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§ 5004. Authority of Commonwealth employees

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 61 Pa.C.S.A. Prisons and ParoleEffective: June 30, 2021

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 61 Pa.C.S.A. Prisons and Parole (Refs & Annos)
Part III. Inmate Confinement (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 50. Community Corrections Centers and Community Corrections Facilities
Effective: June 30, 2021
61 Pa.C.S.A. § 5004
§ 5004. Authority of Commonwealth employees
Currentness
Commonwealth employees of community corrections centers and parole violator centers and other Commonwealth employees present in community corrections facilities have the authority to do all of the following:
(1) In order to maintain security and to enforce the rules of the community corrections center, parole violator center or community corrections facility:
(i) search the person and property of an offender residing in the community corrections center, parole violator center or community corrections facility;
(ii) seize property from an offender residing in the community corrections center, parole violator center or community corrections facility; and
(iii) if necessary, use reasonable force against an offender residing in the community corrections center or community corrections facility.
(2) Detain, by using reasonable force if necessary, an offender residing in the community corrections center, parole violator center or community corrections facility to maintain control of the offender pending the arrival of a department parole agent,1 police officer or other appropriate law enforcement officer.

Credits

2012, July 5, P.L. 1050, No. 122, § 13, effective in 180 days [Jan. 2, 2013]. Amended 2021, June 30, P.L. 260, No. 59, § 9, imd. effective.

Footnotes

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Reference to “parole agent” deemed to be reference to an agent as defined in 61 Pa.C.S.A. § 6101, pursuant to 2021, June 30, P.L. 260, No. 59, § 28, imd. effective.
61 Pa.C.S.A. § 5004, PA ST 61 Pa.C.S.A. § 5004
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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