N.D. Cent. Code § 12-44.1-06
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12-44.1-06. Grades of correctional facilities
Official statutory text
12-44.1-06. Grades of correctional facilities
1. The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall, following inspection pursuant to
section 12-44.1-24, grade correctional facilities as to length of allowable inmate
confinement based upon construction, size, and usage, as follows:
a. "Grade one" means a correctional facility for confining inmates not more than one
year.
b. "Grade two" means a correctional facility for confining inmates not more than
ninety days.
c. "Grade three" means a correctional facility for confining inmates not more than
ninety-six hours.
d. "Grade four" means an adult lockup or court holding facility in which individuals
may not be detained overnight.
2. The length of confinement of a prisoner may be temporarily increased on a
case-by-case basis in grade one and grade two correctional facilities upon the request
of the administrator and the approval of the department of corrections and
rehabilitation.
1. The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall, following inspection pursuant to
section 12-44.1-24, grade correctional facilities as to length of allowable inmate
confinement based upon construction, size, and usage, as follows:
a. "Grade one" means a correctional facility for confining inmates not more than one
year.
b. "Grade two" means a correctional facility for confining inmates not more than
ninety days.
c. "Grade three" means a correctional facility for confining inmates not more than
ninety-six hours.
d. "Grade four" means an adult lockup or court holding facility in which individuals
may not be detained overnight.
2. The length of confinement of a prisoner may be temporarily increased on a
case-by-case basis in grade one and grade two correctional facilities upon the request
of the administrator and the approval of the department of corrections and
rehabilitation.
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