Correctional Institutions

State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act [HB-318] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna McDowell White Ch. Sl 2025-85 on 07/29/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

The Sergeant Mickey Hutchens Act [HB-272] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
The Sergeant Mickey Hutchens Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Patrick Riddell Regular Message Sent To Senate on 04/16/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Revise Law on the Death Penalty [HB-270] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Revise Law on the Death Penalty

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Keith D. Kidwell Reptd Fav on 05/06/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Salary Adjustments and Budget Offsets [HB-192] [Education ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Salary Adjustments and Budget Offsets

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hugh Blackwell Reptd Fav on 06/25/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act Regarding Telephone and Video Call Access in Detention and Correctional Facilities and Jails [HB-647] [Crime ] [Telecommunications ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
An Act Regarding Telephone and Video Call Access in Detention and Correctional Facilities and Jails

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Anne M. Carney Reports Read. on 06/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Cooperation [HB-1307] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a certain law enforcement agency, law enforcement agent, and local detention facility, if requested by federal immigration authorities, to notify federal immigration authorities about certain matters and cooperate with federal immigration authorities for a certain purpose; and prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or an agency of the State or a unit of local government from adopting, implementing, or enforcing certain policies.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act) [HB-1222] [Immigration ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Requiring federal law enforcement officers to notify certain individuals of federal immigration action at certain sensitive locations; prohibiting certain schools, libraries, and units of State or local government that operate at certain sensitive locations from allowing certain federal personnel access to areas not accessible to the general public, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Attorney General to develop and publish certain guidance regarding immigration enforcement actions at certain sensitive locations; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein Approved By The Governor - Chapter 718 on 05/20/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Correctional Services - Assessment of State Correctional System [HB-1157] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman to engage an independent consultant to perform a comprehensive assessment of the State's correctional system beginning on or before October 1, 2026; altering the items required to be included in a certain annual report of the Office; and requiring the consultant to complete the assessment and provide the Office with a written report of its findings and recommendations by October 1, 2028.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Cooperation [HB-1188] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [National Security ]
Requiring law enforcement agencies, law enforcement agents, and local detention facilities who take custody of an individual to run a search of the individual in the National Crime Information Center, make a certain notice to federal immigration authorities, and cooperate with federal immigration authorities in regards to certain individuals; and prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or an agency of the State or a unit of local government from adopting, implementing, or enforcing certain policies.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Correctional Services – Medication–Assisted Treatment Funding [HB-1084] [Healthcare ] [Funding ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Secretary of Health to provide funding to counties for medication-assisted treatment programs; requiring counties that receive funding to submit a certain report; authorizing the Governor to appropriate certain funds in the annual budget bill; altering the requirements for a certain report; authorizing funds in the Opioid Restitution Fund to be used for medication-assisted treatment programs; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Election Law - Individuals Released from State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration [HB-1110] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to transmit a list that includes the name and new residential address of individuals released from incarceration at a State correctional facility to the State Board of Elections on a weekly basis; and requiring the State Board to automatically restore the voter registration of certain individuals released from State correctional facilities who were registered to vote in the State before being incarcerated.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations [HB-1107] [Children and Youth ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Limiting the circumstances under which an incarcerated minor may be involuntarily placed in restrictive housing to the extent necessary to eliminate identifiable risk; prohibiting the placement of a minor in restrictive housing for more than 6 hours; authorizing a correctional facility to place a minor in restrictive housing at the minor's request; establishing certain requirements for detaining, confining, or transporting a child; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Election Law – Pretrial Detainees – Absentee Ballots [SB-991] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections or the local boards of elections to automatically send an absentee ballot to each registered voter in pretrial detention in a correctional facility without the voter having to submit an absentee ballot application.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Lorenzo Watson First Reading Senate Rules on 02/05/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Freedom to Carry NC [SB-50] [Public Safety ] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Law Enforcement ]
Freedom to Carry NC

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Earl Britt Placed On Cal For 08/26/2025 on 07/30/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations [SB-827] [Children and Youth ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Limiting the circumstances under which an incarcerated minor may be involuntarily placed in restrictive housing to the extent necessary to eliminate identifiable risk; prohibiting the placement of a minor in restrictive housing for more than 6 hours; and authorizing a correctional facility to place a minor in restrictive housing at the minor's request; establishing certain requirements for detaining, confining, or transporting a child; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Correctional Services - Medication-Assisted Treatment Funding [SB-942] [Healthcare ] [Funding ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Secretary of Health to provide funding to counties for medication-assisted treatment programs; requiring counties that receive funding to submit a certain report; authorizing the Governor to appropriate certain funds in the annual budget bill; altering the requirements for a certain report; authorizing funds in the Opioid Restitution Fund to be used for medication-assisted treatment programs; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/04/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

State Government - Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Juvenile Justice Monitor - Appointment [SB-924] [Criminal Justice ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Providing that the Director of Juvenile Justice Monitoring is appointed by the Correctional Ombudsman to serve a term of 4 years; and requiring the appointment of the Director of Juvenile Justice Monitoring to be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate if the appointee has already served in that role.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Require Reporting on the Uses of Prisoner Segregation [HB-405] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
An Act to Require Reporting on the Uses of Prisoner Segregation

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Craig V. Hickman Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 06/05/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Correctional Services - Private Detention Facilities - Deprivation of Rights, Privileges, and Immunities [HB-1011] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from depriving an individual in a private detention facility of any right, privilege, or immunity secured by the United States Constitution, the Maryland Constitution, the Maryland Declaration of Rights, or any state or federal law; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to investigate a violation of the Act; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to file a civil action against a person for a violation of the Act under certain circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Correctional Services - Private Detention Facilities - Deprivation of Rights, Privileges, and Immunities [SB-786] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from depriving an individual in a private detention facility of any right, privilege, or immunity secured or protected by the United States Constitution, the Maryland Constitution, the Maryland Declaration of Rights, or any state or federal law; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to investigate a violation of the Act; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to file a civil action against a person for a violation of the Act under certain circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025

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