197.065 Classification and segregation of prisoners in penal institutions -- Transfer
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between institutions.
(1)The commissioner shall classify all prisoners and segregate the prisoners in all of
the state penal institutions and reformatories according to their past records, the
probability of their being rehabilitated, the influence such prisoners might exert
upon fellow prisoners, and for any other purpose that the commissioner, in his
discretion, may deem sufficient for the discipline of the prisoners in any institution
or reformatory, and for the rehabilitation of any prisoners.
(2)For the purposes of carrying out subsection
(1)of this section, the commissioner
shall direct and compel the transfer of any prisoner from any penal institution or
reformatory, irrespective of the order of the court committing the prisoner to any
one
(1)institution or reformatory.