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MN HF1237
Bill
Status
2/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Ryan Winkler
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AI Summary
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Amends Minnesota Statutes section 241.01 to prohibit the Commissioner of Corrections from housing inmates in facilities not owned and operated by the state, a local unit of government, or a group of local units of government, effective July 1, 2019.
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Prohibits the Commissioner of Corrections from contracting with privately owned and operated prisons for the care, custody, and rehabilitation of offenders, effective immediately upon enactment.
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Prohibits sheriffs from housing inmates in facilities not owned and operated by local government or a group of local units of government, effective August 1, 2019.
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Prohibits county boards from authorizing sheriffs to contract with privately owned and operated prisons for offender care, custody, and rehabilitation, effective immediately upon 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 counties prohibited from contracting with private prisons.
Last Action
Author added Hornstein
5/13/2019