State Statutes and Regulations Governing Private Prisons

November 21, 2000

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STATE

Authorizes OR Prohibits Private Prisons

Authorizes OR Restricts Import or Export of Prisoners

Authorizes OR Restricts Speculative Building

State Standards for Private Prisons

ALABAMA

None Identified

ALASKA

§ 33.33.031(a)
Authorizes

Id.

   

ARIZONA

§ 41-1609
et. seq.
Authorizes

§ 41-1681
§ 41-1683

§ 41-1609.02 A.

§ 41-1609.01 B.
§ 41-1610
§ 41-1682
§ 41-1830.31

ARKANSAS

§ 12-50-101.
et seq.
Authorizes

§ 12-50-111.

 

§ 12-50-106.
§ 12-50-110.

CALIFORNIA

Penal Code
§ 6256
Authorizes private community correctional centers only

Penal Code
§ 6251
§ 11198.

 

Penal Code
§ 6258.1.

COLORADO

§ 17-1-201.
Authorizes

§ 17-1-104.5.

 

§ 17-1-105.
§ 17-1-202.
§ 17-1-203.
§ 17-24-125

CONNECTICUT

Authorizes export only

§ 18-86b.

   

DELAWARE

None identified

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

§ 24-495.1.
et seq.
Authorizes

   

§ 24-495.2.
§ 24-495.2a.

FLORIDA

§ 944.105.
§ 944.710.
§ 957.01
et. seq.
Authorize

   

§ 944.712.
et seq.
§ 957.04.
§ 957.05.

GEORGIA

None Identified – Permissive Interpretation of General Statutes

HAWAII

None Identified – Permissive Interpretation of General Statutes

IDAHO

§20-209.(2)
Authorizes

§20-241A.
§ 20-802.
§20-807.

§20-803(2)

§20-241A.
§20-806.

ILLINOIS

§ 730 140/1
et seq.
Prohibits

     

INDIANA

None Identified – Permissive Interpretation of General Statutes

IOWA

None Identified – Permissive Interpretation of General Statutes

KANSAS

None Identified – Permissive Interpretation of General Statutes

KENTUCKY

§ 197.505.
Authorizes

 

OAG 90-115

 

LOUISIANA

§ 1800.1.
et seq.
Authorizes

   

§ 1800.4.
et seq.

MAINE

None Identified

MARYLAND

None Identified – Permissive Interpretation of General Statutes

MASSACHUSETTS

None Identified

MICHIGAN

§ 28.2290(7).
Authorizes youth correctional facility only

   

§ 28.2290(7).

MINNESOTA

None Identified – Permissive Interpretation of General Statutes

MISSISSIPPI

§ 47-4-1.
§ 47-4-5.
Authorize

§ 47-4-1.

 

§ 47-4-3.
§ 47-4-7.

MISSOURI

None Identified – Permissive Interpretation of General Statutes

MONTANA

§ 53-30-601.
Authorizes

§ 53-30-603.

   

NEBRASKA

§ 83-176.
Authorizes

     

NEVADA

§ 209.141.
Authorizes

     

NEW HAMPSHIRE

§ 21-H:8
Authorizes

     

NEW JERSEY

§ 30:4-91.2.
Authorizes

     

NEW MEXICO

§ 33-1-17.
Authorizes

     

NEW YORK

Correction Law § 72.
Prohibits
OAG

OAG OAG  

NORTH CAROLINA

§ 148-37.
Authorizes

§ 19.17  

§ 148-37.

NORTH DAKOTA

None Identified – Permissive Interpretation of General Statutes

OHIO

§ 9.06
§ 341.35
§ 753.03
Authorize

§ 9.06
§ 9.07

 

§ 9.06
§ 9.07

OKLAHOMA

§ 561.
Authorizes

   

§ 561.
§ 561.1.

OREGON

None Identified – Permissive Interpretation of General Statutes

PENNSYLVANIA

§ 1081. et seq.
Moratorium expired 6/30/87

§ 1085.

   

RHODE ISLAND

None Identified

SOUTH CAROLINA

None Identified – Permissive Interpretation of General Statutes

SOUTH DAKOTA

None Identified

TENNESSEE

§ 41-24-103.
Authorizes

   

§ 41-24-104.
§ 41-24-107.
§ 41-24-110.

TEXAS

§ 495.001.
§ 495.006.
Authorize

§ 495.024.

 

§ 495.001.
§ 495.002.
§ 495.003.
§ 495.004.
§ 495.007.

UTAH

§ 64-13d-103.
Authorizes

§ 64-13d-107.

§ 64-13d-108.

§ 64-13d-103.
§ 64-13d-104.
§ 64-13d-105.

VERMONT

None Identified.

VIRGINIA

§ 53.1-262
Authorizes

   

§ 53.1-262
§ 53.1-263
§ 53.1-265

WASHINGTON

 

§ 6761
Authorizes

   

WEST VIRGINIA

§ 25-5-1.
et seq.
§ 25-5-4.
§ 25-5-6.
Authorize

§ 25-5-4.
§ 25-5-5.
§ 25-5-7.
§ 25-5-9.

§ 25-5-5.

§ 25-5-8.
§ 25-5-9.
§ 25-5-10.
§ 25-5-11.
§ 25-5-13.
§ 25-5-14.
§ 25-5-15.
§ 25-5-16.
§ 25-5-18.

WISCONSIN

§ 301.08.(1)
Authorizes

§ 301.21.

 

§ 301.08.(2)

WYOMING

§ 7-22-101.
et seq.
§ 7-22-102.
§ 7-22-103.
Authorize

§ 7-22-102.

 

§ 7-22-105.
§ 7-22-106.
§ 7-22-107.
§ 7-22-109.
§ 7-22-110.
§ 7-22-112.
§ 7-22-114.

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