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34-A §1405. Transfer from county jails or correctional facilities

Title 34-A: CORRECTIONS

Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subchapter 3: COMMISSIONER

§1405. Transfer from county jails or correctional facilities

1. Transfer. The commissioner may transfer any adult inmate, whether detained pending a trial or other court proceeding or sentenced, from one county jail to another or between a county jail and a correctional facility.

[ 2009, c. 142, §15 (AMD) .]

2. Transferee subject to rules. A sentenced person transferred under this section is subject to the general rules of the facility to which the person is transferred, except that:

A. The term of the original sentence remains the same unless altered by the court; [2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §29 (NEW).]

B. The person becomes eligible for good time or deductions as provided in Title 17-A, section 1253 for a person sentenced to imprisonment in a county jail or to a correctional facility, whichever is applicable; [2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §29 (NEW).]

C. The person becomes eligible for release and discharge as provided in Title 17-A, section 1254 for a person sentenced to imprisonment in a county jail or to a correctional facility, whichever is applicable; [2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §29 (NEW).]

D. The person is entitled to have the time served in the facility under this section deducted from the sentence; and [2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §29 (NEW).]

E. The person becomes eligible for furloughs, work or other release programs, participation in public works and charitable projects , home-release monitoring and community confinement monitoring programs as authorized by Title 30-A, sections 1556, 1605, 1606 and 1659-A and Title 30-A, former section 1659 for a person sentenced to imprisonment in a county jail or work or other release programs, furloughs and supervised community confinement for a person sentenced to a correctional facility as authorized by sections 3033, 3035 and 3036-A, whichever is applicable, and may apply pursuant to the rules governing the sending facility. [2009, c. 391, §10 (AMD).]

[ 2009, c. 391, §10 (AMD) .]

3. Return of inmate. The commissioner may return an inmate transferred pursuant to this section back to the sending facility.

[ 2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §29 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §29 (NEW). 2009, c. 142, §15 (AMD). 2009, c. 391, §10 (AMD).

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