23 chapters · 254 sections in this title.
61 Pa.C.S. § 5901 Physical welfare of inmates
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(a) Physical exercise.-- (1) A chief administrator who may or shall have in charge any inmate, whether the inmate has been tried or not, shall provide the inmate with at least two hours of daily physical exercise in the open, weather permitting, and, upon such days on which the w…
61 Pa.C.S. § 5902 Contraband prohibited
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(a) Alcohol and drugs.--No spirituous or fermented liquor, drug, medicine, poison, opium, morphine or any other kind or character of narcotic shall, on any pretense whatever: (1) be sold or given away in a correctional institution or in any building appurtenant thereto, or on the…
61 Pa.C.S. § 5903 Inmate uniforms
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While incarcerated, an inmate of a State correctional institution shall wear identifiable prison uniforms and shall not wear civilian clothing. Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 10 of Act 33 of 2009 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applic…
61 Pa.C.S. § 5904 Assessment and collection of costs
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(a) Power of department.--When the department determines that there has been a financial loss or cost as a result of a violation of a written rule governing inmate behavior, including, but not limited to, property loss or damage or use of a controlled substance, the department ma…