PRINTER'S NO. 2119
No. 1729 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY ANGSTADT, CALTAGIRONE, MOEHLMANN, JOSEPHS,
HECKLER, HAGARTY, McVERRY, DAVIES, GALLEN, SEMMEL, LEH,
BOYES, ARGALL, ALLEN, NOYE, JACKSON, ROBINSON, HALUSKA,
MELIO, NAILOR, MERRY, CARLSON, B. SMITH, FARGO, FAIRCHILD,
DISTLER, J. L. WRIGHT, PHILLIPS, MORRIS, D. W. SNYDER,
SAURMAN, BARLEY, BUNT, MILLER, STABACK, TIGUE, DIETTERICK,
VROON, LANGTRY, TRELLO, GRUPPO, JOHNSON, BURD, FLICK,
KASUNIC, MRKONIC, BILLOW AND BATTISTO, JUNE 20, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 20, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 16, 1921 (P.L.579, No.262), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act providing for the better management of the
3 jails or county prisons in the several counties of this
4 Commonwealth of the third, fourth, fifth classes and in
5 certain counties of the sixth, seventh and eighth classes by
6 creating, in such counties, a board to be known by the name
7 and style of inspectors of the jail or county prison, with
8 authority to appoint a warden of such prison, and by vesting
9 in said board, and the officers appointed by it, the safe-
10 keeping, discipline, and employment of prisoners and the
11 government and management of said jails or county prisons,"
12 further providing for powers of the board of prison
13 inspectors.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of May 16, 1921 (P.L.579,
17 No.262), referred to as the County Prison Board Law, amended
18 April 28, 1978 (P.L.74, No.35), is amended to read:
19 Section 1. (a) Be it enacted, &c., That the persons now
20 holding the following offices, and their successors, in all
1 counties of this Commonwealth of the third, fourth, and fifth
2 classes, shall compose a board, to be known by the name and
3 style of inspectors of the jail or county prisons, to wit: The
4 president judge of the court of common pleas or a judge
5 designated by him, the district attorney, the sheriff, the
6 controller, and the commissioners of each of said counties; in
7 which board, and the officers appointed by it, the safe-keeping,
8 discipline, including the use of prisoners in community service
9 programs, and employment of prisoners, and the government and
10 management of said institution, shall be exclusively vested; and
11 that the present responsibility of the sheriff of each of said
12 counties in regard to the safe-keeping of the prisoners shall
13 cease and determine on their committal to said prison, and such
14 sheriff shall no longer be furnished a residence in said
15 institution.
16 (b) Any county of the sixth, seventh or eighth class may
17 elect by resolution of the county commissioners to be governed
18 by the provisions of this act.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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