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Title 31 - Prisons and Prisoners

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Chapter 1
JAILS
Sec: 31-101-31-165
Article 1Personnel and Facilities
  • 31-101
  • Common jails; duty of sheriff; use of jails
  • 31-104
  • Employment of temporary guards
  • 31-105
  • Designation of jail in contiguous county; revocation of designation
  • 31-106
  • Disease in jail; removal of prisoners
  • 31-107
  • Emergency removal of prisoners
Article 2Prisoners
  • 31-121
  • Duty of sheriff to receive and provide for prisoners; contracts for furnishing food; city or town prisoners; employment; canteens; special services fund; insurance; education programs
  • 31-122
  • Receiving and keeping federal prisoners
  • 31-123
  • Confinement of person committed to jail
  • 31-124
  • Segregation of prisoners; males and females; minors and adults
  • 31-125
  • Duty of sheriff to deliver judicial papers to prisoner
  • 31-126
  • Examination of certain prisoners for mental disorder
  • 31-127
  • Abuse of prisoner; classification
  • 31-128
  • Unauthorized communication with prisoner; classification
  • 31-129
  • Taking prohibited articles into jail; violation; classification; definitions
  • 31-130
  • Destruction of or injury to public jail; classification
  • 31-131
  • Operation of inmate industry program; special services fund; application of earnings
  • 31-132
  • Duty to deliver medical records
Article 3Labor by Prisoners
  • 31-141
  • Enforcement of sentence imposing hard labor; employment of prisoners; definition
  • 31-142
  • Use of prisoners on public works
  • 31-143
  • Use of prisoners by county engineer
  • 31-144
  • Double time allowance for work done outside jail as trusty
  • 31-145
  • Allowance for hard labor in reduction of fine
  • 31-146
  • Notice of discharge of prisoners sentenced to pay fine or to be imprisoned until payment made
Article 4Inmate Health Care
  • 31-161
  • Inmate health care; costs
  • 31-162
  • Inmate health services fund; audit
  • 31-164
  • Inmate health insurance pools
  • 31-165
  • Inmate medical services; rate structure
Chapter 2
STATE PRISON
Sec: 31-201-31-342
Article 1Officers and Employees
  • 31-201.01
  • Duties of the director; tort actions; medical treatment costs; state immunity; definitions
  • 31-203
  • Persons disqualified as officers or employees
  • 31-204
  • Interest of employee in contracts; gifts to or from prisoner; penalty
  • 31-206
  • Chaplains; duties; traditional Native American religious practitioners
Article 2Prisoners
  • 31-221
  • Master record file; information from other agencies; confidentiality of file; access; definition
  • 31-222
  • Research and evaluation programs
  • 31-223
  • Use of force by correctional officers
  • 31-224
  • Duty to deliver medical records
  • 31-224.01
  • Prisoner medical records; release to immediate family or designated individual; definition
  • 31-225
  • Attendance of prisoner in court
  • 31-226
  • Mentally disordered prisoner; procedure for voluntary or involuntary hospitalization; notice; hearing; transfer; reports; return to incarceration or release; costs; definition
  • 31-227
  • Expenses of prosecution; reimbursement of counties
  • 31-228
  • Procedure for discharge of prisoner; return of property; furnishing money, clothing and transportation ticket; allowing hair to grow before discharge
  • 31-229
  • Functional literacy program; evaluation; certificate; exemptions; wages; definition
  • 31-229.01
  • Functionally literate inmates; education requirement; rules; inmate fees; definition
  • 31-229.02
  • Functionally literate inmates; release eligibility
  • 31-230
  • Prisoner spendable accounts; fees
  • 31-231
  • Unauthorized communication with prisoner; classification; definition
  • 31-232
  • Family considerations in prisoner placement and visitation rules
  • 31-233
  • Order for removal; purposes; duration; continuous alcohol monitoring program; failure to return; classification
  • 31-234
  • Agreements with cities and counties; costs; transfer; participation in programs; custody of director
  • 31-235
  • Prisoner correspondence; definitions
  • 31-236
  • Prisoner inspection or search; state of undress; prohibited acts; exception; report; definition
  • 31-237
  • Dedicated discharge accounts
  • 31-238
  • Incarceration costs; setoff
  • 31-240
  • Prisoner education services budget; prohibited uses
  • 31-241
  • Inmate complaints to boards; procedure
  • 31-242
  • Internet access; violation; classification; definitions
Article 3Labor by Prisoners
  • 31-250
  • Definition of work crew
  • 31-251
  • Hard labor required of prisoners; labor classification; definition
  • 31-252
  • Use of prisoners in public works; cooperative prisoner labor system; definitions
  • 31-253
  • Use of prisoners in prison construction; definition
  • 31-254
  • Compensation for labor performed; price of prison made articles; distribution of earnings; workers' compensation
  • 31-255
  • Alcohol abuse treatment fund
  • 31-256
  • Prisoner training; individual certificates; requirements
Article 4Products of Prisoners
  • 31-261
  • Sale or exchange of products of individual prisoners
Article 5Correctional Facility Construction
  • 31-271
  • Adult correctional facility; multiple confinement
Article 6Transition Program
  • 31-281
  • Transition program; report; definition
  • 31-282
  • Contracted entities; duties; services; definition
  • 31-283
  • Transitional housing; contracts; state licensed facilities
  • 31-284
  • Transition program fund
  • 31-285
  • Transition program release; report
Article 7Mental Health Transition Pilot Program
  • 31-291
  • Mental health transition pilot program; contracted entities; inmate eligibility; rules; study; report; definition
Article 10Prisoner Participation in Medical Research and Plasmapheresis and Whole Blood Programs
  • 31-321
  • Prisoner participation in approved programs
  • 31-323
  • Compensation for prisoner participation in approved programs; trust fund or retention account
Article 11Work Furlough Program
Article 12Escape
  • 31-342
  • Escape; liability for costs incurred in apprehension
Chapter 3
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
Sec: 31-401-31-492
Article 1Board of Executive Clemency
  • 31-401
  • Board of executive clemency; qualifications; appointment; officers; quorum; meeting
  • 31-402
  • Powers of board; powers and duties of governor; powers and duties of executive director
  • 31-403
  • Commutation; restrictions on consideration
  • 31-404
  • Wilful failure to pay; revocation of parole or community supervision
Article 2Paroles
  • 31-411
  • Parole or discharge; conditions of parole; release under supervision of state department of corrections; notice of hearing; exceptions; drug testing costs
  • 31-411.01
  • Parole or community supervision for persons previously convicted of possession or use of marijuana, a dangerous drug or a narcotic drug; treatment; prevention; education; termination of parole or community supervision
  • 31-412
  • Criteria for release on parole; release; custody of parolee; definition
  • 31-413
  • Duty of department of corrections to assist in securing employment for parolees and prisoners
  • 31-414
  • Absolute discharge of parolee; effect; notice to victim
  • 31-415
  • Violation of parole or community supervision; warrant for retaking parolee or offender on community supervision
  • 31-416
  • Execution of warrant to take paroled prisoner or offender on community supervision; expenses
  • 31-417
  • Notification to board of parole violator; hearing; reimprisonment
  • 31-418
  • Community supervision fee; deposit; community corrections enhancement fund; drug testing costs
Article 3Reprieves, Commutations, and Pardons
  • 31-441
  • Application for pardon; statement of facts proved at trial
  • 31-442
  • Application for pardon; notice; exceptions
  • 31-443
  • Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons
  • 31-444
  • Power of governor to suspend sentence for treason pending consideration by legislature
  • 31-445
  • Publication of reasons for granting a commutation, pardon, reprieve, stay or suspension of execution
Article 4.1Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders
  • 31-467
  • Adoption of interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders
  • 31-467.01
  • Parole or probation violation; retaking; notice; hearing; custody pending hearing
  • 31-467.03
  • Hearing rights of parolee or probationer
  • 31-467.06
  • Supervision fee; deposit; drug testing costs
  • 31-467.07
  • Interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders; eight-year review
Article 5Western Interstate Corrections Compact
  • 31-471
  • Western interstate corrections compact
  • 31-472
  • Commitment or transfer of inmate; prohibition against transfer of inmate sentenced under Arizona law to institution outside state in absence of consent; irrevocability of consent
  • 31-473
  • Enforcement of compact; hearings in compliance with compact
  • 31-474
  • Contracts implementing state's participation in compact; prerequisite approval; authorized provisions; determination of suitability of institution and confinement
  • 31-475
  • Right of transferred prisoner on release from prison outside this state
Article 6Agreement on Detainers
  • 31-481
  • Agreement; authorization; contents
  • 31-482
  • Matters pertaining to agreement
Article 7Interstate Corrections Compact
  • 31-491
  • Interstate corrections compact
Chapter 5
LIMITED RESTRICTIONS FOR PREGNANT PRISONERS AND PRISONERS WITH CHILDREN
Sec: 31-601
Article 1General Provisions
  • 31-601
  • Pregnant prisoners; restraints; written findings; rules; appropriate food and dietary supplements; restrictive housing; bed placement; training; reporting; definitions