SB 1030 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 13-2505 regarding promoting prison contraband to include city and town correctional facilities in addition to state and county facilities.

• Authorizes state department of corrections, county jails, and city or town correctional facilities to perform body scans on inmates using low-dose ionizing radiation without a licensed practitioner's order to prevent contraband from entering facilities.

• Maintains existing provisions that licensed practitioners may order x-radiation on inmates when there is reason to believe they possess contraband.

• Preserves criminal penalties: Class 2 felony for promoting prison contraband involving deadly weapons, dangerous instruments, explosives, or controlled substances; Class 5 felony for all other cases and for failure to report violations.