HB0218 - Department of corrections warrants-2.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0590 |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0218
Department of corrections warrants-2.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Nicholas
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
criminal procedure; providing for the
2
issuance of a warrant by the director of the department of
3 corrections
for the apprehension of inmates absent from the
4
custody of the department; providing procedures; and
5
providing for an effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
8
9 Section
1. W.S. 25-1-104 by creating a new subsection
10 (j) is amended to read:
11
12 25-1-104. Creation of department of
corrections;
13 duties; inspections of state institutions; regulation of
14 prisoner-produced goods.
15
16 (j) The director may order returned to the custody of
17 the
department any person under the department's
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1 jurisdiction. The written order of the director shall be
2 sufficient warrant for any peace
officer to return to
3 actual custody any escaped state
prisoner or any state
4 prisoner released prior to his
scheduled release date or
5 who is about to be released by another
jurisdiction who
6 should be returned to custody. It is
the duty of all peace
7 officers to execute the order of the
director issued under
8 this subsection in like manner as
ordinary criminal
9 process. A person taken into custody
under the order of the
10 director
is not subject to release on bail. Consistent with
11 W.S.
7-3-201 through 7-3-227, the director may apply to the
12 governor
to seek the extradition of an inmate apprehended
13 in
another state pursuant to an order of the director
14 issued
under this subsection.
15
16 Section 2. This act is
effective immediately upon
17 completion of all acts necessary for a bill
to become law
18 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the
Wyoming
19 Constitution.
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21 (END)
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