New Jersey § 30:7c-5

§ 30:7c-5.

ARTICLE IV a. Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party to this compact, and

which has entered into a contract pursuant to Article III, shall decide that confinement

in, or transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of another party

state is necessary or desirable in order to provide adequate quarters and care or

an appropriate program of rehabilitation or treatment, said officials may direct that

the confinement be within an institution within the territory of said other party

state, the receiving state to act in that regard solely as agent for the sending state. b. The appropriate officials of any state party to this compact shall have access,

at all reasonable times, to any institution in which it has a contractual right to

confine inmates for the purpose of inspecting the facilities thereof and visiting

such of its inmates as may be confined in the institution. c. Inmates confined in an institution pursuant to the terms of this compact shall

at all times be subject to the jurisdiction of the sending state and may at any time

be removed therefrom for transfer to a prison or other institution within the sending

state, for transfer to another institution in which the sending state may have a contractual

or other right to confine inmates, for release on probation or parole, for discharge,

or for any other purpose permitted by the laws of the sending state; provided that

the sending state shall continue to be obligated to such payments as may be required

pursuant to the terms of any contract entered into under the terms of Article III. d. Each receiving state shall provide regular reports to each sending state on the

inmates of that sending state in institutions pursuant to this compact including a

conduct record of each inmate and certify said record to the official designated by

the sending state, in order that each inmate may have official review of his or her

record in determining and altering the disposition of said inmate in accordance with

the law which may obtain in the sending state and in order that the same may be a

source of information for the sending state. e. All inmates who may be confined in an institution pursuant to the provisions of

this compact shall be treated in a reasonable and humane manner and shall be treated

equally with such similar inmates of the receiving state as may be confined in the

same institution. The fact of confinement in a receiving state shall not deprive any inmate so confined

of any legal rights which said inmate would have had if confined in an appropriate

institution of the sending state. f. Any hearing or hearings to which an inmate confined pursuant to this compact may

be entitled by the laws of the sending state may be had before the appropriate authorities

of the sending state, or of the receiving state if authorized by the sending state. The receiving state shall provide adequate facilities for such hearings as may be

conducted by the appropriate officials of a sending state. In the event such hearing or hearings are had before officials of the receiving

state, the governing law shall be that of the sending state and a record of the hearing

or hearings as prescribed by the sending state shall be made. Said record together with any recommendations of the hearing officials shall be

transmitted forthwith to the official or officials before whom the hearing would have

been had if it had taken place in the sending state. In any and all proceedings had pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, the

officials of the receiving state shall act solely as agents of the sending state and

no final determination shall be made in any matter except by the appropriate officials

of the sending state. g. Any inmate confined pursuant to this compact shall be released within the territory

of the sending state unless the inmate, and the sending and receiving states, shall

agree upon release in some other place. The sending state shall bear the cost of such return to its territory. h. Any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact shall have any and all

rights to participate in and derive any benefits or incur or be relieved of any obligations

or have such obligations modified or his status changed on account of any action or

proceeding in which he could have participated if confined in any appropriate institution

of the sending state located within such state. i. The parents, guardian, trustee, or other person or persons entitled under the laws

of the sending state to act for, advise, or otherwise function with respect to any

inmate shall not be deprived of or restricted in his exercise of any power in respect

of any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact.