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IN SB0340
Bill
Status
1/8/2019
Primary Sponsor
Eddie Melton
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AI 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 facilities and immigration detention centers
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Prohibits local government units and sheriffs from contracting with private organizations for prisoner incarceration (including pretrial detention) in privately-owned facilities, or for private operation of locally-owned correctional and immigration detention facilities
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Restrictions apply only to contracts entered into, modified, or renewed after June 30, 2019
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Exempts centers providing reentry services as part of community transition programs from the prohibition, allowing continued private contracts for these services
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Effective date: July 1, 2019
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 unit of local government. Provides exceptions for centers providing reentry services as part of a community transition program.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
1/8/2019