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IN SB0407
Bill
Status
1/8/2018
Primary Sponsor
Eddie Melton
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AI Summary
Senate Bill 407 Summary
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Prohibits the Indiana Department of Correction from contracting with private organizations to incarcerate committed persons or immigration detainees in privately-owned facilities or to operate state-owned correctional or immigration detention facilities
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Prohibits local government units and sheriffs from contracting with private organizations to incarcerate prisoners or immigration detainees in privately-owned facilities or to operate locally-owned correctional or immigration detention facilities
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Creates an exception allowing contracts with private organizations for incarceration of committed persons in centers providing reentry services as part of a community transition program
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Applies only to contracts entered into, modified, or renewed after June 30, 2018
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Effective July 1, 2018
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
1/8/2018