New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21-H:10 – Commitment of Adults
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I. All offenders committed by a court for a period of incarceration of more than one year shall be committed to the custody of the commissioner. The commissioner shall assign a newly committed inmate to an appropriate correctional facility.
II. The sentence of imprisonment of any adult committed to the custody of the commissioner shall begin to run from the date on which the person is received at a correctional facility, except that if such a person is committed to a detention facility to await transportation to the appropriate correctional facility his sentence shall begin to run from the date on which he is received at that detention facility.
II. The sentence of imprisonment of any adult committed to the custody of the commissioner shall begin to run from the date on which the person is received at a correctional facility, except that if such a person is committed to a detention facility to await transportation to the appropriate correctional facility his sentence shall begin to run from the date on which he is received at that detention facility.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21-H:10
- Adult: means any person 18 years of age or older or any person under the age of 18 who has been certified as an adult pursuant to N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21-H:2
- Commissioner: means the individual in charge of the operations of the department of corrections, who is directly responsible to the governor. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21-H:2
- Correctional facility: "facility" or "institution" means any building, enclosure, space, or structure used for the confinement of persons committed to the custody of the commissioner, or for any other matter related to such confinement. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21-H:2
- Inmate: means any adult committed by law to the custody of the commissioner. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21-H:2
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9