GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 64

 
 
Short Title:	Private Correctional Officers.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Hunter.	
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.	
February 7, 2001

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS TO USE FORCE AND MAKE ARRESTS CONSISTENT WITH NORTH CAROLINA LAW.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Correctional officers and security supervisors employed at the private correctional facility proposed for Hertford County pursuant to a contract between the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Wackenhut Corrections Corporation may, in the course of their employment, use necessary force and make arrests consistent with North Carolina law if:
(1)	Those correctional officers and security supervisors employed at the private correctional facility have been certified as correctional officers as provided under Chapter 17C of the General Statutes; or
(2)	Wackenhut Corrections Corporation provides training to the correctional officers and security supervisors employed at the private facility that the North Carolina Department of Correction determines to be equivalent to the training offered by the Department to its correctional officers.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.