30:4-91.3d Conducting wanted person check on inmates or suspects.
2. a. A wanted person check shall be conducted on every person serving a sentence or detained as a suspect in a State correctional facility, county correctional facility or municipal jail to determine if there are any outstanding arrest warrants or charges pending against the inmate or suspect.
b. Except for a transfer from one State correctional facility to another State correctional facility, a person serving a sentence or detained as a suspect in a State correctional facility, county correctional facility or municipal jail shall not be released or transferred before a wanted person check of the inmate or suspect has been conducted to determine if any there are any outstanding arrest warrants or charges pending against the inmate or suspect.
c. If the wanted person check of a person conducted pursuant to subsection b. of this section reveals outstanding arrest warrants or criminal charges against the inmate or suspect, the law enforcement authority with jurisdiction over the outstanding arrest warrant or criminal charges shall be notified that the inmate or suspect is in the custody of the State correctional facility, county correctional facility or municipal jail.
d. If the wanted person check of a person conducted pursuant to subsection b. of this section reveals outstanding arrest warrants or charges pending against the inmate or suspect, the inmate or suspect shall not be transferred to another facility or jail, other than a transfer from one State correctional facility to another State correctional facility, unless the receiving facility or jail is notified in advance of the outstanding arrest warrants or pending charges. A copy of the outstanding arrest warrants or pending charges shall accompany the transferred inmate or suspect.
e. If the wanted person check of a person conducted pursuant to subsection b. of this section reveals outstanding arrest warrants or charges pending against the inmate or suspect from another jurisdiction, the jurisdiction shall be notified that the inmate or suspect is in the custody of the State correctional facility, county correctional facility or municipal jail.
L.2003,c.282,s.2.
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