P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 1533

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§ 1533. Participants of programs and services—Custody and safety

The responsibility for the custody and safety of inmates and transgressing minors who are participants in the Corporation’s programs and activities, shall rest on the Correctional Administration and the Juvenile Institutions Administration, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the above, the Correctional Administration and the Juvenile Institutions Administration may, by request of the Corporation, enter into agreements with agencies, municipalities, and private for profit or nonprofit persons and entities that are developing some program or activity together with the Corporation, to help them in performing this duty, either through the assignment of personnel or the total or partial payment of their cost. The Correctional Administration or the Juvenile Institutions Administration shall provide custodial officers when required by the case.

History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 14, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.