NCJ Number
56743
Date Published
1978
Length
466 pages
Annotation
THE LAWS COVER THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, TRIAL PROCEDURES, SENTENCING, THE REFUSAL OF LICENSES TO EX-OFFENDERS, AND MATTERS THAT ARE HANDLED BY FAMILY COURTS SUCH AS ADOPTIONS.
Abstract
THE LAWS AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VARIOUS STATE ADULT INSTITUTIONS, JUVENILE FACILITIES, AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. (SPECIAL SECTIONS ALSO COVER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOLS FOR THE HANDICAPPED AND THE MENTALLY RETARDED.) THE CODE PROVIDES FOR ADMINISTRATION, MEDICAL CARE, PRISON INDUSTRIES, PERSONNEL TRAINING, MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS, AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION. PROBATION AND PAROLE PROCEDURES ARE SPELLED OUT AS ARE PARDON AND REPRIEVE PROCEDURES. THE HANDLING OF INMATE GRIEVANCES IS COVERED. A SECTION CONTAINS THE DUTIES OF A MEDICAL EXAMINER, THE OPERATION OF MORGUES, AND PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED WHEN A PERSON DIES WHILE INCARCERATED IN A JAIL OR STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. LAW RELATING TO COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, AND INSTITUTIONS IN GENERAL COVER SALARIES, OFFICE EXPENSES, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND THE SETTING UP OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICE COMMISSION. THE SECTION ON CRIMES AND OFFENSES CONTAINS ALL LAWS RELATING TO MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SENTENCES WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED FOR SUCH CRIMES AS HOMICIDE, THEFT, ASSAULTS, ETC. CRIMINAL PROCEDURES ARE SPELLED OUT, THE LAWS RELATING TO TRIAL PROCEDURES ARE GIVEN, AND THE EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORDS STATUTES ARE REPRINTED. A GENERAL SECTION COVERS DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW, VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY MENTAL COMMITMENTS, AND CHILD WELFARE LAWS--ALL MATTERS WHICH MAY HAVE CRIMINAL IMPLICATIONS. THE VOLUME IS EXTENSIVELY INDEXED. (GLR)