Title 24 — Prisoners and Their Treatment.
16 chapters · 283 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 24-501 Acquittal by reason of insanity; release after confinement; expenses of confinement; inconsistent statutes superseded; escaped persons; insanity defense; motions for relief
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(a) Repealed. (a-1) Repealed. (b) Repealed. (c) When any person tried upon an indictment or information for an offense, or tried in the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for an offense, is acquitted solely on the ground that he was insane at the ti…
D.C. Code § 24-502 Commitment while serving sentence
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Any person while serving sentence of any court of the District of Columbia for crime, in a District of Columbia penal institution, and who, in the opinion of the Director of the Department of Corrections of the District of Columbia, is mentally ill, shall be referred by such Dire…
D.C. Code § 24-503 Restoration to sanity
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(a) Repealed. (b) When any person confined in a hospital for the mentally ill while serving sentence shall be restored to mental health within the opinion of the superintendent of the hospital, the superintendent shall certify such fact to the Director of the Department of Correc…