Pennsylvania Act 1953-410 — CREATING CERTAIN PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Act text

CREATING CERTAIN PENAL INSTITUTIONS
                 Act of Jul. 29, 1953, P.L. 1433, No. 410             Cl. 61
                                  AN ACT

     Creating certain penal and correctional institutions and boards
        of trustees; abolishing certain penal institutions; imposing
        duties upon the Commissioner of Correction of the Department
        of Justice; and providing for the costs of transportation and
        maintenance of inmates.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  There are hereby created, as departmental
     administrative boards in the Department of Justice, new boards
     of trustees which shall have general direction and control of
     the property and management, as provided by The Administrative
     Code, the act, approved the ninth day of April, one thousand
     nine hundred twenty-nine (Pamphlet Laws 177), as amended, of
     certain institutions which the Department of Justice is hereby
     specifically authorized to establish:
        (a)  The Board of Trustees of the State Penitentiary at
     Rockview;
        (b)  The Board of Trustees of the State Penitentiary at
     Graterford; and
        (c)  The Board of Trustees of the State Penitentiary at
     Huntingdon.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 502 of Act 164 of 1980 provided
            that the powers and duties of the Attorney General and/or
            the Department of Justice contained in section 1 are
            transferred to the Office of General Counsel.
        Section 2.  The Commissioner of Correction of the Department
     of Justice shall formulate a State-wide plan of operation of the
     penal and correctional institutions within the Department of
     Justice. The Eastern and Western State Penitentiaries shall be
     maximum security institutions and the State Penitentiaries at
     Rockview, Graterford and Huntingdon shall be used for maximum,
     medium and minimum security institutions, as the Commissioner of
     Correction shall designate by such plan: Provided, however, That
     each institution shall have a separate warden or superintendent,
     and the practice of having branch institutions shall be
     abolished.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 502 of Act 164 of 1980 provided
            that the powers and duties of the Attorney General and/or
            the Department of Justice contained in section 2 are
            transferred to the Office of General Counsel.
        Section 3.  Each of the institutions hereby authorized, when
     established, shall receive and care for those persons assigned
     or transferred thereto by the Deputy Commissioner for Treatment
     of the Department of Justice in accordance with law.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 502 of Act 164 of 1980 provided
            that the powers and duties of the Attorney General and/or
            the Department of Justice contained in section 3 are
            transferred to the Office of General Counsel.
        Section 4.  The costs of transporting persons to and from the
     institutions hereby authorized and the costs of their
     maintenance therein shall be borne by the Commonwealth and the
     several counties to the extent and in the manner now provided by
     law.
        Section 5.  This act shall become effective, as to each
     institution and its board of trustees herein provided for, upon
     the date fixed by the Governor in a proclamation pertaining to
     that institution.
        Section 6.  The act, approved the fifteenth day of May, one
     thousand nine hundred forty-five (Pamphlet Laws 571), is hereby
     repealed, which repeal shall become effective, as to each
     institution and its board of trustees, upon the date fixed by
     the Governor in a proclamation pertaining to that institution.