N.D. Cent. Code § 12-47-17
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12-47-17. Offenders committed to department of corrections and rehabilitation - Records to be kept
Official statutory text
12-47-17. Offenders committed to department of corrections and rehabilitation -
Records to be kept.
The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall receive any offender who has been
convicted and committed to the legal and physical custody of the department when the offender
has been delivered to the department together with a copy of the judgment and sentence of the
court ordering the commitment to the custody of the department. The warden, immediately upon
the receipt of an offender assigned by the department to the penitentiary, shall enter in the
record of the penitentiary, the name, age, sex, color, height, nationality, and every other fact,
characteristic, and condition, natural or artificial, that in any way may tend to aid in the
identification of the offender. After an intake, evaluation, and classification process, the
department shall assign the offender to the penitentiary, another correctional facility, or other
placement.
Records to be kept.
The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall receive any offender who has been
convicted and committed to the legal and physical custody of the department when the offender
has been delivered to the department together with a copy of the judgment and sentence of the
court ordering the commitment to the custody of the department. The warden, immediately upon
the receipt of an offender assigned by the department to the penitentiary, shall enter in the
record of the penitentiary, the name, age, sex, color, height, nationality, and every other fact,
characteristic, and condition, natural or artificial, that in any way may tend to aid in the
identification of the offender. After an intake, evaluation, and classification process, the
department shall assign the offender to the penitentiary, another correctional facility, or other
placement.
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