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12-8   PENAL INSTITUTIONS DEPARTMENT.
Editor’s note:
   Chapter 138 of the Statutes of 1991, Sections 356-363, abolished the city Penal Institutions Department and the post of Penal Institutions Commissioner. In addition, the Deer Island House of Corrections mentioned in the ordinance was subsequently decommissioned upon the opening of the new facility.
12-8.1   Powers and Duties of Commissioner.
   The Penal Institutions Department shall be under the charge of the Penal Institutions Commissioner, who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties provided by statute; and shall have the charge and control of Deer Island and the House of Correction at Deer Island.
(St. 1895 c. 449 § 14; St. 1896 c. 536 § 9; St. 1897 c. 395 § 5; St. 1928 c. 389; Ord. 1924 c. 9; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 20 § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 350; CBC 1985 12-8.1)
12-8.2   House of Correction at Deer Island.
   The Penal Institutions Commissioner shall exercise the powers and perform the duties in regard to the House of Correction at Deer Island and the prisoners committed thereto formerly exercised and performed by the Institutions Commissioner.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 20 § 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 351; CBC 1985 12-8.2)
12-8.3   Organization of Department.
   The Penal Institutions Commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the Department and may organize said Department as he or she may find necessary for its proper conduct.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 20 § 3; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 352; CBC 1985 12-8.3)
Cross-reference:
   Ord. ss 5-5.33
12-8.4   Annual Report.
   The Commissioner shall, in his or her annual report, include a statement of the expenditures and receipts of each institution for the preceding financial year, giving the condition of each, with the number of inmates admitted thereto and discharged therefrom, the births and deaths therein and the number of persons remaining in the same.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 20 § 4; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 353; CBC 1985 12-8.4)
12-9   HUMAN RIGHTS.
12-9.1   Policy.
   It is the policy of the city to assure that every resident shall have equal access to and benefit from all public services, to protect every resident in the understanding and respect among all residents of the city. It is clear that behavior which denies equal treatment to any of our citizens as a result of their religious creed, race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, ex-offender status, prior psychiatric treatment, sexual orientation, military status, marital status or parental status, or which is sexually or racially harassing undermines civil order and deprives persons of the benefits of a free and open society. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as supporting or advocating any partnership, religious view or lifestyle. To the contrary, it is the intention of this Section that all persons be treated fairly and equally and it is the expressed intent of this Section guarantee to all of our citizens fair and equal treatment under law.
(Ord. 1984 c. 16, c. 17, c. 40; CBC 1985 12-9.1; Ord. 2002 c. 9)
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