| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §2162, as amended by PL 1975, c. 771, §160, is | further amended to read: |
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| §2162. Commutation to jail |
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| | When a person is sentenced to confinement in the State Prison | and committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections, | the Governor may, if he deems the Governor considers it | consistent with the public interest and the welfare of the | convict prisoner, commute said that prisoner's sentence to | imprisonment in any county jail, there to be supported at the | charge of the State at an expense not exceeding the price paid | for the support of other prisoners in said that county jail. |
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| | Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §757-B is enacted to read: |
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| §757-B.__Trafficking of alcoholic beverages in adult correctional |
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| | 1.__A person is guilty of trafficking of an alcoholic beverage | in an adult correctional facility if: |
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| A.__That person intentionally conveys or attempts to convey | an alcoholic beverage to a person confined in an adult | correctional facility; or |
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| B.__That person is confined in an adult correctional | facility and the person intentionally makes, obtains or | possesses an alcoholic beverage. |
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| | 2.__As used in this section, "adult correctional facility" | means a county jail or correctional facility other than a | juvenile facility under the control of the Department of | Corrections. |
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| | 3.__Trafficking of an alcoholic beverage in an adult | correctional facility is a Class E crime. |
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| | Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §760 is enacted to read: |
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| §760.__Failure to report sexual contact with or sexual assault of |
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| | 1.__A member of the staff of a hospital, prison or other | institution who knows that a person detained in that institution | is the victim of a crime under section 253, subsection 2, | paragraph E or section 255-A, subsection 1, paragraph I or J but | does not report that crime to an appropriate criminal justice |
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