Sec. 6-32d. Responsibility for transportation and custody of prisoners. Lafayette Street courthouse.
Sec. 6-32d. Responsibility for transportation and custody of prisoners. Lafayette Street courthouse. (a) Except as otherwise agreed between the Judicial Branch
and the Department of Correction or other appropriate agency, the responsibility for
transportation and custody of prisoners shall be assumed as follows:
(1) The Judicial Branch shall be responsible for the transportation of male prisoners
between courthouses and: (A) Community correction centers, until sentencing; (B) other
places of confinement after arraignment and until sentencing; and (C) the place of initial
confinement, after sentencing. In addition, the Judicial Branch shall be responsible for
the transportation of adult female prisoners between courthouses and community correction centers, not including the correctional institution at Niantic. If such transportation
is in other than state vehicles, the owner of the vehicle used shall be reimbursed by the
state at the rate then established for state employees within the Office of Policy and
Management.
(2) The Department of Correction shall be responsible for the transportation of adult
female prisoners between places of confinement and either courthouses or community
correction centers, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Correction. In the transportation of prisoners between courthouses and community correctional centers, there shall
be complete separation of male and female prisoners.
(3) The Judicial Branch shall be responsible for the custody of prisoners at courthouses, except that the local police operating any lockup which is designated by the
Chief Court Administrator as a courthouse lockup shall be responsible for the custody
of prisoners within that lockup. In addition, if such designated lockup is not in the same
building as the courthouse serviced by it, the local police operating such designated
lockup shall be responsible for escorting prisoners from the lockup to the courthouse.
The town in which such a designated lockup is located shall be reimbursed pursuant to
section 7-135a.
(4) In Hartford County, the Lafayette Street courthouse shall be used as housing
for persons arrested by the police department of the city of Hartford and held for presentment at the next session of the court pursuant to the following terms and conditions:
(A) No arrestees shall be admitted or released directly to or from the lockup, and no
social visits shall be permitted at the lockup; (B) all processing and booking shall be
accomplished by the police department of the city of Hartford at its booking facility;
(C) after arrival at the lockup and prior to arraignment, the release of any arrestee, with
or without bond, shall be accomplished by the police department of the city of Hartford
from its booking facility; and (D) the Judicial Branch shall be responsible for the operation of the lockup at the Lafayette Street courthouse and the transportation of arrestees
prior to arraignment from the booking facility of the police department of the city of
Hartford.
(b) The Judicial Department shall employ judicial marshals for prisoner custody
and transportation responsibilities pursuant to this section. The Chief Court Administrator may establish employment standards and implement appropriate training programs
to assure secure prisoner custody and transportation. Such standards and programs shall
be in force and effect by December 1, 2000. Any property used by the sheriffs for prisoner
transportation shall be transferred to the Judicial Department.
(c) The Judicial Department may enter into an agreement with state agencies for
the management, training or coordination, or any combination thereof, of courthouse
security and prisoner custody and transportation functions.
(P.A. 80-394, S. 10, 13; P.A. 81-472, S. 3, 159; P.A. 84-397, S. 3, 7; P.A. 94-177, S. 1; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S.
67, 130; P.A. 00-99, S. 1, 154; 00-210, S. 1, 5; P.A. 01-195, S. 9, 181; P.A. 03-202, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 81-472 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators and numeric Subpara. indicators
with alphabetic indicators as necessary to conform with other statutes and made minor changes in wording of Subdiv. (1),
formerly (a); P.A. 84-397 amended Subdiv. (1) to delete reference to prisoner transportation performed by court security
officers; P.A. 94-177 added Subdiv. (4) re use of Lafayette Street courthouse and the responsibilities of the police department
of the city of Hartford and the high sheriff of Hartford County; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 revised effective date of P.A.
94-177 but without affecting this section, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 00-99 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a),
amended said Subsec. (a) by adding "as of April 12, 2000," by transferring functions of high sheriffs to Judicial Department
with respect to the transportation and custody of prisoners in Subdivs. (1), (3) and (4), and by providing in Subdiv. (2) that
in the transportation of prisoners between courthouses and community correctional centers, there shall be a complete
separation of male and female prisoners, added Subsec. (b) re employment of judicial marshals by Judicial Department
for prisoner custody and transportation, the establishment of standards and training by Chief Court Administrator by
December 1, 2000, and transfer of property used by sheriffs for prisoner transportation to Judicial Department, and added
Subsec. (c) requiring Judicial Department to enter into agreement with state agencies for management, training or coordination for courthouse security and prisoner custody and transportation functions, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 00-210
changed "shall" to "may" in Subsec. (c), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 01-195 made a technical change in Subsec. (c),
effective July 11, 2001; P.A. 03-202 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references to "advisory board" and "Judicial
Department" with references to "judicial branch", deleting reference to Morgan Street facility and making technical
changes.
Cited. 229 C. 479.