Whenever a person is convicted of a crime and sentenced to a term of imprisonment that is to be served in the custody of the Department of Corrections, the clerk of the court shall make and forward to the head of the correctional facility designated as the initial place of confinement by the Commissioner of Corrections pursuant to Title 17-A, section 2304, a record containing copies of the docket entries and charging instrument, together with a statement of any fact or facts that the presiding justice may determine to be important or necessary for a full comprehension of the case. This record must be delivered to the head of the designated correctional facility within 10 days of the date the prisoner is received at that facility. At the time a person, so sentenced, is delivered to the designated correctional facility, a copy of the judgment and commitment must be given to the receiving officer at that facility. [PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §36 (AMD).]
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