An Act To Amend the Laws Related to the Bolduc Correctional Facility

Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §3266,  as amended by PL 1999, c. 583, §§24 and 25, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §4205  is enacted to read:

§ 4205.  Employees of the facility

Employees of the facility have the same power as do sheriffs in their respective counties to search for and apprehend escapees from the facility when authorized to do so by the director.

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This bill makes the following changes to the laws relating to the Bolduc Correctional Facility:

1. It repeals the statutory provision relating to the Maine State Prison minimum security unit. Because the Bolduc Correctional Facility was established in law in Public Law 2013, chapter 508, this provision is now superfluous.

2. It specifies that employees of the Bolduc Correctional Facility have the same power to search for and apprehend escapees as the employees of the other Department of Corrections facilities have.