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MN HF1237

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/14/2019

Primary Sponsor

Ryan Winkler

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st Legislature 2019-2020

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Corrections2/16/2019
Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance & Policy2/14/2019

Full Bill Text

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