Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

30:4-101 Couples not to be maintained in separate quarters, exceptions. 30:4-101. Married, domestic partnership, or civil union couples who are residents of a public institution maintained in whole or in part by the State, or a county, municipality, or subdivision thereof, shall …

30:4-102. Female patients to be accompanied No female patient shall be taken to a charitable, hospital, relief or training institution unless accompanied by her husband, father, brother, son, family physician or some female of reputable character and mature age. Each chief execut…

30:4-103. County physician to certify cause of death in institution The body of a person dying in an institution maintained in whole or in part by state funds shall before removal therefrom be examined by the county physician, or acting county physician, of the county in which th…

30:4-104. Post-mortem examinations The medical director of an institution may with the approval of the board of managers subject the body of an indigent patient to physical examination after death to determine the cause of mental ailment and the cause of death. Such examination m…

30:4-105. Certificate of death or discharge; record Upon the death or discharge of any person committed to any institution in this state under article 3 of this chapter (s. 30:4-23 et seq.), the chief executive officer of the institution shall forward a certificate to the county …

30:4-107.1 Release of person; provision of functional services. 75. Whenever a minor with a developmental disability or adult with a mental deficiency is receiving functional services without court order, and is resident at a State school, or private residential institution, or a…

30:4-107.2. Continuation of functional services after attainment by minor of majority An individual admitted as a minor under Class F, Class G or Class H may continue to receive uninterrupted functional services on and after becoming 21 years of age if: (1) he has been adjudicate…

30:4-107.3 Discharge of persons receiving functional services without court order. 77. Discharge of individuals admitted to and continuing to receive functional services without an order of the court shall be effected under the following circumstances: (1) upon written applicatio…

30:4-107.4. Discharge of persons admitted to and receiving functional services as result of court order Discharge of individuals admitted to and continuing to receive functional services as a result of an order of court for commitment to custody shall be effected under the follow…

30:4-107.5. Discharge of persons admitted under Class I Discharge of individuals admitted under Class I shall be accomplished in accordance with the provisions of sections 2A:163-2 and 2A:163-3 of New Jersey Statutes, if applicable, or on order of the commissioner with 30 days pr…

30:4-11. Offices may be changed or abolished Each board of managers shall have power, subject to the approval of the state board, to abolish any office or employment which they may find to be unnecessary, to combine and consolidate the functions of any office or employments as th…

30:4-114. Payment on parole or discharge; return of personal property The State Board, subject to appropriations made for such purpose, shall have power to prescribe with reference to each institution within its jurisdiction the sum of money in each case, which shall be paid by t…

30:4-116. Retaking persons leaving without discharge The chief executive officer of any state institution, or any subordinate officer or employee of the institution appointed by him in writing as a special officer, shall have power to arrest without warrant any inmate committed t…

30:4-116.1. Notification of escape Any superintendent, or his designee, of any facility under the control of the Department of Corrections or warden or keeper, or his designee, of a county penal institution from which a prisoner escapes from confinement shall notify the local pol…

30:4-117. Retaking of patients of county mental hospital The medical superintendent or chief executive officer of a county mental hospital may, without warrant arrest and return to the institution an inmate duly committed by court order who leaves without first obtaining a parole…

30:4-118. Warrant for arrest A warrant for the arrest of any institutional inmate who shall have left the institution without parole or discharge or whose parole has been revoked, may be served by the chief executive officer, or his special officer or the regularly appointed paro…

30:4-119. Assist return to institution 30:4-119. Every police officer shall assist in the location and return to institutional custody of any institutional inmate who has left the institution without parole or discharge. amended 2023, c.250, s.32.

30:4-12. Bond may be required Each board of managers may in its discretion require any official or employee to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties and fix the amount of such bond. In event that a surety company bond shall be given, the amount of the premium requi…

30:4-121. Expenses of parole The expenses incident to the operation of the parole system in each institution shall be paid from its maintenance account.

30:4-122. Money advanced for the return of inmates The state treasurer, upon the warrant of the comptroller, may advance to the chief executive officer of any institution subject to the jurisdiction of the state board, out of the annual appropriations for the support of any such …

30:4-123. Use of fund for traveling expenses of paroled inmates and parole officers Any board or institution may use its petty cash fund for the payment of the traveling expenses of a paroled inmate to the place of his employment, and the expenses of the parole officer or other a…

30:4-123.100 Public health emergency credits. 1. a. In addition to credits awarded pursuant to R.S.30:4-92; section 3 of P.L.2009, c.330 (C.30:4-92a); and R.S.30:4-140, whenever a public health emergency, pursuant to the "Emergency Health Powers Act," P.L.2005, c.222 (C.26:13-1 e…

30:4-123.101 Identification of inmates scheduled to be released; notification. 3. a. The Commissioner of Corrections shall immediately identify any inmate who is scheduled to be released from custody within 365 days as a result of the award of public health emergency credits purs…

30:4-123.102 Actions of prosecutor, Attorney General. 4. a. Upon receipt of notice from the Commissioner of Corrections that an inmate is scheduled to be released from custody within 365 days based on the award of public health emergency credits pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2020,…

30:4-123.103 Prohibition against making contact with victim. 5. a. An inmate who is released from the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections or a juvenile who is released from the custody of the Youth Justice Commission following an award of public health emergency credits pu…

30:4-123.45 Short title, definitions relative to parole. 1. a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Parole Act of 1979." b. In this act, unless a different meaning is plainly required: (1) "Adult inmate" means any person sentenced as an adult to a term of incarceratio…

30:4-123.46. Application of act a. Except as otherwise provided by this act, this act shall apply to all persons now serving or hereafter sentenced or committed to State correctional facilities and to all persons now serving or hereafter sentenced to county jails, workhouses or p…

30:4-123.47 State Parole Board. 3. a. There is hereby created and established within the Department of Corrections a State Parole Board which shall consist of a chairman, 14 associate members and three alternate board members. The chairman, associate members and alternate board m…

30:4-123.47a Parole Advisory Board established. 1. There is hereby established a Parole Advisory Board in, but not of, the State Parole Board. Notwithstanding the allocation of the board within the State Parole Board, the State Parole Board or any employee thereof shall not exerc…

30:4-123.47b Duties of advisory board. 2. It shall be the duty of the advisory board to review and comment on supervision issues, the development and implementation of drug and alcohol treatment programs for parolees, and any other issues as requested by the State Parole Board, t…

30:4-123.47c Division of Parole in State Parole Board, constituted. 1. a. The Bureau of Parole in the Department of Corrections is hereby constituted as the Division of Parole in the State Parole Board, and all functions, powers and duties of the existing Bureau of Parole are her…

30:4-123.48 Policies, determinations of parole board. 4. a. All policies and determinations of the Parole Board shall be made by the majority vote of the members. b. Except where otherwise noted, parole determinations on individual cases pursuant to this act shall be made by the …

30:4-123.49 Assignment of cases, hearing officer. 5. a. The chairman of the board, after consulting with the board, shall assign any case not otherwise assigned, such as county jail, workhouse, or penitentiary cases, to a special panel composed of any two members or any one membe…

30:4-123.50. Office facilities and clerical assistance; cooperation in furnishing information and data to board; power of subpena; failure to respond; penalty a. The Department of Corrections shall provide such office facilities and clerical assistance as may be necessary to enab…

30:4-123.51 Eligibility for parole. 7. a. Each adult inmate sentenced to a term of incarceration in a county penal institution, or to a specific term of years at the State Prison or the correctional institution for women shall become primarily eligible for parole after having ser…

30:4-123.51a. Inmate of county penal institution; revocation of parole; denial of credits and ineligibility for parole Pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1979, c. 441 (C. 30:4-123.60), any inmate sentenced to a term of incarceration in a county penal institution who is granted parole …

30:4-123.51b Released status under term of parole supervision; rules, regulations; conditions applicable to parole supervision for life. 3. a. A person who has been sentenced to a term of parole supervision and is on release status in the community pursuant to section 2 of P.L.19…

30:4-123.51e Compassionate release for certain inmates. 1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.45 et seq.) to the contrary, the court may release an inmate who qualifies under this section for compassionate release at any time during the term of incarc…

30:4-123.51f Study to determine cost savings due to reduction of prison population; "Corrections Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention Fund." 1. a. The Commissioner of Corrections, in consultation with the Chairman of the State Parole Board and the State Treasurer, shall conduct a …

30:4-123.52 Increase or decrease of parole eligibility date, written statement to inmate, psychological evaluation. 8. a. If the appropriate board panel determines that an adult inmate has seriously or persistently violated specifically defined institutional rules or has engaged …

30:4-123.53 Release of inmate. 9. a. An adult inmate who is not eligible for administrative parole release pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2019, c.364 (C.30:4-123.55d) shall be released on parole at the time of primary parole eligibility, unless information supplied in the report fi…

30:4-123.53a Definitions; notice to prosecutor. 1. a. As used in this act: "Prosecutor" means the county prosecutor of the county in which the defendant was convicted unless the matter was prosecuted by the Attorney General, in which case "prosecutor" means the Attorney General. …

30:4-123.53b. Immunity 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who provides or fails to provide information relevant to the procedures set forth in section 1 of P.L.1994, c.135 (C.30:4-123.53a) shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action.…

30:4-123.54 Report prior to parole eligibility date. 10. a. At least 120 days but not more than 180 days prior to the parole eligibility date of each adult inmate, a report concerning the inmate shall be filed with the appropriate board panel, by the staff members designated by t…

30:4-123.54a Inmate liable for cost of psychological evaluation; rules, regulations. 3. a. An inmate who is required to submit to a psychological evaluation pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.54) shall be liable for the cost of such evaluation…

30:4-123.55 Review, determination by hearing officer. 11. a. Prior to the parole eligibility date of each adult inmate, a designated hearing officer shall review the reports required by section 10 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.54), and shall determine whether: (1) the inmate is …