Section 30-B:6 - Policies; Rules and RegulationsI. The county commissioners shall establish policies and procedures for the management of the county department of corrections as authorized in RSA 28:12.II. The commissioners shall adopt any necessary rules and regulations for the fulfillment of the powers and duties of the superintendent.III.(a) No county department of corrections shall enter into a contract with a private or for-profit entity for the sole purpose of housing county prisoners. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a county department of corrections from contracting for select services that are provided inside of a county correctional facility.(b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), if the county commissioners declare that a corrections emergency exists that requires the superintendent to enter into a temporary contract with a private or for-profit entity to secure provisional housing for displaced prisoners, the superintendent may enter into such a contract, pending approval of the county commissioners. Temporary contracts entered into under this section shall not permanently or indefinitely replace a county correctional facility or a contract with another publicly-operated facility.
RSA 30-B:6
Amended by 2020, 12:9, eff. 7/16/2020.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988. 2020, 12:9, eff. July 16, 2020.