Placement limitations

17-25-103. Placement limitations. No adult felony violent or sex offender shall be placed by the department in a minimum security facility located in any county without first having been placed in at least one more restrictive setting for not less than six months. Said six-month time period shall include any time spent by the inmate in any diagnostic unit operated by the department. The six-month requirement may be waived only with the approval of the executive director. Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 935, � 10, effective August 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 848, � 45, effective May 24. ARTICLE 26 Jails Editor's note: (1) Prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title in 1977, the substantive provisions of this article were contained in article 26 of title 27. (2) For additional historical information concerning the repeal and reenactment of this title, see the editor's note at the beginning of this title. Cross references: For reimbursement by the department of corrections of expenses incurred by a county or city and county to maintain a prisoner in a local jail, see � 17-1-112. PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS