Designation of Place of Confinement

Designation of Place of Confinement. (a) Any court upon sentencing a person to imprisonment may designate in the commitment order a place of confinement within the Commonwealth. The place of confinement may be changed or otherwise designated, either within or without the Commonwealth, on motion by the Director of Public Safety as may be necessary to protect the person and the public welfare. (b) If a treaty in effect between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the Governor may, on behalf of the Commonwealth and subject to the terms of the treaty, authorize the Director of Public Safety to consent to the transfer or exchange of offenders and take any other action necessary to initiate the participation of this Commonwealth in the treaty. Source: PL 3-71, § 1 (§ 1212). Commission Comment: With respect to the references to the “Director of Public Safety,” see Executive Order 94-3 (effective August 23, 1994), reorganizing the executive branch, changing agency names and official titles, and effecting other changes, set forth in the Commission comment to 1 CMC § 2001.