Sec. 18-67. Detention and return of escaped inmate. Any woman who has escaped from the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, may, whether the limit of
her original sentence has expired or not, be arrested and detained without warrant, by
any officer authorized to serve criminal process, for a reasonable time, to enable the
warden of said institution, or a person authorized in writing by the warden of said institution and provided with the mittimus by which such woman was committed, or with a
certified copy thereof, to take such woman for the purpose of returning her to said
institution, but, during such detention, she shall not be committed to a community correctional center, and the officer arresting her shall be paid by the state a reasonable compensation for her arrest and keeping. Any woman lawfully committed to said institution
who escapes therefrom or from any keeper or officer having her in charge or from her
place of work while engaged in working outside the walls of said institution shall be
returned to said institution when arrested and may be disciplined in such manner as the
Commissioner of Correction may determine. The provisions of sections 54-126 to 54-129, inclusive, relating to the arrest and return of paroled inmates shall apply to the
arrest and return of escaped inmates and the provisions of chapter 963 shall apply to
such inmates as have escaped and become fugitives from justice.
(February, 1965, P.A. 556, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 21; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 87-282, S. 8.)
History: 1967 act substituted references to Secs. 54-126 to 54-129 for reference to Sec. 17-362; 1969 act replaced jails
with community correctional centers; P.A. 87-282 substituted "warden" for "superintendent".
Sec. 18-68. Transfers within institution's limits. The warden of the Connecticut
Correctional Institution, Niantic, may transfer any person committed to said institution
to any facility within its limits in accordance with her judgment.
(1967, P.A. 152, S. 18; P.A. 87-282, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 87-282 substituted "warden" for "superintendent".
Sec. 18-69. Placement of children born to inmates of institution. The warden
of the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, subject to the approval of the commissioner, shall establish regulations in cooperation with the Department of Children
and Families for the placing of children born to inmates of the Connecticut Correctional
Institution, Niantic, in order that an infant shall not be maintained at said institution
beyond the planning period for placement which is not to exceed sixty calendar days.
In any instance where the mother of the infant objects in writing to the warden of said
institution as to such placement, the Department of Children and Families shall provide
for an administrative review of the placement action.
(1967, P.A. 152, S. 19; 1971, P.A. 398, S. 1; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 82-43, S. 6; P.A. 87-282, S. 10; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.)
History: 1971 act replaced Connecticut State Farm for Women with Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic,
limited planning period for placement to sixty days and added provision re administrative review of placement action;
P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare department with department of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services department with department of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-43 transferred duties formerly held by human
resources department to department of children and youth services; P.A. 87-282 substituted "warden" for "superintendent";
P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children
and youth services, effective July 1, 1993.
Sec. 18-69a. Placement of children born to detained women. The warden of the
Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, subject to the same conditions as provided
in section 18-69, shall establish regulations in cooperation with the Department of Children and Families for the placing of children born to women who are being detained
at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, awaiting disposition of pending
charges, or have been committed to the Commissioner of Correction for a term of one
year or less, in order that an infant may be placed directly from the facility where such
infant was delivered.
(1971, P.A. 398, S. 2; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 82-43, S. 7; P.A. 87-282, S. 11; P.A. 93-91,
S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare department with department of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced social
services department with department of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-43 replaced "child welfare
services" of human resources department with department of children and youth services; P.A. 87-282 substituted "warden"
for "superintendent"; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and
department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993.