…

Sec. 18-81i. Storage of weapons. (a) Any firearm, ammunition or deadly weapon owned by the Department of Correction shall be stored in a secure location on Department of Correction property. (b) The Commissioner of Correction shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provis…

Sec. 18-81ii. Care and treatment of inmate with a gender identity differing from assigned sex at birth and a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. Placement of inmate in correctional institution with inmates of the gender consistent with the inmate's gender identity. Any inmate of a cor…

Sec. 18-81j. Annual notification of municipal official in municipalities with correctional facilities concerning capacity and inmate population in facility. On or before November 1, 1995, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Correction shall notify the chief elected offic…

Sec. 18-81jj. Correction Advisory Committee. (a) There is established the Correction Advisory Committee that shall consist of eleven members. Such members shall be appointed as follows: (1) One who is directly impacted, appointed by the Senate chairperson of the joint standing co…

Sec. 18-81k. Maintenance of good relations between department and communities surrounding correctional facilities. The Commissioner of Correction shall develop a policy to ensure that the maintenance of good relations between the department and the communities surrounding correct…

Sec. 18-81kk. Requests for department's provision of documents related to injury resulting in death or permanent disability of inmate. Regulations. An inmate, his or her legal representative or the legal representative of the estate of an inmate, who provides a written request fo…