Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction
85a - Assessed Cost of Incarceration
Section 18-85a-1 - Definitions
Current through March 14, 2024
The following definitions apply as used in Sections 18-85a-1 to 18-85a-4, inclusive, as follows:
(a) "Assessed Cost of Incarceration" means the average per capita cost, per diem, of all component facilities within the Department of Correction as determined by employing the same accounting procedures as are used by the Office of the Comptroller in determining per capita per diem costs in state humane institutions in accordance with the provisions of Section 17b-223 of the general statutes. The assessed cost of incarceration includes those costs incurred by the state and those costs that the state will reasonably incur to incarcerate the inmate until the inmate's maximum release date. For inmates serving life sentences, the cost shall be determined based on the inmate's life expectancy. For inmates serving Connecticut sentences in other states, either in state or federal institutions, the assessed cost of incarceration shall be either the actual cost billed by the receiving jurisdiction or the average per capita cost, per diem, of all component facilities within the Department of Correction, as determined pursuant to this subsection, whichever is greater.
(b) "Inmate" means an individual confined, or formerly confined, in a correctional facility serving a sentence imposed by any Connecticut state court.
(c) "Job training, Skill Development, Career Opportunity or Enhancement Programs" means any work or job assignment performed by an inmate during incarceration for which the inmate receives payment.
