North Dakota Statutes
§ 12-47-18 — Director has custody of inmates pursuant to terms of sentence
The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation shall be responsible for
offenders committed to the legal and physical custody of the department. The director shall
retain, confine, and imprison each offender committed to the department until the expiration of
the offender's sentence or until the offender is lawfully entitled to release. The director shall care
for, govern, and make an effort to employ all offenders in conformity with their sentences and in
the manner prescribed by law and the rules and regulations lawfully adopted for the conduct of
the penitentiary and the department.
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Related
Roubideaux v. North Dakota Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
523 F. Supp. 2d 952 (D. North Dakota, 2007)
Jallah v. North Dakota, State of
(D. North Dakota, 2019)
Nearby Sections
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§ 12-44.1-01
Definitions§ 12-44.1-02
Establishing correctional facilities - Correctional facility contracts - Regional corrections centers§ 12-44.1-03
Safety and sanitation§ 12-44.1-04
Administration - Organization - Management§ 12-44.1-05
Meal payments§ 12-44.1-06
Grades of correctional facilities§ 12-44.1-06.1
Correctional facilities standards§ 12-44.1-06.2
Female inmates in grade one correctional facilities§ 12-44.1-06.3
Female inmates in grade one correctional facilities§ 12-44.1-07
Who may be confined in correctional facilities§ 12-44.1-07.1
Management of inmate population§ 12-44.1-08
Confinement of state and federal inmates§ 12-44.1-09
Housing of inmates§ 12-44.1-10
Detained witnesses and pretrial detainees