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IN SB0563
Bill
Status
1/18/2017
Primary Sponsor
Eddie Melton
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AI Summary
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Prohibits the department of correction from contracting with private organizations to incarcerate committed persons or immigration detainees in privately-owned facilities, effective July 1, 2017
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Prohibits the department of correction from contracting with private organizations to operate state-owned correctional facilities or immigration detention centers
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Prohibits units of local government and sheriffs from contracting with private organizations to incarcerate prisoners (including pretrial detainees) or immigration detainees in privately-owned facilities
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Prohibits units of local government and sheriffs from contracting with private organizations to operate locally-owned correctional or immigration detention facilities
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Permits exceptions for private centers providing reentry services as part of community transition programs, allowing both state and local entities to contract for this specific purpose
Legislative Description
Moratorium on privately operated facilities. Prohibits the department of correction from contracting with a private organization for the incarceration of committed persons or immigration detainees in a facility owned by the private organization, and for the operation by the private organization of a correctional facility or immigration detention center owned by the state. Prohibits a unit of local government from contracting with a private organization for the incarceration of prisoners or immigration detainees in a facility owned by the private organization or for the operation by the private organization of a correctional facility or immigration detention center owned by the
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
1/18/2017