54-23.3 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
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CHAPTER 54-23.3DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION54-23.3-01.Department of corrections and rehabilitation - Creation - Duties -Programs.There is hereby created a department of corrections and rehabilitation that isresponsible to the governor.The department is responsible for the direction and generaladministrative supervision, guidance, and planning of adult and juvenile correctional facilities and<br>programs within the state. The department includes a division of adult services, a division of<br>juvenile services, and such other divisions as are determined necessary for the effective and<br>efficient operation of the department. Programs and facilities included in the department are the<br>North Dakota state penitentiary or any of its affiliated facilities, parole and probation for adult<br>offenders, North Dakota youth correctional center, community programs and services for juvenile<br>offenders under the division of juvenile services, and any other programs developed by the<br>department.54-23.3-01.1. Definitions. As used in this chapter:1."Director" means the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation.<br>The director may designate officers of the department to assist in carrying out the<br>director's duties.2."Inmate" means an offender who the district court has committed to the legal and<br>physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation and who is<br>confined in the North Dakota state penitentiary or its affiliated facilities or is confined<br>in another state's correctional facility, a federal correctional facility, a county<br>correctional facility or regional corrections center, a private correctional facility, or<br>has been placed in a community placement program, treatment facility, or<br>transitional center by the department.3."Juvenile offender" means an offender who is supervised by an officer of the juvenile<br>court or has been adjudicated unruly or delinquent by the juvenile court and placed<br>in the custody of the division of juvenile services.4."Offender" means a person who has been committed to the legal and physical<br>custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation, or placed under the<br>supervision and management of the department by a district court, by the parole<br>board, or through the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders.5."Parolee" means an offender who has been placed under the supervision and<br>management of the department of corrections and rehabilitation by the parole board<br>or through the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders.6."Probationer" means an offender who has been placed under the supervision and<br>management of the department of corrections and rehabilitation by a district court or<br>through the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders.54-23.3-02. Purpose. The purpose of the department of corrections and rehabilitation is:1.To develop a statewide correctional philosophy that will provide direction, goals, and<br>standards for corrections.2.To provide for the care, custody, discipline, training, and treatment of persons<br>committed to state correctional facilities and programs.3.To coordinate and provide a continuum of correctional services to both adult and<br>juvenile clients.Page No. 14.To promote and develop close communication and mutual understanding of<br>corrections issues and concerns between the courts and the department.5.To provide joint training of staff and career opportunities for corrections staff.6.To work with local and state entities to develop alternatives to conventional<br>incarceration for those offenders who can be dealt with more effectively in less<br>restrictive, community-based facilities and programs.54-23.3-03.Director - Appointment - Qualifications - Compensation.The chiefadministrative officer of the department is the director of the department of corrections and<br>rehabilitation, who must be appointed by the governor. The position of director is not a classified<br>position and the director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The person appointed as<br>director must hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and must<br>have held a management position in correctional or related work for at least five years. The<br>governor shall set the salary of the director within the limits of legislative appropriations.54-23.3-04.Director - Powers and duties.The director of the department ofcorrections and rehabilitation has the following powers and duties:1.To manage and control all institutions and programs within the department and to<br>administer and enforce the laws with which the department is charged.2.To promote a unified criminal justice system and develop a statewide correctional<br>philosophy in cooperation with the courts, law enforcement, and other entities in the<br>criminal justice system.3.To develop necessary programs and services for adult and juvenile offenders, within<br>legislative appropriations, to provide for their treatment and rehabilitation and to<br>recognize their special needs.4.To develop, maintain, and revise as required a comprehensive master plan for the<br>state's correctional system which must indicate the system's needs and resources.5.To establish policies and procedures necessary to carry out the responsibilities of<br>the department.6.To organize the department into an adult services division, a juvenile services<br>division, and such other divisions that will enable it to function most effectively and<br>efficiently.7.To exercise general supervisory and appointing authority over all department<br>employees, subject to any applicable personnel laws and rules.8.To employ and remove the director of the division of juvenile services, the director of<br>the division of adult services, and other division directors and personnel who may be<br>deemed necessary by the director of the department.Until the director of thedepartment of corrections and rehabilitation has been granted the full-time<br>equivalent positions within the department's budget for the division director positions,<br>or when the positions are vacant, the responsibilities of these positions must be<br>assumed by the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation or by the<br>director's designee.9.To delegate authority to subordinates as necessary and appropriate, clearly<br>delineating the delegated authority and limitations.10.To promote the development of alternatives to conventional incarceration for those<br>offenderswhocanbedealtwithmoreeffectivelyinlessrestrictive,community-based facilities and programs.Page No. 211.To contract for correctional services, and to provide such services, with the United<br>States, Canada, other states, and any of their governmental subdivisions and<br>agencies and with another agency or governmental unit in this state, or with any<br>private or public correctional or treatment facility or agency.The director shallreimburse the entity at an amount based upon the services required for the housing<br>and treatment of inmates.The director may also contract to provide services,without cost to the state, for persons held by any of the jurisdictions mentioned in<br>this section. If a treaty is in effect between the United States and a foreign country<br>for the transfer and exchange of offenders, the director of the department of<br>corrections and rehabilitation, upon recommendation of the warden and the approval<br>of the governor, may on behalf of the state under the terms of the treaty transfer or<br>exchange offenders and take any action necessary for the state to participate in the<br>treaty.12.Tolease land owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the department ofcorrections and rehabilitation. A lease by the director is not subject to the conditions<br>of this subsection. The director may sell or exchange, with the governor's approval,<br>selected portions of land owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the department<br>of corrections and rehabilitation and may sell, trade, lease, or grant mining<br>easements to extract and remove any resources found on, in, or under said<br>department of corrections and rehabilitation lands, including clay, coal, oil, gas,<br>gravel, sand, dirt, and sod, under the following conditions:a.Any such sale, exchange, or transaction must allow for the submission of bids<br>pursuant to a notice published in at least one official county newspaper. The<br>sale, exchange, or transaction is exempt from the provisions of sections<br>54-01-05.2 and 54-01-05.5.b.Any such sale, exchange, or transaction may not be made for less than the<br>appraised value, and the state reserves the right to reject any and all bids.c.The commissioner of university and school lands or the commissioner's<br>designee shall provide technical assistance and advice to the director of the<br>department of corrections and rehabilitation in any transaction.d.All legal documents, papers, and instruments required by any transaction must<br>be reviewed and approved as to form and legality by the attorney general.e.Any of these transactions can be entered into on any terms and conditions<br>permitted by law and approved by the governor.f.All funds and proceeds realized from any of these transactions must be placed<br>in an interest-bearing fund in the state treasury, designated as the North Dakota<br>state penitentiary land fund to be used for the acquisition of additional land and<br>facilities; to maintain, expand, or develop affiliated facilities; to relocate the<br>Missouri River correctional center and the farming and ranching operations of<br>the North Dakota state penitentiary; or for penitentiary renovation.13.To provide meals at a fair value or without a charge to officers and employees of the<br>department as required by their job assignments.14.To accept property forfeited or seized in accordance with law.15.To collect costs and fees from persons on correctional supervision for the<br>supervision services, control devices, and programs as implemented by the<br>department to assist in making community corrections an effective alternative to<br>incarceration. A person on active supervision is presumed able to pay assessed<br>fees unless the director, giving due consideration to the fiscal obligations and<br>resources of the probationer, determines otherwise. A person with the ability to payPage No. 3assessed fees who refuses to pay must be returned to the court for a judicial<br>determination. In addition to any other remedies allowed by law, the department<br>may enforce and collect any unpaid supervision costs and fees imposed as a<br>condition of parole, probation, or under a program implemented under this section in<br>a civil judgment entered by a district court of this state and may employ licensed<br>collection agencies to enforce and collect any unpaid supervision costs and fees.16.To collect the costs of any presentence investigation and report incurred under<br>subsection 11 of section 12.1-32-02, giving due consideration to the financial<br>obligations and resources of the defendant.54-23.3-05. Appointment and removal of officers. The director of the department ofcorrections and rehabilitation with the approval of the governor may appoint a director of the<br>division of juvenile services, a director of the division of adult services, and other division<br>directors and personnel as deemed necessary for the effective and efficient operation of the<br>department. The director of the division of juvenile services, the director of the division of adult<br>services, and other division directors who may be appointed shall meet qualifications as<br>established for the classified service. The division directors may be removed by the director of<br>the department, with the approval of the governor, for misconduct, neglect of duty, incompetency,<br>or other cause showing an inability or refusal to properly perform the duties of their office. All<br>other officers and employees of each division must be appointed and removed by the director of<br>the division, subject to the approval of the director of the department of corrections and<br>rehabilitation. All officers and employees of the department of corrections and rehabilitation are<br>subject to the provisions of the state personnel policies.54-23.3-06.Salaries of division directors and other officers.The director of thedepartment of corrections and rehabilitation shall determine the salary of each division director<br>within the limits of legislative appropriations and within the salary range of the classified position<br>as established by North Dakota human resource management services for the position. All other<br>officers and employees shall receive salaries determined by their division director and approved<br>by the director of the department.54-23.3-07.Confidentiality of selected information pertaining to department ofcorrections and rehabilitation employees. 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generaladministrative supervision, guidance, and planning of adult and juvenile correctional facilities and\u003cbr\u003eprograms within the state. The department includes a division of adult services, a division of\u003cbr\u003ejuvenile services, and such other divisions as are determined necessary for the effective and\u003cbr\u003eefficient operation of the department. Programs and facilities included in the department are the\u003cbr\u003eNorth Dakota state penitentiary or any of its affiliated facilities, parole and probation for adult\u003cbr\u003eoffenders, North Dakota youth correctional center, community programs and services for juvenile\u003cbr\u003eoffenders under the division of juvenile services, and any other programs developed by the\u003cbr\u003edepartment.54-23.3-01.1. Definitions. As used in this chapter:1.\u0026quot;Director\u0026quot; means the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation.\u003cbr\u003eThe director may designate officers of the department to assist in carrying out the\u003cbr\u003edirector's duties.2.\u0026quot;Inmate\u0026quot; means an offender who the district court has committed to the legal and\u003cbr\u003ephysical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation and who is\u003cbr\u003econfined in the North Dakota state penitentiary or its affiliated facilities or is confined\u003cbr\u003ein another state's correctional facility, a federal correctional facility, a county\u003cbr\u003ecorrectional facility or regional corrections center, a private correctional facility, or\u003cbr\u003ehas been placed in a community placement program, treatment facility, or\u003cbr\u003etransitional center by the department.3.\u0026quot;Juvenile offender\u0026quot; means an offender who is supervised by an officer of the juvenile\u003cbr\u003ecourt or has been adjudicated unruly or delinquent by the juvenile court and placed\u003cbr\u003ein the custody of the division of juvenile services.4.\u0026quot;Offender\u0026quot; means a person who has been committed to the legal and physical\u003cbr\u003ecustody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation, or placed under the\u003cbr\u003esupervision and management of the department by a district court, by the parole\u003cbr\u003eboard, or through the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders.5.\u0026quot;Parolee\u0026quot; means an offender who has been placed under the supervision and\u003cbr\u003emanagement of the department of corrections and rehabilitation by the parole board\u003cbr\u003eor through the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders.6.\u0026quot;Probationer\u0026quot; means an offender who has been placed under the supervision and\u003cbr\u003emanagement of the department of corrections and rehabilitation by a district court or\u003cbr\u003ethrough the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders.54-23.3-02. 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The purpose of the department of corrections and rehabilitation is:1.To develop a statewide correctional philosophy that will provide direction, goals, and\u003cbr\u003estandards for corrections.2.To provide for the care, custody, discipline, training, and treatment of persons\u003cbr\u003ecommitted to state correctional facilities and programs.3.To coordinate and provide a continuum of correctional services to both adult and\u003cbr\u003ejuvenile clients.Page No. 14.To promote and develop close communication and mutual understanding of\u003cbr\u003ecorrections issues and concerns between the courts and the department.5.To provide joint training of staff and career opportunities for corrections staff.6.To work with local and state entities to develop alternatives to conventional\u003cbr\u003eincarceration for those offenders who can be dealt with more effectively in less\u003cbr\u003erestrictive, community-based facilities and programs.54-23.3-03.Director - Appointment - Qualifications - Compensation.The chiefadministrative officer of the department is the director of the department of corrections and\u003cbr\u003erehabilitation, who must be appointed by the governor. The position of director is not a classified\u003cbr\u003eposition and the director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The person appointed as\u003cbr\u003edirector must hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and must\u003cbr\u003ehave held a management position in correctional or related work for at least five years. The\u003cbr\u003egovernor shall set the salary of the director within the limits of legislative appropriations.54-23.3-04.Director - Powers and duties.The director of the department ofcorrections and rehabilitation has the following powers and duties:1.To manage and control all institutions and programs within the department and to\u003cbr\u003eadminister and enforce the laws with which the department is charged.2.To promote a unified criminal justice system and develop a statewide correctional\u003cbr\u003ephilosophy in cooperation with the courts, law enforcement, and other entities in the\u003cbr\u003ecriminal justice system.3.To develop necessary programs and services for adult and juvenile offenders, within\u003cbr\u003elegislative appropriations, to provide for their treatment and rehabilitation and to\u003cbr\u003erecognize their special needs.4.To develop, maintain, and revise as required a comprehensive master plan for the\u003cbr\u003estate's correctional system which must indicate the system's needs and resources.5.To establish policies and procedures necessary to carry out the responsibilities of\u003cbr\u003ethe department.6.To organize the department into an adult services division, a juvenile services\u003cbr\u003edivision, and such other divisions that will enable it to function most effectively and\u003cbr\u003eefficiently.7.To exercise general supervisory and appointing authority over all department\u003cbr\u003eemployees, subject to any applicable personnel laws and rules.8.To employ and remove the director of the division of juvenile services, the director of\u003cbr\u003ethe division of adult services, and other division directors and personnel who may be\u003cbr\u003edeemed necessary by the director of the department.Until the director of thedepartment of corrections and rehabilitation has been granted the full-time\u003cbr\u003eequivalent positions within the department's budget for the division director positions,\u003cbr\u003eor when the positions are vacant, the responsibilities of these positions must be\u003cbr\u003eassumed by the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation or by the\u003cbr\u003edirector's designee.9.To delegate authority to subordinates as necessary and appropriate, clearly\u003cbr\u003edelineating the delegated authority and limitations.10.To promote the development of alternatives to conventional incarceration for those\u003cbr\u003eoffenderswhocanbedealtwithmoreeffectivelyinlessrestrictive,community-based facilities and programs.Page No. 211.To contract for correctional services, and to provide such services, with the United\u003cbr\u003eStates, Canada, other states, and any of their governmental subdivisions and\u003cbr\u003eagencies and with another agency or governmental unit in this state, or with any\u003cbr\u003eprivate or public correctional or treatment facility or agency.The director shallreimburse the entity at an amount based upon the services required for the housing\u003cbr\u003eand treatment of inmates.The director may also contract to provide services,without cost to the state, for persons held by any of the jurisdictions mentioned in\u003cbr\u003ethis section. If a treaty is in effect between the United States and a foreign country\u003cbr\u003efor the transfer and exchange of offenders, the director of the department of\u003cbr\u003ecorrections and rehabilitation, upon recommendation of the warden and the approval\u003cbr\u003eof the governor, may on behalf of the state under the terms of the treaty transfer or\u003cbr\u003eexchange offenders and take any action necessary for the state to participate in the\u003cbr\u003etreaty.12.Tolease land owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the department ofcorrections and rehabilitation. A lease by the director is not subject to the conditions\u003cbr\u003eof this subsection. The director may sell or exchange, with the governor's approval,\u003cbr\u003eselected portions of land owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the department\u003cbr\u003eof corrections and rehabilitation and may sell, trade, lease, or grant mining\u003cbr\u003eeasements to extract and remove any resources found on, in, or under said\u003cbr\u003edepartment of corrections and rehabilitation lands, including clay, coal, oil, gas,\u003cbr\u003egravel, sand, dirt, and sod, under the following conditions:a.Any such sale, exchange, or transaction must allow for the submission of bids\u003cbr\u003epursuant to a notice published in at least one official county newspaper. The\u003cbr\u003esale, exchange, or transaction is exempt from the provisions of sections\u003cbr\u003e54-01-05.2 and 54-01-05.5.b.Any such sale, exchange, or transaction may not be made for less than the\u003cbr\u003eappraised value, and the state reserves the right to reject any and all bids.c.The commissioner of university and school lands or the commissioner's\u003cbr\u003edesignee shall provide technical assistance and advice to the director of the\u003cbr\u003edepartment of corrections and rehabilitation in any transaction.d.All legal documents, papers, and instruments required by any transaction must\u003cbr\u003ebe reviewed and approved as to form and legality by the attorney general.e.Any of these transactions can be entered into on any terms and conditions\u003cbr\u003epermitted by law and approved by the governor.f.All funds and proceeds realized from any of these transactions must be placed\u003cbr\u003ein an interest-bearing fund in the state treasury, designated as the North Dakota\u003cbr\u003estate penitentiary land fund to be used for the acquisition of additional land and\u003cbr\u003efacilities; to maintain, expand, or develop affiliated facilities; to relocate the\u003cbr\u003eMissouri River correctional center and the farming and ranching operations of\u003cbr\u003ethe North Dakota state penitentiary; or for penitentiary renovation.13.To provide meals at a fair value or without a charge to officers and employees of the\u003cbr\u003edepartment as required by their job assignments.14.To accept property forfeited or seized in accordance with law.15.To collect costs and fees from persons on correctional supervision for the\u003cbr\u003esupervision services, control devices, and programs as implemented by the\u003cbr\u003edepartment to assist in making community corrections an effective alternative to\u003cbr\u003eincarceration. A person on active supervision is presumed able to pay assessed\u003cbr\u003efees unless the director, giving due consideration to the fiscal obligations and\u003cbr\u003eresources of the probationer, determines otherwise. A person with the ability to payPage No. 3assessed fees who refuses to pay must be returned to the court for a judicial\u003cbr\u003edetermination. In addition to any other remedies allowed by law, the department\u003cbr\u003emay enforce and collect any unpaid supervision costs and fees imposed as a\u003cbr\u003econdition of parole, probation, or under a program implemented under this section in\u003cbr\u003ea civil judgment entered by a district court of this state and may employ licensed\u003cbr\u003ecollection agencies to enforce and collect any unpaid supervision costs and fees.16.To collect the costs of any presentence investigation and report incurred under\u003cbr\u003esubsection 11 of section 12.1-32-02, giving due consideration to the financial\u003cbr\u003eobligations and resources of the defendant.54-23.3-05. Appointment and removal of officers. The director of the department ofcorrections and rehabilitation with the approval of the governor may appoint a director of the\u003cbr\u003edivision of juvenile services, a director of the division of adult services, and other division\u003cbr\u003edirectors and personnel as deemed necessary for the effective and efficient operation of the\u003cbr\u003edepartment. The director of the division of juvenile services, the director of the division of adult\u003cbr\u003eservices, and other division directors who may be appointed shall meet qualifications as\u003cbr\u003eestablished for the classified service. The division directors may be removed by the director of\u003cbr\u003ethe department, with the approval of the governor, for misconduct, neglect of duty, incompetency,\u003cbr\u003eor other cause showing an inability or refusal to properly perform the duties of their office. All\u003cbr\u003eother officers and employees of each division must be appointed and removed by the director of\u003cbr\u003ethe division, subject to the approval of the director of the department of corrections and\u003cbr\u003erehabilitation. All officers and employees of the department of corrections and rehabilitation are\u003cbr\u003esubject to the provisions of the state personnel policies.54-23.3-06.Salaries of division directors and other officers.The director of thedepartment of corrections and rehabilitation shall determine the salary of each division director\u003cbr\u003ewithin the limits of legislative appropriations and within the salary range of the classified position\u003cbr\u003eas established by North Dakota human resource management services for the position. All other\u003cbr\u003eofficers and employees shall receive salaries determined by their division director and approved\u003cbr\u003eby the director of the department.54-23.3-07.Confidentiality of selected information pertaining to department ofcorrections and rehabilitation employees. 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