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NC S860

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/26/2020

Primary Sponsor

Erica Smith-Ingram

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice must develop three plans by September 1, 2020: prison depopulation for nonviolent offenders, offenders with compromised immune systems, those near release, and juveniles; future COVID-19 emergency response efforts; and implementation of Extending the Limits of Confinement (ELC) policy.

  • $10,000,000 in nonrecurring funds appropriated to the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice for the 2020-2021 fiscal year for electronic monitoring services, community corrections staffing, and other release-related costs.

  • $1,800,000 in nonrecurring funds appropriated for 2020-2021 to help previously incarcerated individuals transition to their communities, distributed as $100,000 each to 18 local and regional reentry councils across North Carolina.

  • Act becomes effective July 1, 2020.

Legislative Description

Support Inmate/Juvenile Release to Community

Last Action

Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

5/27/2020

Committee Referrals

Rules and Operations of the Senate5/27/2020

Full Bill Text

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