Title LX, Correction and Punishment

The commissioner of corrections may furnish, at the expense of the state, to each convict discharged from the prisons a suit of clothes, decent and suitable for the season in which he is discharged, and a sum of money, not more than $ 100.

If any convict sentenced to confinement to hard labor or solitary imprisonment shall, at the time of his sentence, be in custody of the sheriff on civil process, mesne or final, the sheriff shall, on the delivery of such convict to the commissioner of corrections, leave with the …

The commissioner of corrections shall detain a convict committed under the circumstances provided for in RSA 622:17 by virtue of the civil process as well as of his sentence, and, if, at the expiration of the sentence, the civil process is not withdrawn, discharged, satisfied, or…

If judgment shall be rendered against a person holding the office of commissioner of corrections, for a sum of money, the execution thereon shall be against his goods, chattels, and lands, but not against his body; and, if the execution is returned unsatisfied, the creditor may f…

The state prisons shall be under the superintendence and general management of the commissioner of corrections.

The wardens of the New Hampshire state prisons shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall be unclassified employees qualified by education and experience.

The secretary shall immediately notify the commissioner of corrections thereof, in writing, with the day on which the copy was filed. If the execution shall remain unsatisfied for the space of 90 days after such notification, the commissioner of corrections shall be removed from …

The rules and regulations established for the government of any prison, county correctional facility, or public charitable or reformatory institution shall provide for suitable religious instruction and ministration to the inmates.

The inmates shall have freedom of religious belief and freedom to worship God according to the dictates of their consciences, but this shall not permit anything inconsistent with proper discipline and management or any expense beyond that made under RSA 622:22.

No person shall deliver or procure to be delivered or have in his or her possession with intent to deliver to a prisoner confined in the state prisons, or deposit or conceal in or about the prisons, or in any building or upon any land appurtenant thereto, or in any vehicle enteri…

Any person who violates any provision of RSA 622:24 shall be guilty of a class B felony.

I. The commissioner of corrections may contract for the sale or lease of goods and products which are produced at the state prisons on the open market at competitive prices, when, in his opinion, such sale or lease is in the best interests of the inmates and of the prisons and do…

No goods, wares, or merchandise, manufactured, or mined wholly or in part by convicts or prisoners of other states, except convicts or prisoners on parole or probation, shall be sold on the open market, or be sold to, or exchanged with, an institution of this state or with any of…

No articles or supplies, except printing, such as are manufactured at the state prisons or for the state prisons in accordance with arrangements with other prison systems shall be purchased from any other source for the state or its departments or institutions if the division of …

I. An industries inventory account shall be maintained to enable the state prisons to implement RSA 622:26-28. All permanent personnel, operating expenses, materials, supplies, overtime and purchase and repair of equipment determined to be necessary for the growing or manufacture…

The commissioner of corrections may provide for the payment to prisoners confined in the state prisons of such pecuniary earnings, and render to their families such pecuniary assistance, as the commissioner of corrections may deem proper, under such rules as he may prescribe.

When allowed, the earnings and assistance provided for in RSA 622:29 shall be paid out of such money as may be available for current running expenses of the state prisons.

Any money accruing under RSA 622:29 shall be and remain under the control of the commissioner of corrections, to be used for the benefit of the prisoner, his family or dependent relatives under such regulation as to time, manner, and amount of disbursement as the commissioner of …

I. The commissioner of the department of corrections shall adopt policies and procedures establishing reasonable medical and health service fees for the medical services that are provided to inmates at any state facility. II. Except as provided in paragraph III, the commissioner …

If any prisoner shall willfully escape from a state prison or commit a breach of discipline while confined in said prison, or when at liberty on parole shall violate any of the terms and conditions governing prisoners on parole, the commissioner of corrections may, in his or her …

I. There is established a state confinement facility for female prisoners which shall be called the New Hampshire correctional facility for women. II. The New Hampshire correctional facility for women shall be under the superintendence of a warden. The warden shall serve at the p…

The expenses of confinement of any female transferred to the custody of the state prisons shall be paid by the institution making the transfer.

The law of this state with respect to diminution of the length of a sentence for good behavior or other cause shall apply to all sentences served in whole or in part in county prison facilities or out-of-state institutions.

Upon the termination of any contract entered into in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision, or when the terms of any such contract shall so provide, convicts confined in county prison facilities or out-of-state institutions shall be returned by the commissioner of co…

The cost of maintenance of convicts transferred pursuant to this subdivision and the expenses incident to their transfer shall be payable out of the funds provided for the maintenance of the state prisons.

The warden or director of each state correctional facility and any facility listed in RSA 169-B:14, I(c) or (e) shall provide sufficient menstrual hygiene products to individuals who are in the custody of the state who biologically menstruate, at no cost to such persons. Sufficie…

The commissioner of corrections is authorized to organize a prison security force, consisting of members of the prisons' correctional line personnel, for the purpose of patrolling prison buildings, roads, and grounds and providing for general security at the prisons. The prison s…

All security officers of the prison security force shall be ex officio constables and shall possess general police powers including the power of arrest, but such powers shall extend only to the confines of the grounds of the prisons and only to the period during which such office…

In this subdivision: I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of corrections under RSA 21-H:2. II. "Department" means the department of health and human services. III. [Repealed.] IV. "Unit" means the secure psychiatric unit.

There is hereby established a secure psychiatric unit to receive and provide appropriate treatment for persons transferred under RSA 622:45 to a secure environment.

I. There are hereby established the following unclassified positions: (a) A medical director, who shall be a board certified psychiatrist and shall be under the administrative supervision of the commissioner. The medical director shall be responsible for the provision, supervisio…

I. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, which provide for effective treatment for persons found to be dangerous to themselves or others and committed or transferred pursuant to RSA 622:45 to an environment which provides for safety and security for the publi…

Commitment may occur as follows: I. Any person subject to an involuntary admission to the state mental health services system pursuant to RSA 135-C or any person subject to involuntary admission pursuant to RSA 171-B may at any time be transferred to the unit upon a determination…

I. The commissioner shall establish clinical and treatment standards for the operation of the unit in consultation with the commissioner of the department of health and human services. The commissioners shall review, at least biennially, any interagency agreements and the mental …

Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 329:26 and RSA 330-A:32, medical and mental health records concerning current patients shall be exchanged between other state medical and mental health facilities and the unit to facilitate treatment.

I. When a person committed or transferred to the unit no longer requires the security provided by the unit, the commissioner shall initiate his discharge as follows: (a) A person who was in pre-trial or post-trial confinement when admitted to the unit shall be returned to the sen…

Not less than 30 days before the intended date of the granting of off-grounds privileges by the director to any person committed to the unit by criminal proceedings and subsequently transferred to the state mental health services system, the director shall give notice of such int…

The commissioner of corrections, subject to the supervision and direction of the governor and council, shall have power: I. To appoint all officers and servants necessary for the management of the prisons, and to remove them, subject to the regulations of the state personnel comm…

The superior court may, with notice to the attorney general and to the county attorney, if any, who prosecuted the case and after a hearing, for due cause shown, parole any person committed to the unit by criminal proceedings upon such terms and conditions as justice may require;…

The superior court may at any time, with notice to the attorney general and to the county attorney, if any, who prosecuted the case, upon application and after a hearing, for due cause shown, investigate the question whether there is sufficient reason for the detention in the uni…

Whenever provisions of this chapter relative to the commitment, detention, or parole of the mentally ill by criminal proceedings require that a hearing be conducted by the superior court, such hearing shall be ordered in accordance with the following requirements: I. Such person …

There is established the cost of care reimbursement fund, which shall be administered by the commissioner of the department of corrections. This fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the commissioner for the purpose of the general care of those persons under de…

The governor and council shall be visitors of the state prisons and shall annually, and as much oftener as may be proper, visit the prisons and see that all regulations made for the government thereof are proper and properly executed.

Any individual entering the secure perimeter of a state correctional facility, including but not limited to visitors, state officials, employees, contractors, and vendors, shall be subject to one or more security screenings and inspections that will incorporate the use of electro…

It shall be the duty of the commissioner of corrections: I. To receive, safely keep, and employ in the prisons all convicts pursuant to their sentence and until discharged according to law. The commissioner may employ convicts outside of the prison walls, upon terms to be prescri…

Notwithstanding RSA 6:11, any interest accruing on moneys in any account established by the commissioner of corrections for the benefit of prisoners and their families or dependent relatives is hereby continually appropriated to the state prisons and may be expended by the commis…