Maine statute
15 M.R.S. § 2162 — Commutation to jail
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 307: Pardons and Commutation of Sentences, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 2162
Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.
When a person is sentenced and committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections, the Governor may, if the Governor considers it consistent with the public interest and the welfare of the prisoner, commute that prisoner's sentence to imprisonment in any county jail, there to be supported at the charge of the State at an expense not exceeding the price paid for the support of other prisoners in that county jail.
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