Corrections
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - First-Degree Murder [HB-374]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence in a State or local correctional facility for murder in the first degree that occurred on or after October 1, 2025.
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Gettr Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-415]
[Libraries ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Family Literacy Pilot Program administered by the State Library Agency in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Correctional Education Council to enable certain incarcerated individuals to read aloud to their children by preparing a recording; and requiring the State Library Agency to submit a certain report on or before December 1, 2028.
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Montana 2025 Regular Session
Increase size of parole board [HB-186]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Increase size of parole board
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to legislative leave for correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [HB-1828]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Relating to legislative leave for correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to depression screenings for certain women in county jail or in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [HB-1826]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to depression screenings for certain women in county jail or in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Prisoners: Electronic Device Access/use [SB-19]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
An Act relating to the use and possession of electronic devices by prisoners.
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Prisoners: Electronic Devices, Id Cards [HB-35]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to the use and possession of electronic devices by prisoners; and relating to identification cards.
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Address Confidentiality Program [SB-31]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Administration; creating an address confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act [SB-280]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Real Estate ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of judicial proceedings, corrections, criminal, family, public safety, and real property laws to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment [HB-311]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant medical parole to an incarcerated individual serving a sentence of life imprisonment.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session
Authorize the Department of Corrections to construct a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Lincoln County, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency. [HB-1025]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorize the Department of Corrections to construct a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Lincoln County, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. [HB-1760]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session
Require cost model reports for certain programs and institutions. [HB-1010]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
Require cost model reports for certain programs and institutions.
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to an annual report by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on post-release or post-discharge employment and certain other inmate data. [SB-697]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to an annual report by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on post-release or post-discharge employment and certain other inmate data.
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Montana 2025 Regular Session
Generally revise laws related to supervision on probation [SB-70]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Generally revise laws related to supervision on probation
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Montana 2025 Regular Session
Generally revise laws related to presentence investigations [SB-84]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Generally revise laws related to presentence investigations
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Correctional Training Commission - Membership [SB-197]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the membership of the Maryland Correctional Training Commission to include the Director and an employee of the Division of Parole and Probation within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and providing that certain Commission members may serve personally at a Commission meeting or designate a representative from the member's unit or association.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Pretrial Detainees - Absentee Ballots [HB-253]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [SB-181]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; repealing the authorization for the Governor to disapprove a decision to grant medical parole; requiring the Commission, within 60 days of receiving a name for parole consideration, to conduct a risk assessment for an individual serving sentences for crimes of violence with an aggregate term of confinement of 40 years or more; etc.