71 Pa. Stat. § 832

Current through P.A. Acts 2024-18
Section 832 - Plan of operation; maximum, medium and security institutions

The Commissioner of Correction of the Department of Justice shall formulate a State-wide plan of operation of the penal and correctional institutions within the Department of Justice. The Eastern and Western State Penitentiaries shall be maximum security institutions and the State Penitentiaries at Rockview, Graterford and Huntingdon shall be used for maximum, medium and minimum security institutions, as the Commissioner of Correction shall designate by such plan: Provided, however, That each institution shall have a separate warden or superintendent, and the practice of having branch institutions shall be abolished.

71 P.S. § 832

1953, July 29, P.L. 1433, No. 410, § 2.