GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 137

 
 
Short Title:	Private Correctional Officers.	()	
Sponsors:	Senator Ballance.	
Referred to:	Judiciary II.	
February 14, 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 as correctional officers or security supervisors at that facility, use necessary force and make arrests consistent with North Carolina law, provided that their employment is in accordance with the minimum standards and practices followed by the Department of Correction in hiring its correctional personnel, and if:
(1)	Those correctional officers and security supervisors have been certified as correctional officers as provided under Chapter 17C of the General Statutes; or
(2)	Wackenhut Corrections Corporation provides the North Carolina Criminal Justice and Training Standards Commission with documentation sufficient to demonstrate to the Commission that those officers and supervisors have completed a training curriculum that meets or exceeds the standards required by the Commission for correctional personnel.
SECTION 2.  Wackenhut Corrections Corporation shall certify at least annually to the Department of Correction that it maintains liability insurance of an amount sufficient for a correctional facility of its size and security level.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.