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MN HF2895
Bill
Status
3/10/2016
Primary Sponsor
Debra Hilstrom
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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