Title 34-A

1. Commissioner's power. The commissioner may enter into agreements or contracts with any governmental unit or agency or private facility or program cooperating or willing to cooperate in a program to carry out the purposes of this chapter and Title 15, Part 6. 2. Nature of agree…

Beginning August 15, 2026, each month the department shall develop and publish on its publicly accessible website data regarding the number of juveniles involved in the juvenile justice system. The data must be updated monthly and include information regarding the numbers of juve…

1. Annual report regarding reducing detention rates and expanding community-based alternatives. By February 15th of each year, the department shall provide an annual report in person to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and …

The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their institutional facilities and provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to prov…

As used in this compact, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).] 1. Inmate. "Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institutio…

Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the other party states for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in institutions situated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for: [PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).] 1. Durati…

Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party to this compact, and which has entered into a contract pursuant to Article III, shall decide that confinement in, or transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of another party state is necessary or des…

Any decision of the sending state in respect of any matter over which it retains jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall be conclusive upon and not reviewable within the receiving state, but if, at the time the sending state seeks to remove an inmate from an institution in th…

Any state party to this compact may accept federal aid for use in connection with any institution or program, the use of which is or may be affected by this compact or any contract pursuant hereto and any inmate in a receiving state pursuant to this compact may participate in any…

This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding upon the states so acting when it has been enacted into law by any 2 states from among the states of New England. Thereafter, this compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding as to any other …

This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon a party state until it shall have enacted a statute repealing the same and providing for the sending of formal written notice of withdrawal from the compact to the appropriate officials of all other party states. An act…

Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to abrogate nor impair any agreement or other arrangement which a party state may have with a nonparty state for the confinement, rehabilitation or treatment of inmates nor to repeal any other laws of a party state authorizing …

The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed and shall be severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any g…

The New England Interstate Corrections Compact is enacted into law and entered into by this State with any other of the states mentioned in Article II legally joining therein in the form substantially as provided in this subchapter.

This subchapter may be cited as the "New England Interstate Corrections Compact."

The Commissioner of Corrections is authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular.

The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their institutional facilities and provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to prov…

As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: [PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).] 1. Inmate. "Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution; 2. Institution. "Institution" means any…

Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the other party states for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in institutions situated within receiving states. [PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).] 1. Contract provisions. Any such contract shal…

Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party to this compact, and which has entered into a contract pursuant to Article III, shall decide that confinement in, or transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of another party state is necessary or des…

Any decision of the sending state in respect of any matter over which it retains jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall be conclusive upon and not reviewable within the receiving state, but if, at the time the sending state seeks to remove an inmate from an institution in th…

Any state party to this compact may accept federal aid for use in connection with any institution or program, the use of which is or may be affected by this compact or any contract pursuant hereto and any inmate in a receiving state pursuant to this compact may participate in any…

This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding upon the states so acting when it has been enacted into law by any 2 states. Thereafter, this compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding as to any other of said states upon similar action by…

This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon a party state until it shall have enacted a statute repealing the same and providing for the sending of formal written notice of withdrawal from the compact to the appropriate officials of all other party states. An act…

Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to abrogate nor impair any agreement or other arrangement which a party state may have with a nonparty state for the confinement, rehabilitation or treatment of inmates nor to repeal any other laws of a party state authorizing …

The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed and shall be severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any g…

The Interstate Corrections Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this State with any other states legally joining therein.

This subchapter may be cited as the "Interstate Corrections Compact."

The Commissioner of Corrections, subject to the limitations provided under section 9424, is hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular.

The commissioner shall carry out the provisions of this compact in accordance with the following. [PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).] 1. Juveniles excluded. For purposes of this compact, no juvenile may be considered an inmate, as defined in section 9402. 2. Contracts. Any contracts mad…

The party states find that charges outstanding against a prisoner, detainers based on untried indictments, informations or complaints, and difficulties in securing speedy trials of persons already incarcerated in other jurisdictions, produce uncertainties which obstruct programs …

As used in this agreement, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings. [PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).] 1. Receiving state. "Receiving state" shall mean the state in which trial is to be had on an indictment, information or co…

1. Trial pending. Whenever a person has entered upon a term of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution of a party state, and whenever during the continuance of the term of imprisonment there is pending in any other party state any untried indictment, information or co…

1. Request. The appropriate officer of the jurisdiction in which an untried indictment, information or complaint is pending shall be entitled to have a prisoner against whom he has lodged a detainer and who is serving a term of imprisonment in any party state made available in ac…

1. Request. In response to a request made under Article III or Article IV, the appropriate authority in a sending state shall offer to deliver temporary custody of such prisoner to the appropriate authority in the state where such indictment, information or complaint is pending a…

In determining the duration and expiration dates of the time periods provided in Articles III and IV, the running of said time periods shall be tolled whenever and for as long as the prisoner is unable to stand trial, as determined by the court having jurisdiction of the matter. …

Each state party to this agreement shall designate an officer who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this agreement, and who shall provide, within and without t…

This agreement shall enter into full force and effect as to a party state when such state has enacted the same into law. A state party to this agreement may withdraw herefrom by enacting a statute repealing the same. However, the withdrawal of any state shall not affect the statu…

This agreement shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes. The provisions of this agreement shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this agreement is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United …

The phrase "appropriate court" as used in Article I, with reference to the courts of this State, shall mean the District Court or the Superior Court, as applicable.

All courts, departments, agencies, officers and employees of this State and its political subdivisions shall enforce the agreement on detainers contained within Article I, and cooperate with one another and with other party states in enforcing the agreement and effectuating its p…

Any person, who escapes or attempts to escape from custody while in another state pursuant to Article I, shall be subject to the penalties provided in Title 17‑A, section 755, for escape or attempt to escape from the Maine State Prison.

The chief administrative officer of a correctional facility in Maine shall give over the person of any inmate thereof whenever so required by the operation of the agreement on detainers.

The Commissioner of Corrections is designated as the officer provided for in section 9607.

Any prisoner for whom a written request for temporary custody has been received pursuant to Article IV, is entitled to a hearing in the Superior Court prior to his delivery in accordance with Article V. The hearing shall be limited to the issue of whether there are reasonable gro…

This subchapter may be known and cited as the "Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision."