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RSA 21-H:3 · Establishment; General Functions

Title: I: THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Chapter: 21-H · DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Status: current
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21-H:3 Establishment; General Functions. –

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There is hereby established a department of corrections, an agency of the state.

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II.

The department of corrections, through its officials, shall be responsible for:

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(a)

Providing for, maintaining and administering such state correctional facilities and programs as may be required for the custody, safekeeping, control, correctional treatment and rehabilitation of inmates.

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(b)

Supervising persons placed on probation and persons released on parole and administering probation and parole services.

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(c)

Acting in an advisory capacity in assisting law enforcement agencies and communities in the prevention of crime and delinquency.

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(d)

Ensuring that victims of crime are treated in a manner consistent with RSA 21-M:8-k. Source. 1983, 461:1. 2009, 283:1, eff. Sept. 27, 2009.

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Source note

Source. 1983, 461:1. 2009, 283:1, eff. Sept. 27, 2009.

Source history

1983, 461:1
2009, 283:1, eff. Sept. 27, 2009

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to the exclusion of males including but not limited to: (1) Women's health care as described RSA 417-D; (2) For women housed in the department of corrections established in RSA 21-H; (3) Women, infants and children assistance; (4) Women's or girl's sports; and (5) Bathrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms. IV. In common use, an individual's sex is described by the sex listed on an indi