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MN HF2895

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/10/2016

Primary Sponsor

Debra Hilstrom

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature 2015-2016

AI Summary

  • After July 1, 2016, the state Department of Corrections commissioner shall not allow inmates to be housed in facilities that are not owned and operated by the state, a local unit of government, or a group of local units of government.

  • The commissioner is prohibited from contracting with privately owned and operated prisons for the care, custody, and rehabilitation of offenders, effective the day following final enactment.

  • After August 1, 2016, sheriffs shall not allow inmates committed to their custody to be housed in facilities that are not owned and operated by a local government or group of local units of government.

  • County boards are prohibited from authorizing sheriffs to contract with privately owned and operated prisons for inmate care, custody, and rehabilitation, effective the day following final enactment.

Legislative Description

State and local jail and prison inmates required to be housed in publicly owned and operated jails and prisons, and state and county contracting with private prisons prohibited.

Last Action

Author added Loeffler.

5/21/2016

Committee Referrals

Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance3/10/2016

Full Bill Text

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