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2011 Vermont Code
Title 28 Public Institutions and Corrections
Chapter 11 SUPERVISION OF ADULT INMATES AT THE CORRECTIONAL F
§ 702 Transfer between facilities of the department


28 VT Stats § 702. (2011 through Adj Sess) What's This?

§ 702. Transfer between facilities of the department

(a) The commissioner may transfer any inmate committed to his or her custody between any of the correctional facilities except that the commissioner shall not have the authority to transfer a child, as defined in this title, to any facility except in accordance with section 5530 of Title 33.

(b) The commissioner shall have the authority to transfer a person under arrest and charged with any offense, or convicted but not yet sentenced, from the correctional facility at which the person is detained to any other facility if the commissioner determines that the person cannot be kept properly or safely at the correctional facility at which he or she is detained. If the commissioner determines that such person has manifested a mental illness requiring treatment, the commissioner shall have the authority to initiate transfer proceedings pursuant to section 703 of this title. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), { 20; amended 1987, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), { 5.)

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