Connecticut § 54-131 - Employment of paroled or discharged prisoners. Interviews.
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§ 54-131. Employment of paroled or discharged prisoners. Interviews.
Sec. 54-131. Employment of paroled or discharged prisoners. Interviews. Community Partners in Action and the Commissioner of Correction shall make all reasonable efforts to secure employment and provide directly or by contract other necessary services for any convict or inmate paroled or discharged from the custody of the commissioner and any institution of the Department of Correction, and the agents of said association are authorized, in carrying out this duty, to interview inmates of said correctional institutions prior to discharge.
(1949 Rev., S. 8832; 1949, S. 3330d; 1963 P.A. 642, S. 77; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 57; P.A. 15-14, S. 39.)
History: 1963 act substituted state jails for county jails; 1967 act, effective July 1, 1968, substituted correction commissioner for parole board and substituted department institutions for State Prison, reformatory and jails; P.A. 15-14 replaced “The Connecticut Prison Association” with “Community Partners in Action”.
See Sec. 18-81c re Community Partners in Action.
Cited. 170 C. 129.
Cited. 4 CS 365; 27 CS 327.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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