§ 153A-219. District confinement facilities.
§ 153A‑219. District confinement facilities.
(a) Two or more units of local government may enter into andcarry out an agreement to establish, finance, and operate a districtconfinement facility. The units may construct such a facility or may designatean existing facility as a district confinement facility. In addition, two ormore units of local government may enter into and carry out agreements underwhich one unit may use the local confinement facility owned and operated byanother. In exercising the powers granted by this section, the units shallproceed according to the procedures and provisions of Chapter 160A, Article 20,Part 1.
(b) If a district confinement facility is established, the unitsinvolved shall provide for a jail administrator for the facility. Theadministrator need not be the sheriff or any other official of a participatingunit. The administrator and the other custodial personnel of a districtconfinement facility have the authority of law‑ enforcement officers forthe purposes of receiving, maintaining custody of, and transporting prisoners.
(c) If a district confinement facility is established, or if oneunit contracts to use the local confinement facility of another, the law‑enforcementofficers of the contracting units and the custodial personnel of the facilitymay transport prisoners to and from the facility.
(d) The Department shall provide technical and other assistanceto units wishing to exercise any of the powers granted by this section. (1933, c. 201; 1967, c. 581, s. 2; 1969, c. 743; 1971,c. 341, s. 1; 1973, c. 822, s. 1.)