Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

30:8-17. Sheriff to have custody of jails; exception Except as otherwise in this chapter provided the sheriff of every county shall have the care, custody and control of the county jail or jails and all prisoners therein, and shall be responsible for the conduct of any keeper app…

30:8-17.1. Keepers or wardens Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 30:8-15, in any county where the sheriff assumes the custody, keeping and charge of the county jail or jails and all prisoners therein, as provided by R.S. 30:8-17, the sheriff may appoint some fit person to be th…

30:8-18.1. Requirements for corrections officer at county correctional institution No person shall be appointed as a corrections officer of any county correctional institution unless that person: a. Is a citizen of the United States; b. Is able to read, write and speak the Englis…

30:8-18.2 Applicability of "45-day" rule for violation of internal rules to county correctional police officers. 1. A person shall not be removed from employment or a position as a county correctional police officer, or suspended, fined or reduced in rank for a violation of the i…

30:8-19. Resolution of board of chosen freeholders to take over custody of jails; filing; effect It shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders of any county in this state to assume and thereafter to exercise the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jails in th…

30:8-2. Federal prisoners received; subsistence and keep Each sheriff and keeper of a jail in any county of this state shall receive all prisoners committed to his custody by authority of the United States and safely keep them until discharged in due course of the laws of the Uni…

30:8-20. Warden or keeper of county jail; appointment; term; bond; removal In any county where the board of chosen freeholders shall assume the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail and of the prisoners therein, as provided by section 30:8-19 of this Title, such bo…

30:8-21. Liability for escape of prisoners under civil arrest when surrendered to jail warden. 30:8-21. In all cases where any sheriff or undersheriff shall be by law authorized or required to confine or keep in jail any person arrested or in custody on any civil process, or in a…

30:8-22. Persons committed to jails to be delivered to wardens. All persons committed to a county jail which has been taken over by the board of chosen freeholders pursuant to section 30:8-19 of this title, according to law, by any committing magistrate, shall be delivered to the…

30:8-23. Rules and regulations; punishments. When the board of chosen freeholders of any county shall have assumed the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the county jail of such county pursuant to section 30:8-19 of this title, such board shall prescribe rules and regulations f…

30:8-24.1. Compensation of jail keepers in certain counties of second and fifth classes. The compensation of jail keepers of jails, in counties of the second and fifth classes having a population of more than two hundred thousand, of which the custody, rule, keeping and charge ha…

30:8-24.1a. Compensation of jail keepers in second-class counties. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 30:8-17.1 of the Revised Statutes or chapter 278 of the laws of 1947, or any other law, the compensation paid to jailkeepers employed in counties of the second class sh…

30:8-24.1b. Increase of compensation upon recommendation of county sheriff Compensation paid to jailkeepers employed in counties of the second class may on recommendation of the county sheriff, be increased by resolution of the board of chosen freeholders. L.1968, c. 269, s. 2, e…

30:8-24.2. Custody rule, keeping and charge of jails returned to sheriff In any county of the second class where the sheriff of the county has heretofore prior to December 1, 1956, by written notice, directed the board of chosen freeholders of such county to take and have the cus…

30:8-25. County jail prisoners employed by chosen freeholders; guards, etc. The board of chosen freeholders of any county in this state may cause to be employed within such county any or all prisoners in any county jail under sentence, or committed for nonpayment of a fine and co…

30:8-26. County jail inmates The county governing body may establish a wage system for payment to prisoners for their services upon work carried on by such governing body or by any board, commission or institution that receives funds from the county. Such wage system may include …

30:8-27. Payment of wages of prisoner to dependents When it shall appear that a prisoner has a wife or dependent children or others legally dependent on him for support, the board of chosen freeholders may, in each case, pay to such dependents or to the society or institution hav…

30:8-28.4. Compensation in cash or remission of time from sentence or both a. The inmates of all county penal institutions established and maintained pursuant to chapter 8 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes who may be employed in such productive occupations as are consistent wit…

30:8-29. Additions to county workhouses; authority of chosen freeholders to establish The board of chosen freeholders of every county in this state may establish, build or purchase a workhouse at such place in the county as such board shall think fit, or may build additions there…

30:8-30. Conversion of part of jail into workhouse The board of chosen freeholders of any such county may convert so much of the common jail of the county as they deem proper into a workhouse, reserving sufficient room for the uses and purposes of the public jail.

30:8-31. Workhouse as part of jail taken over by chosen freeholders; work of prisoners in In every county where the board of chosen freeholders shall appoint a keeper or warden as provided by sections 30:8-19 and 30:8-20 of this title, such keeper or warden shall be the master of…

30:8-32. Management of workhouse; master and employees; rules and regulations A county workhouse shall be under the direction, superintendence and government of the board of chosen freeholders who may appoint a workhouse master and such other employees as may be necessary and mak…

30:8-33. Prisoners who may be sent to workhouse; hard labor In each county having a workhouse every person sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for not more than six months shall be delivered by the sheriff or other proper officer of the county in which the conviction was had …

30:8-34. Cost of keeping prisoners and expense of materials for their labor All disorderly persons and others ordered by law to be sent to a county workhouse shall be kept therein at the charge and expense of the county unless otherwise directed by law. The board of chosen freeho…

30:8-37. Records to be kept by workhouse master; proceeds of labor The master of every workhouse shall keep an exact account of the time of the commitment and discharge of prisoners, their maintenance, the articles and materials provided for them to work, and the earnings and pro…

30:8-38. Penalty for neglect of duty by workhouse master If the master of the workhouse fails properly to account and pay over the proceeds of labor as required by section 30:8-37 of this title or fails to perform any duty required by law he shall for each offense forfeit fifty d…

30:8-39. Joint workhouses The boards of chosen freeholders of two or more counties may unite in establishing or acquiring and maintaining and operating a workhouse in common at such place as they shall agree, which shall be under their joint direction, superintendence and governm…

30:8-40. Employment of workhouse and penitentiary prisoners The board of chosen freeholders of any county may cause to be employed within the county, prisoners in any county workhouse or penitentiary under sentence, or committed for nonpayment of fine and costs or committed in de…

30:8-41. Rules and regulations for employment of prisoners; guards and attendants; cost of work Prisoners employed under section 30:8-40 of this title shall be under the custody and control of the board of chosen freeholders who shall make rules and regulations governing their em…

30:8-42. Workhouse inmates The county governing body may establish a wage system for payment to prisoners for services in work carried on by such governing body or by any board, commission or institution that receives funds from the county. Such wage system may include all prison…

30:8-43. Support of dependents When a prisoner has a wife, child or children or others legally dependent upon him, or her, for support, the earnings of such prisoner shall be disbursed through the county probation office to such dependents, or to the society or institution having…

30:8-44 Work release or vocational training of certain prisoners or incarcerated persons. 1. In any county in which the governing body, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, approves the application of this act and designates a county work release administrator who may be t…

30:8-44.1. Ineligibility for work release program 2. No person confined to a county correctional facility shall be eligible to participate in any work release or vocational training release program if he has been convicted of any of the following: a. Any crime involving a sexual …

30:8-45. Conditions Every county work release and vocational training release program shall, however, be subject to the following conditions: (a) Representatives of local union central bodies or similar labor union organizations shall be consulted as to the general program for su…

30:8-46. Employment; reasonable wages and hours; employment by county If the person so placed at outside labor has been regularly employed, arrangements shall be made for a continuation of said work insofar as possible without interruption. If not employed in any job, every effor…

30:8-47. Employment in another county The court may by order authorize the work release administrator to whom any person placed at outside labor is committed to arrange with another work release administrator for the employment of the prisoner in the other's county, and while so …

30:8-48. Confinement in jail or workhouse Whenever such person is not employed, and between the hours or periods of employment, he shall be confined in jail or workhouse. L.1968, c. 372, s. 5, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.

30:8-48.1. Program for housing in institution or facility operated by nonprofit organization; ordinance or resolution; inmates; eligibility; transfers a. The governing body of any county which has adopted the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement may, by ordinan…

30:8-48.2. Contracts; standards The governing body of a county which has adopted an ordinance or resolution pursuant to this act shall enter into contracts for the housing of inmates with any organization operating a facility or institution designated by the sentencing judge or a…

30:8-49. Work release earnings The earnings of such person shall be collected by the work release administrator and the employer shall be notified by registered mail, which notice shall include a copy of the order placing the person at outside labor. From such earnings, payment s…

30:8-50. Diminution of term Under regulations of the Department of Institutions and Agencies, he may be granted a diminution of not more than 1/4 of his term if his conduct, diligence and general attitude merit such diminution. L.1968, c. 372, s. 7, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.

30:8-51. Violation of conditions In case of the violation of the conditions laid down for his conduct, custody and employment, any person placed at outside labor or for study, may then be required to serve the balance of the sentence in ordinary confinement and may thereupon canc…

30:8-52. Segregation from other prisoners Insofar as possible, persons admitted to outside labor or to a vocational training program under this act shall be segregated from other prisoners serving terms in ordinary confinement. L.1968, c. 372, s. 9, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.

30:8-53. Escape or attempt to escape Any person admitted to outside labor or a vocational training program under this act who shall escape or attempt to escape while in such status outside the county institution shall be deemed to have escaped and treated in accordance with the l…

30:8-54. Annual appropriation of funds by counties The board of chosen freeholders of any county may appropriate annually funds to provide for the rehabilitation and re-establishment as law-abiding citizens, of indigent persons discharged from the county jail, county penitentiary…

30:8-55. Use of funds; cash allowances to discharged jail prisoners; contracts with organizations for rehabilitation of indigent discharged jail prisoners Said funds shall be expended in such manner as shall be fixed, and in accordance with such rules and regulations as shall be …