Sec. 18-82. Administrators of correctional institutions: Appointment, removal and qualifications.
Sec. 18-82. Administrators of correctional institutions: Appointment, removal and qualifications. The Commissioner of Correction shall appoint and may
remove the following administrators, all of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the
commissioner and shall be exempt from the classified service: All correctional wardens,
including any warden with oversight of a district, a correctional institution, parole and
community services, population management, programs and treatment, security and
academy training or staff development. Such wardens shall possess skill and experience
in correctional administration.
(1967, P.A. 152, S. 7; 1969, P.A. 300; 1971, P.A. 154, S. 3; P.A. 75-85; P.A. 77-614, S. 272, 610; P.A. 85-397; P.A.
87-282, S. 13; P.A. 94-193, S. 4; P.A. 03-90, S. 1; P.A. 07-158, S. 7.)
History: 1969 act replaced deputy commissioners for disciplinary and treatment services and for field services with
deputy commissioners of institution services and of community services, replaced State Farm and State Prison for Women
with Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, replaced State Prison with Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers,
replaced reformatory with Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire and jails with community correctional centers;
1971 act replaced Osborn correctional institution with Enfield correctional institution; P.A. 75-85 replaced provisions re
appointment of specific deputy commissioners and re duties of deputy commissioner of women's services with statement
that there shall be three deputy commissioner's; P.A. 77-614 deleted references to council of correction, removed deputy
commissioners entirely and included appointment of community correctional center wardens, effective January 1, 1979;
P.A. 85-397 revised language re administrative heads of state correctional institutions; P.A. 87-282 deleted references to
"superintendents" of institutions; P.A. 94-193 clarified the meaning of "administrative heads of state institutions" as
"administrators, all of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall be exempt from the classified service"
and made other technical corrections for clarity; P.A. 03-90 deleted "all correctional service directors and all regional
support services administrators" from list of administrators the commissioner shall appoint and may remove; P.A. 07-158
revised provisions re types of wardens appointed as administrators, effective July 1, 2007.
Cited. 195 C. 303.