Pennsylvania § 1105 Powers and duties of department

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 1105 — Powers and duties of department

Pennsylvania § 1105

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 61PRISONS AND PAROLE

PartPART II

Ch. 11GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

Subch.PENAL OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURES

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Bluebook

61 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1105 (2026).

Text

(a)General rule.--The department shall have the power and its duty shall be:

(1)To establish standards for county correctional institutions, including, but not limited to, standards for physical facilities and standards for correctional programs of treatment, education and rehabilitation of inmates.

(2)To inspect county correctional institutions and to classify them in accordance with standards adopted under paragraph (1) as eligible to receive inmates sentenced to maximum terms of six months or more but less than five years.

(b)Rules and regulations.--The department may prescribe, adopt, promulgate and enforce rules and regulations in order to administer the provisions of this section.

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(a) General rule.--The department shall have the power and its duty shall be:

(1) To establish standards for county correctional institutions, including, but not limited to, standards for physical facilities and standards for correctional programs of treatment, education and rehabilitation of inmates.

(2) To inspect county correctional institutions and to classify them in accordance with standards adopted under paragraph (1) as eligible to receive inmates sentenced to maximum terms of six months or more but less than five years.

(b) Rules and regulations.--The department may prescribe, adopt, promulgate and enforce rules and regulations in order to administer the provisions of this section.

Legislative History

(Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, eff. imd.) 2010 Amendment.Act 95 added section 1105, retroactive to November 9, 2009. See section 23 of Act 95 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of regulations adopted under prior law.