Connecticut
Connecticut has no outside certification for correction officers: the Department of Correction (DOC) hires and trains its own, and the State runs every prison and jail. Since 2023 the State has given the Correction Ombuds survey, oath, and subpoena powers, sent use-of-force reports to the warden, the Commissioner, and the State Police, made discipline records in officers’ files harder to shield by contract, banned private prisons and punitive diets, required public lists of excessive-force suits, and required compliance with the federal PREA standards in effect January 1, 2024.
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- Corrections Ledger
At a glance
- Certifying body
- None for correction officers. DOC hires its own correction officers and trains them at the Maloney Center for Training and Staff Development. The Police Officer Standards and Training Council certifies police officers only; its definition of “police officer” does not include correction officers (CGS 7-294a(9)). See the Connecticut Officer Ledger page for police certification. Adult probation officers work for the Judicial Branch’s Court Support Services Division; parole officers are DOC employees (CGS 18-78, 18-81, 54-103b, 54-104).
- Statute
- CGS chapter 325, Department of Correction (§§ 18-78 to 18-101k), and chapter 323, York Correctional Institution (§§ 18-65 to 18-69e); adult probation in §§ 54-103 to 54-108g and parole in §§ 54-124 to 54-131 (CGS ch. 325; ch. 961). The online statutes linked here are the January 1, 2025 revision; a note on each chapter refers readers to the 2026 Supplement (revised to January 1, 2026) for 2025 changes, so §§ 18-81nn and 18-81qq there show text from before the 2025 and 2026 acts below.
- Minimum standards
- No statutory hiring standards for correction officers were found. DOC’s employment page states: “All positions require no felony convictions and proof of high school diploma or any other educational requirements... A drug test is required prior to employment.” It does not state a minimum age (DOC employment page). By statute, the Commissioners of Correction and Administrative Services must run state and national criminal history records checks on applicants for positions that will involve direct contact with inmates (CGS 18-81l).
- Basic training
- Set by the agency, not by statute: “All hazardous duty positions require new employees to attend a 10-week training course” (DOC employment page).
- In-service training
- No general statutory in-service hour requirement was found. DOC “may develop” a program of 4 to 8 hours a year of mental health training for custodial staff, covering suicide prevention, recognizing mental illness, communication, and alternatives to discipline and use of force; staff at facilities holding women may also receive 4 to 8 hours of gender-specific and trauma-related training (CGS 18-96a(b)). Parole officers hired on or after January 1, 2020 must receive resilience and self-care training (18-82a). Starting January 1, 2027, DOC must report each year on staff PREA training (PA 26-10).
- Decertification
- None. Correction officers are not state-certified, so there is no decertification process or public decertification list; discipline runs through state personnel rules and collective bargaining. POST decertification (CGS 7-294d) applies to police officers only. Since June 30, 2025, new DOC bargaining agreements may not bar disclosure of discipline for violating administrative directives that is in an officer’s personnel file, and since January 1, 2026, excessive-force and medical-neglect suits against DOC that the Attorney General defends must be listed publicly (entries below).
- Jail standards
- Connecticut has no county jails. DOC “shall consist of all correctional institutions under its jurisdiction, the regional community services facilities and the community correctional centers,” so pretrial detention is in State facilities (CGS 18-78). There is no separate jail-standards board. Outside oversight comes from the Office of the Correction Ombuds, in the Office of Governmental Accountability, which may visit facilities and review use-of-force procedures, and since 2025 may survey DOC employees, administer oaths, and, if the ombuds is a Superior Court commissioner, issue subpoenas (CGS 18-81qq, as amended by PA 25-161 and PA 26-40).
- Probation and parole officers
- Adult probation officers work for the Judicial Branch’s Court Support Services Division (Office of Adult Probation). No state certification for them was found; they may detain people with warrants and seize contraband (CGS 54-108d). Parole officers are DOC employees (Parole and Community Services) and must receive resilience and self-care training if hired on or after January 1, 2020 (CGS 18-82a). Neither group is certified by POST.
- Restrictive housing
- CGS 18-96b (PROTECT Act, PA 22-18). “Isolated confinement” means cell confinement with less than 4 hours out of cell a day (5 hours for general population since April 1, 2023), except in an emergency, a lockdown, or for treatment. No one under 18 may be held in isolated confinement. Placement is allowed only after less restrictive measures are considered, for no more than 15 consecutive days or 30 days in any 60-day period. A medical exam and mental health evaluation are required within 24 hours, with a daily therapist check-in, at least 3 showers a week, and at least 2 hours out of cell a day. Isolated confinement may not be used for protective custody beyond a 5-business-day determination period. Lockdowns for staff training are capped at 24 cumulative hours in 30 days (CGS 18-96b(a) to (g)).
- Corrections use of force
- A correction officer who sees another correction officer use force the witness “objectively knows to be excessive or illegal” must intervene and try to stop it, or may be prosecuted as an accessory. Since October 1, 2025, the witness reports to the facility warden, who reports immediately to the Commissioner and the State Police; retaliation is barred, and “use of force” expressly includes restraints, chemical agents, canines, chokeholds, munitions, and forcible cell extraction (CGS 18-81nn, as amended by PA 25-161). An authorized DOC official may use a chokehold or other neck restraint only when the official reasonably believes it necessary to defend the official or a third person from the use or imminent use of deadly physical force (CGS 53a-22(d), as amended by PA 25-29). At York CI, staff may not use leg or waist restraints on anyone known to be pregnant or postpartum, and may restrain a person known to be pregnant only with front wrist handcuffs, unless there is an immediate serious threat or a substantial flight risk and the unit administrator approves; no restraints may be used during labor or delivery (CGS 18-69c(d), (e)).
Changes, 2023 to 2026
Security officer license training waived for correction and parole officers
The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection must waive the training required for a security officer license for anyone currently employed, or separated in good standing within the past 2 years, as a DOC correction officer, a DOC parole officer, or a Judicial Branch judicial marshal, who shows proof of equivalent training. The same waiver covers police officers separated in good standing within 2 years who are not barred from rehiring under CGS 7-291c.
For corrections staff: If you take security work, current or recent DOC service with equivalent training can replace the license training.
Sexual violence crisis hotline: free and confidential, without staff supervision or permission
By December 1, 2026, DOC must revise and post its policy on confidential sexual violence crisis hotlines. Incarcerated people must be able to reach the hotline at no charge, in a location that lets them call confidentially and “without the supervision of, or permission from, any employee of the Department of Correction.”
For corrections staff: Do not supervise, listen to, or require permission for calls to the sexual violence hotline.
Federal PREA standards replace the National PREA Commission standards, with a duty to intervene and ombuds copies of sexual assault reports
Executive branch State agencies and political subdivisions that incarcerate or detain people must, within available appropriations, comply with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act standards (34 U.S.C. 30301) in effect January 1, 2024. Prior law said any agency of the State must “adopt and comply with” the National PREA Commission’s recommendations. New listed standards include a “Duty to intervene” and immediate and ongoing access to sexual assault crisis services. Staff and facility reporting duties now include sending the Office of the Correction Ombuds a copy of any sexual assault report or complaint, and section 2 adds receiving and reviewing those reports to the ombuds’ duties. DOC must report each year on staff PREA training and on reports and investigations, starting January 1, 2027, and must adopt regulations by that date.
For corrections staff: The PREA duty to intervene is now State law, and every sexual assault report you make or receive also goes to the Correction Ombuds.
Request for proposals for a confidential sexual violence hotline for correction officers and incarcerated people
By October 1, 2026, the Commissioner must issue a request for proposals for “a confidential crisis hotline to report incidents of sexual violence for purposes of making such hotline available to correction officers and persons who are incarcerated,” including at York CI. Results and any appropriations request are due to three legislative committees by January 1, 2027.
For corrections staff: Correction officers are named users of the planned confidential hotline.
Correction Ombuds may carry State cell phones inside facilities
Notwithstanding any DOC administrative directive, the Correction Ombuds may possess and use State-issued cell phones and other devices in any facility while on official duty. “Such possession and use of such cellular telephones shall not be restricted and such cellular telephones and other state-issued electronic communication devices shall not be deemed contraband.” The act also deletes the qualifier that, when corroborating incidents, the ombuds should rely on communications from incarcerated people who had reasonably pursued DOC’s internal grievance procedures. PA 26-130, sec. 17 then requires the ombuds to report each year, starting December 31, 2026, the number of complaints found not to warrant investigation and the reasons.
For corrections staff: Do not treat the ombuds’ State phone or devices as contraband or hold them at the gate.
Survivors of correction officers killed on duty: $100,000 death benefit and State employee health plan
The State employee health plan under CGS 5-259(a) is open to the surviving spouse and dependent children of a correction officer who dies from injuries received within the scope of employment, not from illness or natural causes, if they are not otherwise eligible for group coverage. Section 10 adds to CGS 3-122a a definition of “correction officer” as “an individual employed by the Department of Correction,” so the coverage reaches any DOC employee. Section 10 also adds correction officers to the $100,000 lump-sum death benefit that the Comptroller pays, within available appropriations, to the surviving family of a first responder killed in the line of duty. The Office of Legislative Research summary describes the act as adding correction officers, state marshals, investigators, and unpaid volunteer firefighters to this coverage; the extracted act text does not mark which words are new. Section 11 makes a related change for survivor coverage under partnership plans of nonstate public employers.
For corrections staff: Any DOC employee, not only custody staff, counts as a correction officer here. If you are killed in the line of duty, your surviving family can claim the $100,000 lump-sum death benefit, within available appropriations, and your spouse and children can get health coverage through the State plan.
Public Act 26-12 OLR, 2026 Acts Affecting Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Inspector General death reviews cover deaths in DOC physical custody; the Inspector General may recommend action to DOC
Whenever a person dies “within the physical custody of the Commissioner of Correction,” the Inspector General must investigate and determine whether the person may have died as a result of criminal action. The act replaces “in the custody,” so the review now turns on physical custody rather than legal custody such as parole. The Inspector General refers cases for prosecution and may now issue a report that includes recommended future action by the Commissioner. The section’s peace officer definition includes adult probation officers and DOC officials authorized to make arrests in a facility. The Connecticut Officer Ledger page covers the act’s other sections, including scene access in deadly-force cases.
For corrections staff: Every death in DOC physical custody gets an Inspector General criminal review, which may end in a report recommending future action by DOC.
Public list of excessive-force and medical-neglect suits against DOC
The Office of the Correction Ombuds, with the Attorney General, must publish on both offices’ websites the case caption and party names of each case filed on or after January 1, 2026 against DOC “relating to excessive use of force or medical neglect” that the Attorney General defends.
For corrections staff: If you are named in such a suit, your name will appear on a public list.
Use-of-force reports go to the warden, the Commissioner, and the State Police; officers may review recordings
Before, a witnessing officer reported excessive force to the officer’s own immediate supervisor, who told the involved officer’s supervisor. Now the report goes to the warden of the facility, who must immediately report to the Commissioner and the State Police. An officer giving a formal use-of-force statement, or under disciplinary investigation where a recording is considered, may review the recording with an attorney or labor representative. The recording may be disclosed only to people in it (or their family, through the ombuds) or to committee leaders. DOC owed a body-worn camera implementation plan by January 1, 2026 and a report by February 1, 2026. A new subsection defines “use of force” to include restraints, chemical agents, canines, chokeholds, munitions, and forcible cell extraction. The duty to intervene and the protection from retaliation are unchanged.
For corrections staff: Report excessive force you see to the warden; when you give a formal use-of-force statement or face a disciplinary investigation that considers a recording, you may review the recording with your attorney or labor representative.
Neck restraints by correction officials allowed to defend a third person from deadly force
A peace officer or an authorized official of the Department of Correction or the Board of Pardons and Paroles may use a chokehold or other restraint that impedes breathing or blood flow to the brain “only when he or she reasonably believes such use to be necessary to defend himself or herself or a third person from the use or imminent use of deadly physical force.” Before, only defense of the officer or official was covered. The Connecticut Officer Ledger page covers the act’s other police provisions.
For corrections staff: A neck restraint is still limited to defense against deadly force, but that now includes defending another person.
Nutraloaf and other punitive diets banned
The Commissioner must provide palatable and nutritious meals to everyone in DOC custody. “Under no circumstances shall the commissioner permit such persons to be fed nutraloaf as a form of discipline or any other punitive diet.” Nutraloaf is a mixture of foods blended and baked into a solid loaf; a punitive diet is one used for punishment.
For corrections staff: Food may not be used as discipline.
Safe staffing duty and a correction officer recruitment and retention program
The Commissioner must staff each facility “at a level to protect the safety of the staff who work at each such facility,” and of visitors, contractors, and incarcerated people. By January 1, 2026 the Commissioner had to develop and actively use a recruitment and retention program for correction officers, and from January 1, 2027 must report each year on compliance, including any shortcomings.
For corrections staff: Safe staffing is now a statutory duty of the Commissioner, with a yearly report to the Legislature on whether it is met.
Private prisons banned; custody rests only with DOC employees
Custody and supervision of anyone held in a State correctional facility, community correctional center, or community reintegration center rests exclusively with the Commissioner and DOC employees. “The private ownership, operation or management of a state correctional facility, community correctional center or community reintegration center is prohibited.” Federal facilities and community-based service programs are exempt.
For corrections staff: Custody work in State facilities cannot be contracted out to private operators.
Civil suits against correction officers may be served on a facility designee
A writ of summons in a civil action naming a DOC correctional officer or employee “may be served upon a person designated by the Commissioner of Correction at the correctional facility where the correctional officer or employee is assigned,” who acts as the officer’s agent for service. This does not apply where service can be made as in actions against the State.
For corrections staff: Lawsuit papers naming you may be served through a designee at your facility.
Correction Ombuds gets survey, oath, and subpoena powers; contracts may not shield discipline records
The ombuds may send confidential surveys to incarcerated people or DOC employees about conditions of confinement or working conditions without DOC approval, but “No survey may be sent or distributed to an employee of the Department of Correction, unless the Correction Ombuds previously made such survey available for review and comment by the bargaining units representing such employees.” The ombuds is added to the officers who may administer oaths (CGS 1-24) and, if a commissioner of the Superior Court, may issue subpoenas. From January 6, 2027, the ombuds serves a 4-year term concurrent with the Governor’s (18-81jj(m)). Section 4: in agreements and arbitration awards approved on or after June 30, 2025, the Freedom of Information Act prevails over any provision that would block disclosure of DOC employees’ disciplinary matters or alleged misconduct, and no agreement or award with a DOC bargaining unit may prohibit disclosure of discipline in an officer’s personnel file for violating administrative directives.
For corrections staff: You may receive confidential ombuds surveys and may be put under oath or subpoenaed; discipline for directive violations in your file can be released under the Freedom of Information Act despite a newer contract.
Protocol to fully document assaults on correctional staff
“The Commissioner of Correction shall develop a protocol for full documentation of any assault by a person who is incarcerated on correctional staff. On and after October 1, 2025, each such assault shall be documented in accordance with such protocol.”
For corrections staff: Assaults on staff since October 1, 2025 must be documented under the DOC protocol.
Peer support confidentiality extended to all DOC employees
The “first responder” definition in the peer support privilege now includes “any employee of the Department of Correction.” Communications with a peer support team member are confidential and may not be compelled in civil, criminal, legislative, or administrative proceedings, with exceptions for statutory mandates, a clear and present danger, and team members who witnessed the incident.
For corrections staff: Any DOC employee, not only custody staff, can use peer support with legally protected confidentiality.
Gender identity rights extended to people diagnosed with gender incongruence
The address, property, and same-gender-search rights in CGS 18-81ii, under which staff address incarcerated people by their gender identity, allow commissary, clothing, and programming items consistent with it, and assign searches to staff of the same gender identity, now also cover people diagnosed with gender incongruence, not only gender dysphoria. The separate placement presumption for people with gender-consistent identity documents was not changed.
For corrections staff: Apply the gender identity address, property, and search rules to people with a gender incongruence diagnosis.
DOC must seek body scanners to reduce strip searches
By January 1, 2024, the Commissioner had to issue a request for proposals for full-body x-ray scanners that “allow correctional facility staff to identify contraband such as weapons, cellphones and drugs, in and on the body,” and to reduce the number of strip searches. The Commissioner then had to report to the Judiciary, Finance, Revenue and Bonding, and Appropriations committees by February 1, 2024.
For corrections staff: The Legislature chose body scanning as the alternative to strip searches; the act does not require scanners.
Enacted, not yet in force, pending, and bills that did not pass
- Ombuds term (PA 25-161, sec. 1): from January 6, 2027, the Correction Ombuds serves a 4-year term concurrent with the Governor’s.
- Hotline policy and request for proposals (PA 26-70, secs. 12 and 13): revised policy due December 1, 2026; results report due January 1, 2027.
- Ombuds complaint report (PA 26-130, sec. 17): first report on complaints not investigated due December 31, 2026.
- PREA regulations and reports (PA 26-10): due January 1, 2027. No proposed regulation was checked in the eRegulations system.
- Staffing and search reports (PA 25-168, secs. 268, 270, 271): first staffing and recruitment report and first strip and cavity search report (counts, lawsuits, policy, and correction officer training requirements) due January 1, 2027; comparative evaluation of search directives due February 15, 2027.
- Body-worn cameras (PA 25-161, sec. 5): the implementation plan and report were due January 1 and February 1, 2026. Whether they were filed was not checked, and no camera mandate has been enacted.
No list of corrections bills that failed from 2023 to 2026 was compiled; the Office of Legislative Research reports used here list only passed acts. The 2025 to 2026 term has ended, so no bills carry over.
Checked and unchanged
- CGS 18-96b (isolated confinement): PA 23-38 made technical changes only; the limits date from PA 22-18. CGS 18-96a (mental health training) was last amended in 2018.
- CGS 18-81qq was also amended by PA 25-168, sec. 187, effective October 1, 2025; that section was not compared line by line with PA 25-161.
- Not counted: PA 25-168, secs. 266, 267, and 272 (medical-record release forms, a study of relocating the New Haven and Bridgeport centers, and ombuds notice before reading medical records) do not change staff duties or standards.
- Not reviewed: the current minimum hiring age for correction officers, which no current official DOC page states, and pre-service training hours for Judicial Branch probation officers.
Bills in the legislature
Bills in the current session whose title concerns corrections officers, jails, probation and parole, and conditions of confinement, found automatically in LegiScan's copy of the legislature's records and refreshed daily (last on October 21, 2026). This list is not reviewed by an editor and is not a summary of the bills; each links to the legislature's own page, which controls. Bills that become law are added to the dated entries above once checked.
- Introduced
HB05477: To institute various measures in correctional institutions concerning the reporting and investigation of sexual abuse incidents, including establishing a hotline for the reporting of such incidents, requiring addition…
Last action April 2, 2026: File Number 390. 2026 General Assembly.
- Introduced
HB05474: To (1) require the Department of Correction to update its plan for medical care for persons who are incarcerated and report various information concerning medical care organized by correctional institution in an annua…
Last action April 1, 2026: File Number 333. 2026 General Assembly.
- Enacted
HB05567: To (1) establish medical professional positions within the Office of the Correction Ombuds, (2) develop processes to ensure medications are administered as directed in Department of Correction facilities and other saf…
Last action May 26, 2026: Signed by the Governor. 2026 General Assembly.
The law, section by section
Every section of the statutes and rules this page relies on that could be read from an official source, 190 in all, each linked to the official text. Headings are copied from the official tables of contents, checked October 21, 2026.
Connecticut General Statutes, Chapter 325: Department of CorrectionStatute · 130 sections
Official text current through cga.ct.gov "current" chapter pages: General Statutes revised to January 1, 2025, merged with the 2026 Supplement (revised to January 1, 2026). 2026 session acts are not yet in either. Read 2026-10-21.. Headings from the chapter table of contents; where the 2026 Supplement prints a section, its catchline and link are used instead. Sections added by the 2026 Supplement: 18-80a, 18-81rr, 18-81ss, 18-81tt, 18-81uu, 18-81vv, 18-82e, 18-82f, 18-82g. Conn. Gen. Stat. 18-78 to 18-101k, official text
CHAPTER 325 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 18-78 Composition of department.
- 18-78a Applicability of Uniform Administrative Procedure Act to department. Exceptions.
- 18-78b Victim Services Unit. Duties and responsibilities.
- 18-79 Council of Correction.
- 18-80 Commissioner.
- 18-80a Duty of maintaining custody and supervision of detained persons exclusively with commissioner. Private ownership, operation or management of correctional facility, community correctional center or community reintegration center prohibited. Exceptions.
- 18-81 Duties of commissioner.
- 18-81a Habeas corpus for person in custody of commissioner.
- 18-81aa Secure video connections for parole release hearings.
- 18-81b Informational and educational experiences for the public.
- 18-81bb Advisory committees established in certain municipalities with correctional facilities.
- 18-81c Community Partners in Action: Office space and telephone service.
- 18-81cc Prevention, detection and monitoring of, and response to, sexual abuse in prisons, jails, correctional centers and juvenile facilities.
- 18-81d Medical and dental treatment of inmates under age of eighteen.
- 18-81dd Amendment to contract with municipality in which a correctional facility is located.
- 18-81e Notification of victim or immediate family member of person who is incarcerated when person is released from correctional facility or transferred to another correctional facility.
- 18-81ee Pilot program re use of renewable energy at correctional facilities.
- 18-81f Notification of municipal official concerning status of temporary detention facility.
- 18-81ff Issuance of state identity card or motor vehicle operator's license to person discharged or released from correctional facility.
- 18-81g (Formerly Sec. 17a-645). Community-based treatment facility for female offenders.
- 18-81gg Visitation policies for inmate who is a parent to a child under the age of eighteen.
- 18-81h Public safety committees established in municipalities with correctional facilities. Reports.
- 18-81hh Privacy-related protections for certain inmate activities.
- 18-81i Storage of weapons.
- 18-81ii Care and treatment of inmate with a gender identity differing from assigned sex at birth and a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. Placement of inmate in correctional institution with inmates of the gender consistent with the inmate's gender identity.
- 18-81j Annual notification of municipal official in municipalities with correctional facilities concerning capacity and inmate population in facility.
- 18-81jj Correction Advisory Committee.
- 18-81k Maintenance of good relations between department and communities surrounding correctional facilities.
- 18-81kk Requests for department's provision of documents related to injury resulting in death or permanent disability of inmate. Regulations.
- 18-81l Criminal history records checks of correctional personnel.
- 18-81ll Department's responsibilities re release of medical information by inmate to family or emergency contact.
- 18-81m Notification re existence of standing criminal protective order upon release.
- 18-81mm Release of inmate self-identified as suffering from opioid use disorder. Information provided.
- 18-81n Notification of municipal official concerning agreement for medical care of inmates.
- 18-81nn Intervention in or reporting of use of unreasonable, excessive or illegal force by a witnessing officer. Whistle blower protections. Review and disclosure of recording of incident. Plan for implementation of body-worn recording equipment.
- 18-81o Notification of municipal official and public safety committee concerning agreement for placement of persons in correctional facility.
- 18-81oo Communication services in correctional facilities.
- 18-81p Review of substance use disorder, screening, diagnostic and treatment services and mental health screening, diagnostic and treatment services.
- 18-81pp Plan for the provision of health care services to persons who are incarcerated. Report.
- 18-81q Return of unused prescription drugs dispensed in correctional facilities to vendor pharmacies. Requirements. Regulations.
- 18-81qq Office of the Correction Ombuds.
- 18-81r Ombudsman services.
- 18-81rr Excessive use of force and medical neglect cases. Publication of list of case captions.
- 18-81s Pilot program for debit account telephone system.
- 18-81ss Provision of nutritious meals. Serving nutraloaf or punitive diet prohibited.
- 18-81t Quarterly report on disciplinary reports, inmate assaults, workers' compensation claims and inmate population density for each correctional facility.
- 18-81tt Authorization form for third-party access to medical records.
- 18-81u Use of computer with Internet access by certain inmates prohibited.
- 18-81uu Correction Ombuds access of medical records of and notification to person who is incarcerated.
- 18-81v Procedures for conducting metal detector searches of visitors.
- 18-81vv Strip and cavity searches, report.
- 18-81w Development and implementation of reentry strategy.
- 18-81x Funds for inmate educational services and reentry program initiatives.
- 18-81y Lost property board.
- 18-81z Development of risk assessment strategy.
- 18-82 Administrators of correctional institutions: Appointment, removal and qualifications.
- 18-82a Parole officer training on resilience and self-care techniques.
- 18-82e Documentation of assaults on correctional staff.
- 18-82f Collective bargaining agreements and arbitration awards. Disclosure of certain disciplinary actions.
- 18-82g Staffing at levels to promote safety of staff, visitors, contractors and persons who are incarcerated.
- 18-83 Acceptance of bequests, devises and gifts.
- 18-84 “Inmate” and “prisoner” defined.
- 18-84a Discharge savings accounts. Regulations.
- 18-85 Compensation of persons who are incarcerated. Deposit in account. Disbursement priorities.
- 18-85a Assessment for costs of incarceration. State's claim against inmate's property for repayment of costs of incarceration. Exempt property. Program fees. Regulations. Termination of recovery for costs related to time served for erased criminal record.
- 18-85b State's claim against proceeds of person's cause of action or person's inheritance for repayment of costs of incarceration. Exemption.
- 18-85c State's claim against person's estate for repayment of costs of incarceration. Property subject to recovery.
- 18-86 Transfers between institutions of department.
- 18-86a Contracts with other states for confinement of Connecticut inmates.
- 18-86b Contracts with governmental and private vendors for supervision of state inmates outside the state.
- 18-86c Contracts re release of inmates.
- 18-86d Agreements with institutions of higher education re free courses for inmates.
- 18-86e Reentry employment advisory committee.
- 18-87 Transfers to other state institutions and to the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch.
- 18-87i Emergency correctional facility projects and large increases in correctional facility inmate populations: Notices, negotiated agreements between state and municipalities, arbitration.
- 18-87j Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission.
- 18-87k Powers and duties of commission.
- 18-87l New Haven Armory not to be used to house prisoners or other detainees.
- 18-87m Alternatives to Incarceration Advisory Committee: Membership, duties, report. Commissioner to implement alternatives to incarceration initiatives to reduce prison population.
- 18-88 (Formerly Sec. 18-14). Industrial activities. State agencies required to purchase necessary products from institution industries. Retail hobby stores.
- 18-88a Correction Industries Revolving Fund, charge for fringe benefits prohibited.
- 18-89 (Formerly Sec. 18-9). Contracts for labor; public institutions.
- 18-90 (Formerly Sec. 18-10). Prisoners; employment restricted.
- 18-90a Employment of inmates.
- 18-90b Pilot program for inmate labor in private industry.
- 18-90c Investigation of certain inmates re child support orders and arrearages.
- 18-90d Vocational village program.
- 18-90e Preparation for and administration of commercial driver's license knowledge tests in institution or facility.
- 18-91 (Formerly Sec. 18-16). Use of correctional institutions by United States. Removal of inmates to federal institutions.
- 18-91a International transfer or exchange of prisoners.
- 18-92 Expiration of term on Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
- 18-93 Rules re clothing, transportation, grants and loans to discharged persons.
- 18-94 (Formerly Sec. 17-16). Retention of inmates with sexually transmitted disease in correctional or charitable institutions.
- 18-95 (Formerly Sec. 17-18). Compensation for injuries of inmates of state correctional and reformatory institutions.
- 18-96 (Formerly Sec. 18-22). Proceedings on discharge of mentally ill prisoners.
- 18-96a Consideration of psychiatrist diagnosis in assessment of and providing mental health services to inmate with a mental illness. Mental health issues training for custodial staff. Agency collaboration re assistance to inmate with a mental illness upon release. Report re mental health services.
- 18-96b Restrictive housing status and isolated confinement for incarcerated persons. Reports.
- 18-97 Confinement under a mittimus: Presentence confinement credit prior to July 1, 1981.
- 18-98 Confinement where bail unobtainable: Presentence confinement credit prior to July 1, 1981.
- 18-98a Deduction of time for periods of employment.
- 18-98b Outstandingly meritorious performance award.
- 18-98c Good conduct credit for presentence confinement prior to July 1, 1981.
- 18-98d Credit for presentence confinement.
- 18-98e Earned risk reduction credit.
- 18-98f Use of earned risk reduction credits. Report.
- 18-98g General offender sentencing information made publically available.
- 18-99 Camp for community correctional center, Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire, and School for Boys inmates.
- 18-99a Creation and administration of school district within the Department of Correction. Unified School District #1.
- 18-99b Powers of district. Cooperation with federal government. Provision of menstrual products.
- 18-100 Work-release and education-release programs. Transfer to correctional institution, halfway house, group home, mental health facility or community or private residence.
- 18-100c Release of prisoners with definite sentences of two years or less to halfway house, group home, mental health facility or other approved community correction program.
- 18-100d Supervision of persons convicted of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1994, required until expiration of sentence.
- 18-100e Pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program.
- 18-100f Release of certain arrested persons being held pretrial.
- 18-100g Release of aliens to immigration authorities.
- 18-100h Release of persons convicted of certain motor vehicle and drug offenses to their residences.
- 18-100i Release of inmate from custody and transfer to community-based nursing home for palliative and end-of-life care.
- 18-100j Pilot treatment program for methadone maintenance and other drug therapies.
- 18-101 Disposition of inmate compensation.
- 18-101a Furloughs.
- 18-101b Residential stays at correctional facilities. Continuation in programs beyond discharge date.
- 18-101c Special alternative incarceration unit. Program activities.
- 18-101d Donald T. Bergin Correctional Institution.
CHAPTER 325 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, PART Ia EMPLOYEES
- 18-101e Calculation of disability retirement income for correction officers upon designation of extraordinary circumstances.
- 18-101f Prohibition against disclosure of certain employee files to inmates under the Freedom of Information Act.
- 18-101g Establishment of wellness initiative for certain employees.
CHAPTER 325 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, PART II COMMUNITY CORRECTION SERVICES
Connecticut General Statutes, Chapter 323: York Correctional InstitutionStatute · 11 sections
Official text current through cga.ct.gov "current" chapter pages: General Statutes revised to January 1, 2025, (the 2026 Supplement has no chapter 323 page). 2026 session acts are not yet in either. Read 2026-10-21.. Headings from the chapter table of contents, including their "(Formerly Sec. ...)" notes. Chapter has no parts. Conn. Gen. Stat. 18-65 to 18-69e, official text
CHAPTER 323 YORK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
- 18-65 (Formerly Sec. 17-360). Persons confined in institution.
- 18-65a Confinement of young and teenage women.
- 18-66 Penalty for escape.
- 18-67 Detention and return of escaped inmate.
- 18-68 Transfers within institution's limits.
- 18-69 Placement of children born to inmates of institution.
- 18-69a Placement of children born to detained women.
- 18-69b Rehabilitative programs for incarcerated women.
- 18-69c Assessment of inmates for pregnancy. Care and treatment of pregnant inmates. Restrictions on the use of leg or waist restraints.
- 18-69d Establishment of prenatal, labor and postpartum supports. Availability of parenting support literature.
- 18-69e Provision of menstrual products.
Connecticut General Statutes, Chapter 961, Part III: Probation, Parole and Pardon (probation and parole sections)Statute · 49 sections
Official text current through cga.ct.gov "current" chapter pages: General Statutes revised to January 1, 2025, merged with the 2026 Supplement (revised to January 1, 2026). 2026 session acts are not yet in either. Read 2026-10-21.. Headings from the chapter table of contents; where the 2026 Supplement prints a section, its catchline and link are used instead. Partial list of Part III: the two runs the page cites (54-103 to 54-108g, 54-124 to 54-131). Conn. Gen. Stat. 54-103 to 54-108g; 54-124 to 54-131, official text
CHAPTER 961 TRIAL AND PROCEEDINGS AFTER CONVICTION, PART III PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON
- 54-103 Commission on Adult Probation.
- 54-103a Office of Adult Probation.
- 54-103b Services for probation referrals. Duties of Court Support Services Division. Contractual services and alternative incarceration program.
- 54-104 Appointment of Director of Probation and probation officers. Qualifying examinations.
- 54-105 Duties of executive director of Court Support Services Division re probation. Intensive probation program. Community service program. Caseload limitation.
- 54-105a Funds for the probation transition program and technical violation units.
- 54-108 Duties of probation officers.
- 54-108a Supervision of probationers.
- 54-108b Risk assessment and monitoring standards developed by Chief Court Administrator.
- 54-108c Availability of information on outstanding arrest warrants for probation violations.
- 54-108d Authority of probation officers to detain certain persons, seize contraband and act as member of fugitive task force.
- 54-108e Duties of probation officers. Availability of information contained in alternative sentencing plan or community release plan.
- 54-108f Issuance of certificate of rehabilitation by Court Support Services Division. Modification or revocation.
- 54-108g Prohibition against disclosure of personal information of probation officers to certain individuals under the Freedom of Information Act.
- 54-124 Board of Parole. Appointment and duties of executive secretary.
- 54-124a Board of Pardons and Paroles.
- 54-124b Caseload of parole officers.
- 54-124c Responsibility of the Department of Correction for supervision of persons released from confinement.
- 54-124d Criminal history records check of Board of Parole personnel.
- 54-124e Board of Pardons and Paroles as successor department to Board of Pardons and Board of Parole.
- 54-125 Parole of prisoner serving indeterminate sentence.
- 54-125a Parole of inmate serving sentence of more than two years. Eligibility. Hearing to determine suitability for parole release of certain inmates.
- 54-125b Parole of prisoner after administrative review without a hearing.
- 54-125c Sexual offender treatment as precondition for parole hearing.
- 54-125d Deportation parole of aliens.
- 54-125e Special parole. Conditions. Duration. Violation. Hearing. Disposition.
- 54-125f Pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program.
- 54-125g Parole of prisoner nearing end of maximum sentence.
- 54-125h Transfer of prisoner granted parole and nearing parole release date.
- 54-125i Parole of prisoner without a hearing.
- 54-125j Reporting re outcomes of parole revocation hearings.
- 54-125k Legal cannabis use or possession not grounds for revocation of parole, special parole or probation. Exception.
- 54-126 Rules and regulations concerning parole. Enforcement.
- 54-126a Testimony of crime victim at parole hearing. Notification to victim.
- 54-127 Rearrest.
- 54-127a Parole revocation and rescission hearings.
- 54-127b Petition re parolee or person serving probation who poses a serious threat to public safety.
- 54-128 Period of confinement in correctional institution after parole violation.
- 54-129 Discharge of paroled prisoner.
- 54-129a Termination of special parole determination. Notification to victim. Statement of victim.
- 54-130 State Prison for Women not covered.
- 54-130a (Formerly Sec. 18-26). Jurisdiction and authority of board to grant commutations of punishment, releases, pardons and certificates of rehabilitation.
- 54-130b (Formerly Sec. 18-26a). Commutation of punishment and deportation of inmates who are aliens.
- 54-130c (Formerly Sec. 18-30). Information about prisoner.
- 54-130d (Formerly Sec. 18-27a). Testimony of crime victim at session of board. Notification of Office of Victim Services of board's action.
- 54-130e Provisional pardons. Certificates of rehabilitation.
- 54-130f Pardon eligibility notice.
- 54-130g Pardon for violation of certain provisions of section 53a-61aa or 53a-62. Criteria.
- 54-131 Employment of paroled or discharged prisoners. Interviews.
No regulations are listed: the page's At a glance list cites no Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies sections for corrections. The page notes 2025 and 2026 public acts that amend 18-81nn and 18-81qq; those changes are not yet in the online statutes.
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Last updated October 21, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & InvestigationCite as: United States Council for Law & Investigation, “Connecticut corrections law: Corrections Ledger,” uscli.org/corrections-tracker/connecticut (last updated October 21, 2026). Text licensed CC BY 4.0.