§ 12-18-1 - Placement of offenders under director of corrections.
SECTION 12-18-1
§ 12-18-1 Placement of offenders underdirector of corrections. – It shall be lawful for any court in the state, at any time before sentence, toprovisionally place any offender, juvenile or adult, who can lawfully beadmitted to bail, under the control and supervision of the director ofcorrections or the director's designee or any probation officer that thedirector may designate, and whenever any offender shall be placed in thecustody or under the control and supervision of the director or designee or ofany designated probation officer, the director or designee and the probationofficer shall have and exercise the same rights and powers in relation to theoffender as are or may be possessed by a surety on a recognizance.