30:8-48.2 - Contracts; standards - New Jersey Statutes

30:8-48.2.  Contracts;  standards
    The governing body of a county which has adopted an ordinance or resolution  pursuant to this act shall enter into contracts for the housing of inmates with  any organization operating a facility or institution designated by the  sentencing judge or assignment judge.

    It shall be the responsibility of the county governing body or its designated representative to insure that each facility or institution is a secure and appropriately supervised place of confinement and that all units are  inspected annually.  The county governing body may promulgate standards to  insure that facilities and institutions were inmates are residing are appropriate for the housing of such persons.

     L.1981, c. 265, s. 2, eff. Aug. 16, 1981.