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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-87 (2026)

Transfers to other state institutions and to the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch

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The Commissioner of Correction may transfer any inmate of any of the institutions of the Department of Correction to any other appropriate state institution with the concurrence of the superintendent of such institution or to the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch when the Commissioner of Correction finds that the welfare or health of the inmate requires it. When an inmate, after the expiration of his or her sentence, is committed to or otherwise remains in the institution to which he or she was transferred, the expense of his or her treatment and support shall be paid as provided by sections 17b-122, 17b-124 to 17b-132, inclusive, 17b-136 to 17b-138, inclusive, 17b-194 to 17b-197, inclusive, 17b-222 to 17b-250, inclusive, 17b-263, 17b-340 to 17b-350, inclusive, 17b-689b, and 17b-743 to 17b-747, inclusive. No transfer of any person who has attained the age of eighteen years shall be made to the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch. No transfer of any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years shall be made to the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch unless the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch finds that such person would benefit from a transfer to the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch and agrees to accept such person and such person has given such person's written consent to such transfer. Such person transferred to the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall be deemed to be committed to the custody of the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch. The executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall have the power to terminate the commitment and release such person at any time the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch determines such termination and release would be in such person's best interest, and shall have the power to return such person to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Correction. The transfer of any person under this section to the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall not result in the person so transferred being in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction and the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch for a total of less than the minimum or more than the maximum term such person would have been in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction had such person not been so transferred.

(1967, P.A. 152, S. 15; 1969, P.A. 664, S. 13; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 35; P.A. 93-91, S. 1. 2; P.A. 96-180, S. 53, 166; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 54; P.A. 05-288, S. 73; P.A. 18-31, S. 23; P.A. 19-32, S. 8; 19-118, S. 37.)

History: 1969 act added provisions re transfers from correctional institution to department of children and youth services, required that superintendent of institution from which transfer to be made concur in decision and placed responsibility of determination of suitability of transfer on commissioner of correction rather than on wardens, superintendents or jail administrators; 1972 act forbade transfer of those reaching 18 rather than 20, reflecting changed age of majority; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-180 made technical grammatical change, effective June 3, 1996 (Revisor's note: The references to “17b-115 to 17b-138” and “17b-689 to 17b-693, inclusive,” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “17b-116 to 17b-138” and “17b-689, 17b-689b”, respectively, to reflect the repeal of certain sections by section 164 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, in repealing Secs. 17b-19, 17b-62 to 17b-65, inclusive, 17b-116, 17b-116a, 17b-116b, 17b-117, 17b-120, 17b-121, 17b-123, 17b-134, 17b-135, 17b-220, 17b-259 and 17b-287, authorized deletion of internal references to said subsections in this section, effective March 1, 2004; P.A. 04-76 deleted references to Secs. 17b-118b and 17b-221 that were repealed by the same act; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 18-31 replaced references to Department of Children and Families with references to Court Support Service Division of the Judicial Branch and references to Commissioner of Children and Families with references to executive director of the Court Support Service Division of the Judicial Branch and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 19-32 made a technical change; P.A. 19-118 deleted reference to Sec. 17b-256 and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2019.

See Sec. 17b-250 re payment of hospital expenses of inmate transferred from correctional institution.

See Sec. 18-52a re hospitalization of prisoners for surgery or other care.

See Sec. 18-94 re retention of diseased inmates in correctional or charitable institutions.

Cited. 158 C. 439; 195 C. 303; 201 C. 115.

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Secs. 18-87a to 18-87f. Contracts with private agencies for: Halfway house handling of prerelease inmates; reentry services for paroled or discharged offenders. Early release: Pretrial inmates; sentenced inmates. Prison overcrowding emergency: Definitions; construction program, release of prisoners. Sections 18-87a to 18-87f, inclusive, are repealed.

(1972, P.A. 11, S. 1; P.A. 78-1, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-200, S. 6, 7; P.A. 80-442, S. 24, 25, 28; P.A. 81-437, S. 6, 7, 12; P.A. 82-472, S. 56, 183; P.A. 84-505, S. 1, 2, 5, 6; P.A. 87-538, S. 2, 3, 5; P.A. 88-244, S. 2; 88-317, S. 78, 107; P.A. 89-353, S. 5, 8; P.A. 95-152, S. 3.)

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Secs. 18-87g and 18-87h. Reserved for future use.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1969–2025 · leading case: In re Juv. Appeal (85-AB), 488 A.2d 778 (Conn. 1985).
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In re Juv. Appeal (85-AB), 488 A.2d 778 (Conn. 1985). · cites it 4× “” General Statutes § 18-87. The commissioner of children and youth services must find that the juvenile, whose consent to such a transfer is necessary, would benefit before agreeing to accept his custody.”
Hammond v. Comm'r of Corr., 792 A.2d 774 (Conn. 2002). · cites it 2× “, General Statutes §§ 18-87, 18-102 and 18-106.”
Sutton v. Lopes, 513 A.2d 139 (Conn. 1986). · cites it 2× “Further, because prisoners are committed to the commissioner of correction under § 54-64a, and because the commissioner has the authority to commit a prisoner to any state correctional institution; General Statutes § 18-87; a prisoner possibly may not be committed to a community…”
In re Stevem M., 826 A.2d 156 (Conn. 2003). “under contract with the department; provided no child or youth voluntarily admitted to the department under section 17a-ll shall be placed or subsequently transferred to the Connecticut Juvenile Training School; and further provided no transfer shall be made to any institution,…”
In Re Appeal of Bailey, 262 A.2d 177 (Conn. 1969). · cites it 3× “Jesse also makes much of the provisions of § 18-87 of the General Statutes (Rev. to 1968) authorizing the commissioner of correction to “transfer any inmate of any of the institutions of the department to any other appropriate state institution when the warden, superintendent or…”
Sosa v. Lantz, 660 F. Supp. 2d 283 (D. Conn. 2009). “Standards This Court must review any “complaint in a civil action in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity,” 28 U.”
McKinney v. Dougherty (D. Conn. 2025). · cites it 2× “Under Connecticut state law, discretion to transfer an inmate rests with the Commissioner of Correction, see Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 18-87 (“The Commissioner of Correction may transfer any inmate of any of the institutions of the Department of Correction to any other appropriate…”
In re Angel R. (Conn. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 3× “The first, General Statutes § 18-87, pertains to the authority of DOC to make an intra-department transfer and provides in relevant part: ‘‘The Commissioner of Correction may transfer any inmate of any of the institutions of the Department of Correction to any other appropriate…”
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