Sec. 27-151. Duty of community correctional center, jail and prison officers.

(a) No provost marshal, commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a community correctional center or any other jail, penitentiary, or prison designated under section 27-150, shall refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge, when the committing commissioned officer furnishes a statement, signed by him, of the offense charged against the prisoner.

(b) Every commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a community correctional center or of any other jail, penitentiary, or prison designated under section 27-150, to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within twenty-four hours after that commitment or as soon as he is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.

(1967, P.A. 717, S. 11; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 89-221, S. 3.)

History: 1969 act replaced jails with community correctional centers; P.A. 89-221 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “committing person” with “committing commissioned officer”.