District of Columbia Statutes
§ 24-502 — Commitment while serving sentence.
Any person while serving sentence of any court of the District of Columbia for crime, in a District of Columbia penal institution, and who, in the opinion of the Director of the Department of Corrections of the District of Columbia, is mentally ill, shall be referred by such Director to the psychiatrist functioning under § 24-306 , and if such psychiatrist certifies that the person is mentally ill, this shall be sufficient to authorize the Director to transfer such person to a hospital for the mentally ill to receive care and treatment during the continuance of his mental illness.
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Related
Dewitt Easter v. District of Columbia
361 F.2d 50 (D.C. Circuit, 1966)
Tinsley v. United States
(District of Columbia, 2013)
Legislative History
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1340, ch. 854, § 928; Aug. 9, 1955, 69 Stat. 611, ch. 673, § 2
Nearby Sections
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§ 24-1001
Interstate Corrections Compact.§ 24-1002
Additional duties of Mayor.§ 24-101
Bureau of Prisons.§ 24-101.01
Corrections Information Council.§ 24-102
Corrections Trustee.§ 24-104
[Reserved].§ 24-1101
Congressional findings and purposes.§ 24-1103
Appointment of Compact Administrator; administration of Compact and supplementary agreements.§ 24-1104
Enforcement of Compact.§ 24-1105
Construction of Compact.