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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Fines and court costs; community work in lieu of payment. [SB-1174]
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Community work in lieu of payment for fines and court costs. Provides that a court may permit an inmate to earn credits against any fines and court costs imposed against him by performing community service. Under current law, credits may be earned only before or after imprisonment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark D. Obenshain
Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 01/16/2017
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Temporary detention; minimum time period. [HB-1975]
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Temporary detention; minimum time period. Provides that an inmate in a jail or an acquittee on conditional release held pursuant to a temporary detention order shall be held for at least 23 hours after the execution of the order. The bill also provides that a person held pursuant to a temporary detention order shall be held for up to 24 hours after admission to the facility of temporary detention for the provision of mental health treatment to stabilize such person's psychiatric condition. Currently, an inmate, acquittee, or person may be held pursuant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph R. Yost
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Corrections, State Board of; membership, powers and duties, review of deaths of inmates. [HB-1782]
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State Board of Corrections; membership; powers and duties; review of deaths of inmates in local correctional facilities. Authorizes the State Board of Corrections (Board) to conduct a review of the death of any inmate in a local or regional correctional facility in order to determine the circumstances surrounding the inmate's death and whether the facility was in compliance with the Board's regulations. The bill requires the Board to develop and implement policies and procedures for the review of the death of any inmate that occurs in any local
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bernard Bell
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Utah 2017 General Session
Inmate Housing Amendments [HB-270]
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Inmate Housing Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeremy A. Peterson
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/09/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Joint Commission on Health Care; study of quality of health care services in jails and prisons. [HJR-616]
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Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study quality of health care services provided to inmates in jails and prisons in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the quality of health care services provided to inmates in jails and prisons in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, the Joint Commission on Health Care shall (i) review the requirements for delivery of health care services in jails and prisons; (ii) review the oversight of health care service delivery in jails and prisons, including the process
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Sponsored by: Rep. John M. O'Bannon
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Inmate trust accounts; exemption. [HB-1651]
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Inmate trust accounts; exemption. Provides that an inmate who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment that makes the inmate ineligible for release, excluding conditional geriatric release, prior to 75 years of age is exempt from depositing 10 percent of any funds the inmate receives into an inmate personal trust account.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0205) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Community services boards; preadmission screening for regional jail inmates. [SB-975]
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Community services boards; preadmission screening; regional jail inmates. Provides that the duties of a community services board include reviewing any existing Memorandum of Understanding between the community services board and any other community services boards that serve the regional jail to ensure that such memorandum sets forth the roles and responsibilities of each community services board in the preadmission screening process, provides for communication and information sharing protocols between the community services boards, and provides
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Sponsored by: Sen. John A. Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0606) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Deaths of inmates in local correctional facilities; review by State Board of Corrections. [SB-942]
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Deaths of inmates in local correctional facilities; review by State Board of Corrections. Authorizes the State Board of Corrections (Board) to conduct a review of the death of any inmate in a local or regional correctional facility in order to determine the circumstances surrounding the inmate's death and whether the facility was in compliance with the Board's regulations. The bill provides that any review shall be performed by Department of Corrections (Department) staff designated by the Board and requires the Board to submit a report of the findings
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Sponsored by: Sen. John A. Cosgrove
Incorporated By Rehabilitation And Social Services on 01/13/2017