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IN HB1420
Bill
Status
1/17/2017
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Mahan
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AI Summary
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Creates a Committee on Jail Standards within the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute to assume county jail oversight duties from the Department of Correction effective July 1, 2018.
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Committee must adopt minimum standards for county jail equipment, maintenance, operations, inmate custody and care, staffing levels, and programs; standards must be flexible and comply with federal constitutional requirements and state law.
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Committee shall conduct at least annual inspections of all county jails, develop risk assessment plans to guide inspections, require monthly inmate population reports from sheriffs, and submit annual reports to the governor and legislature.
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Establishes a $15 booking fee per incarcerated person (unless indigent) to fund the committee's jail inspection account, with refunds available for those acquitted or whose charges are dismissed.
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Requires jail officers hired after December 31, 1985 to complete 40-hour specialized training including 6 hours of crisis intervention training; the Department of Correction must pay training costs.
Legislative Description
County jail standards and inspections. Creates the committee on jail standards (committee) within the criminal justice division of the Indiana criminal justice institute. Transfers, on July 1, 2018: (1) the powers and duties of the department of correction (department); and (2) the department's liabilities, records, property, appropriations, and employees; related to county jail standards and inspections to the committee. Requires the committee to do the following not later than July 1, 2018: (1) Adopt standards regarding the condition of county jails. (2) Conduct periodic jail inspections. Requires, after July 1, 2018, the commission to do the following: (1) Receive reports
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/17/2017