There is a newer version of the Maine Revised Statutes
2005 Maine Code - Chapter 13 — COUNTY JAILS AND JAILERS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (new)) (§1501 - §1660)
Subchapter 1: OFFICIALS AND PERSONNEL (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (new))
- §1501 — Custody of jail and prisoners; jailer
- §1502 — Jailer's duties when office of sheriff vacant
- §1503 — Offices of jailer and sheriff vacant; appointment by county commissioners
- §1504 — Sheriff to return list of prisoners at each criminal session of court
- §1505 — Record of persons committed
- §1506 — Official papers filed and kept with calendar and delivered to successor
- §1507 — Sheriff responsible for delivery of prisoners to successors
- §1508 — Liability of sheriff or jail keeper for escape (REPEALED)
- §1509 — Escape through insufficiency of jail
- §1551 — Positions of trust for certain prisoners
- §1552 — Treatment of prisoners for debt and minors
- §1553 — Violations or furnishing liquor to prisoners
- §1554 — Federal prisoners
- §1555 — Prisoners may attend funerals
- §1556 — Furloughs
- §1557 — Transfer from jails (REPEALED)
- §1557-A — Transfer from jails
- §1558 — Transfer from state correctional facilities
- §1559 — Administration of medication
- §1560 — Removal for disease
- §1561 — Medical care and expenses
- §1562 — Restitution
- §1563 — Disposal of body of person who died in jail
- §1564 — Assistance to discharged prisoners (REPEALED)
- §1601 — Employment of prisoners generally
- §1602 — Charitable organizations (REPEALED)
- §1603 — Contracts subject to cancellation or suspension
- §1604 — Pay for labor of prisoners before sentence
- §1605 — Employment of county jail prisoners
- §1606 — Prisoner participation in public works projects
- §1607 — Family support
- §1651 — Examination of jails; board of visitors
- §1652 — Jails to be clean and healthful
- §1653 — Bible, books and instruction for prisoners
- §1654 — Supplies for jails; accounts audited
- §1655 — Cumberland commissioners annually advertise for supplies
- §1656 — Transfer of prisoners when jail unfit or insecure
- §1657 — Fines applied to building and repair of jail
- §1658 — Additional accommodations
- §1658-A — Regional county facilities
- §1659 — Home-release monitoring program
- §1660 — Report
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