New Hampshire § 30-B:6 Policies;  Rules and Regulations

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 30-B:6 — Policies; Rules and Regulations

New Hampshire § 30-B:6

Title IICOUNTIES

Ch. 30-BCOUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTIONS

SubdivisionAdministration of Department of Corrections

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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 30-B:6 (2026).

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I. The county commissioners shall establish policies and procedures for the management of the county department of corrections as authorized in RSA 28:12. II. The commissioners shall adopt any necessary rules and regulations for the fulfillment of the powers and duties of the superintendent. III.

(a)No county department of corrections shall enter into a contract with a private or for-profit entity for the sole purpose of housing county prisoners. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a county department of corrections from contracting for select services that are provided inside of a county correctional facility.

(b)Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), if the county commissioners declare that a corrections emergency exists that requires the superintendent to enter into a temporary contra

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I. The county commissioners shall establish policies and procedures for the management of the county department of corrections as authorized in RSA 28:12.
II. The commissioners shall adopt any necessary rules and regulations for the fulfillment of the powers and duties of the superintendent.
III. (a) No county department of corrections shall enter into a contract with a private or for-profit entity for the sole purpose of housing county prisoners. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a county department of corrections from contracting for select services that are provided inside of a county correctional facility.
(b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), if the county commissioners declare that a corrections emergency exists that requires the superintendent to enter into a temporary contract with a private or for-profit entity to secure provisional housing for displaced prisoners, the superintendent may enter into such a contract, pending approval of the county commissioners. Temporary contracts entered into under this section shall not permanently or indefinitely replace a county correctional facility or a contract with another publicly-operated facility.