The commissioner of corrections is authorized to organize a prison security force, consisting of members of the prisons' correctional line personnel, for the purpose of patrolling prison buildings, roads, and grounds and providing for general security at the prisons. The prison security force shall be under the immediate control of and responsible to the commissioner of corrections.
Source. 1977, 599:2. 1998, 386:13, eff. Aug. 26, 1998.