§ 101. Powers of the Department
The Department is charged with the following powers:
(1) to establish, maintain, and administer such State correctional facilities and programs
as may be required for the custody, control, correctional treatment, and rehabilitation
of committed persons, and for the safekeeping of such other persons as may be committed
to the Department in accordance with law;
(2) to operate diagnostic and treatment programs and such other programs deemed desirable
to treat persons committed to the Department and to further other purposes and objectives
of this title;
(3) to administer the supervision of persons placed on probation and released on parole
and to administer probation and parole services;
(4) to employ such officers, employees and agents as deemed necessary to discharge the
functions of the Department;
(5) to establish standards for the management, operation, personnel, and program of all
correctional facilities in the State;
(6) to act in an advisory capacity in assisting law enforcement agencies, and communities
in the prevention of crime and delinquency;
(7) to enforce and administer such other laws as may be vested in the Department;
(8) to enter into agreements for assistance in support of the operation of jails or lockups
in accordance with criteria established by the Department, and to use the jails or
lockups as provided in this title;
(9) notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State and the Department shall not
be responsible for the expense of detaining a person in custody except as provided
in this title;
(10) to charter, establish, and fund through grants such municipal entities or nonprofit
organizations as may be required for providing crime prevention and restorative justice
programs for offenders, victims of crime, and the public. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; amended 1981, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 22, 1982; 1997, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 106b; 1999, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 64, eff. May 24, 2000.)