{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-30-b-6","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 30-B:6","heading":"Policies; Rules and Regulations.","body":"I. The county commissioners shall establish policies and procedures for the management of the county department of corrections as authorized in RSA 28:12.\nII. The commissioners shall adopt any necessary rules and regulations for the fulfillment of the powers and duties of the superintendent.\nIII. (a) No county department of corrections shall enter into a contract with a private or for-profit entity for the sole purpose of housing county prisoners. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a county department of corrections from contracting for select services that are provided inside of a county correctional facility.\n(b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), if the county commissioners declare that a corrections emergency exists that requires the superintendent to enter into a temporary contract with a private or for-profit entity to secure provisional housing for displaced prisoners, the superintendent may enter into such a contract, pending approval of the county commissioners. Temporary contracts entered into under this section shall not permanently or indefinitely replace a county correctional facility or a contract with another publicly-operated facility.","path":["Title II: COUNTIES","Chapter 30-B: COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTIONS","Administration of Department of Corrections"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/II/30-B/30-B-6.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:28:00Z","sha256":"71f068508133f640b46e8a3701cf299e972891f251e195282160a26622161b45","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-30-b-5","next":"us-nh/rsa-30-b-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}