PRINTER'S NO. 1095
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1068
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY METZGAR, STAATS, STRUZZI AND ZIMMERMAN,
MAY 2, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 2, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in general administration relating to
correctional institutions, providing for inmate transfer to
restricted unit.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1155. Inmate transfer to restricted unit.
(a) Transfer within institution.--An inmate of any
correctional institution who assaults a correctional facility or
detention facility employee shall be transferred to the
restricted housing unit or equivalent unit of the institution
for a period determined by the chief administrator.
(b) Transfer out of facility.--If a correctional institution
under subsection (a) does not have a restricted housing unit or
equivalent unit, the secretary or the secretary's designee may
transfer an inmate under the provisions of section 1151
(relating to general transfer authorization).
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Section 2. Regulations, including the provisions of 37 Pa.
Code § 93.10, are abrogated insofar as they are inconsistent
with the addition of 61 Pa.C.S. § 1155.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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