Title 30, Title 30: INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES

30:4-88. Prisoners conveyed by sheriffs; bills of costs The sheriffs of the several counties shall convey to the several correctional institutions all prisoners sentenced or committed thereto within the time and in the manner provided for the transportation of prisoners sentenced…

30:4-89. Expenses for transfer The expenses of transfer shall be paid from the maintenance account of the institution making the transfer.

30:4-9. Residence at institution; maintenance The board of managers may require officers and employees whose continuous presence is deemed necessary, to reside at or contiguous to the institution and by resolution, allow to such officer or employee maintenance and sustenance or c…

30:4-90. Age and sex No transfers shall be made which will conflict with established age or sex limitations.

30:4-91. Transfer of indigent nonresident patients Whenever it shall be made to appear to the board of managers of any of the state hospitals that any patient who shall have been or who shall be committed to any of such state hospitals as an indigent nonresident patient, has rela…

30:4-91.1. Transfer to more appropriate institution or facility; authority of commissioner When a person has been convicted of an offense against the State of New Jersey and has been committed for a term of imprisonment by a court to an institution defined in R.S. 30:1-7, and whe…

30:4-91.10 Confinement of eligible inmates in private facilities. 2. On and after the effective date of P.L.1999, c.243 (C.30:4-91.9 et seq.), the Commissioner of Corrections may authorize the confinement of eligible inmates in private facilities.L.1999,c.243,s.2.

30:4-91.11 Preparation, transmittal of information regarding background of inmate. 3. Whenever an eligible inmate is authorized for confinement in a private facility, the Commissioner of Corrections or a designee shall prepare a summary of all relevant information relating to tha…

30:4-91.12 Establishment of community relations advisory board. 4. a. Every contract between the Department of Corrections and the operator of a private facility shall provide for the establishment of a community relations advisory board in the municipality wherein the private fa…

30:4-91.13 Escape of inmate from private facility, notices required. 5. The operator of a private facility shall, upon discovering that an inmate has escaped, notify: a. the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality in which the facility is located or a designee; b. the C…

30:4-91.14 Rules, regulations. 6. The Commissioner of Corrections, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.L.1999,c.243,s.6.

30:4-91.15 Program to record and analyze recidivism. 3. a. The Commissioner of Corrections, in conjunction with the Youth Justice Commission and the State Parole Board, shall establish a program to record and analyze the recidivism of all inmates and juveniles adjudicated delinqu…

30:4-91.16 Transfer of account balance to inmate upon release. 7. a. The commissioner shall, at least 30 days prior to an inmate's release from confinement, assist the inmate in establishing a consumer checking account pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.210 (C.17:16N-1 et …

30:4-91.17 Reinstatement of inmate into Medicaid program upon release. 9. The Commissioner of Corrections shall ensure that at least 30 days prior to the scheduled date of release of an inmate from a correctional institution in the State, the appropriate staff at the institution …

30:4-91.18 Establishment of mentoring program. 5. The Department of Corrections shall establish a program within each prison facility to provide for the mentoring of inmates who have been in the department's custody for a continuous uninterrupted period of less than two years. Th…

30:4-91.19 Report on status of Residential Community Release Program beds. 9. The Commissioner of Corrections shall certify on a monthly basis to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting that all available Residential Community Release Program beds in the State of Ne…

30:4-91.2. Designation by commissioner or agent; facility defined The commissioner or his duly authorized agent, may designate as a place of confinement any available, suitable, and appropriate institution or facility whether owned by the State or otherwise, and may at any time t…

30:4-91.20 Inventory, review of vocational training programs. 10. The Commissioner of Corrections, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, biennially shall inventory and review the various vocational training programs offered to inmates in the S…

30:4-91.21 Actions relative to revising, terminating inmate vocational training program. 11. If the Commissioner of Corrections and Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development determine that an inmate vocational training program is not attuned to actual post-release employmen…

30:4-91.22 Attorneys, representatives permitted to visit halfway houses. 1. a. Attorneys who are licensed in any jurisdiction shall be permitted to have contact visits with clients who are incarcerated in a residential community release program. At the request of the attorney, re…

30:4-91.23 Rules, regulations. 2. The Commissioner of Corrections, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.2015, c.25, s.2.

30:4-91.3. Extension of limits of place of confinement The commissioner or his duly authorized agent or agents may extend the limits of the place of confinement of a prisoner as to whom there is reasonable cause to believe he will honor his trust, by authorizing him, under prescr…

30:4-91.3a. State or county prisoners; release on interim basis; notice to local police department Any superintendent, or his designee, of a State correctional institution or warden or keeper, or his designee, of a county penal institution, from which an inmate is released on an …

30:4-91.3b. Furlough prohibited, prisoners, certain 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3 of P.L.1969, c.22 (C.30:4-91.3), the Commissioner of Corrections shall not authorize the participation of a prisoner in any furlough program administered by the Department of Correc…

30:4-91.3c Definitions relative to wanted person checks. 1. For the purposes of this act: "County correctional facility" means a county jail, penitentiary, prison or workhouse. "Municipal jail" means a municipal jail, lockup, police station or other place maintained by a municipa…

30:4-91.3d Conducting wanted person check on inmates or suspects. 2. a. A wanted person check shall be conducted on every person serving a sentence or detained as a suspect in a State correctional facility, county correctional facility or municipal jail to determine if there are …

30:4-91.3e Definitions relative to correctional facility security; regulations. 1. a. As used in this act, "body imaging scanning equipment" means equipment that utilizes a low dose conventional x-ray transmission to produce an anatomical image of the inmate capable of identifyin…

30:4-91.4 Withdrawals from inmate's account. 4. The commissioner, as a part of any work release program for an inmate, shall require that any wages, salary, earnings and other income of each gainfully employed prisoner be paid, less payroll deductions required or authorized by la…

30:4-91.5. Escape from confinement The willful failure of a prisoner to remain within the extended limits of his confinement, or to return within the time prescribed to an institution or facility designated by the commissioner, shall be deemed an escape from confinement and shall…

30:4-91.6. Rules and regulations The commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies, shall promulgate such rules and regulations as shall be deemed necessary for the proper administration hereof and to give full force and effect hereto.…

30:4-91.7. Authority of state parole board Nothing herein contained shall be deemed in any manner to diminish or affect the authority of the State Parole Board to release prisoners on parole. L.1969, c. 22, s. 7, eff. April 23, 1969.

30:4-91.8 Notice of review for community release of certain inmates. 1. a. Whenever an inmate who has been convicted of murder; manslaughter; vehicular homicide; aggravated sexual assault; sexual assault; aggravated assault; aggravated criminal sexual contact; robbery; kidnapping…

30:4-91.9 Definitions relative to certain private corrections facilities. 1. As used in this act: "Eligible inmate" means an inmate who (1) was not convicted of a sexual offense as defined in this section or an arson offense, (2) does not demonstrate an undue risk to public safet…

30:4-92 Compensation for inmates. 30:4-92. The inmates of all correctional and charitable, hospital, relief, and training institutions within the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Corrections shall be employed in productive occupations consistent with their health, strength, an…

30:4-92.1 Mandatory workforce skills training program. 1. The Commissioner of Corrections, in consultation with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, shall establish a mandatory workforce skills training program in each State correctional facility under the jurisdi…

30:4-92.2 Program of mandatory education. 2. a. The Commissioner of Corrections, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall establish a program of mandatory education in each State correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections for ea…

30:4-92.3 Vocational Training Pilot Program. 1. a. There shall be established in the Department of Corrections a Vocational Training Pilot Program which shall be developed and implemented by the Vocational Training Planning Board established in subsection b. of this section. The …

30:4-92a Special credits. 3. In addition to credits received pursuant to R.S.30:4-92 and R.S.30:4-140, the commissioner also may award inmates special credits to provide further remission from time of sentence for achievements in education and workforce training. L.2009, c.330, s…

30:4-93 Contracts for labor and products. No contract shall be made by which the labor or time of any inmate of any of the institutions within the jurisdiction of the State board, or the product or profit of his work, shall be let, contracted for, leased, farmed out, given or sol…

30:4-93.1. Interstate sale of articles, goods manufactured by inmates 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the Department of Corrections may enter into contracts with any other state, or any political subdivision thereof, for the sale of articles…

30:4-94. Catalogue of articles and prices The state board shall cause to be prepared a catalogue containing a description and a price list of all the articles manufactured or produced by the institutions within its jurisdiction. Copies of this catalogue shall be sent to all insti…

30:4-95. Purchases of articles manufactured by institutional labor The several state and county institutions and noninstitutional agencies, the several counties and all departments and agencies of the state shall purchase from the state board all articles or supplies manufactured…

30:4-96. Estimates for ensuing year; no technical evasion At least thirty days before the commencement of each state fiscal year, the proper officials of each institution, noninstitutional agency, department or agency of the state or the counties thereof, shall report to the stat…

30:4-97. Sale of surplus; goods stamped Any surplus product may be sold in the open market under such terms and conditions that it shall not compete unfairly with the product of free labor. All goods, wares and merchandise, made by convict labor in any such institutions, shall be…

30:4-98. Powers of state board The State Board shall have power to: a. Assign to each institution the industries, occupations, vocations and labor to be operated or performed by the inmates thereof, but no new industry shall be established in any institution nor shall any existin…

30:4-99. Limitations on employment; marching prisoners in irons; armed guards; free labor The employment of the inmates of any institution within the jurisdiction of the state board shall be subject to the following specific limitations: a. Marching or transportation of convicts …