Prisoners

State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Convene a Working Group to Examine the Establishment of a Program to Award Earned Time Credit for Educational Achievement to Persons Who Are Incarcerated [HB-1979] [Education ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Convene a Working Group to Examine the Establishment of a Program to Award Earned Time Credit for Educational Achievement to Persons Who Are Incarcerated

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Dodge Finally Passed, In Concurrence. on 06/03/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Expand the State's Workforce by Supporting the Transition from Incarceration to Employment [HB-1844] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Economic Development ] [Law Enforcement ]
An Act to Expand the State's Workforce by Supporting the Transition from Incarceration to Employment

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rachel Talbot Ross Passed To Be Enacted In Concurrence. on 06/25/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested [HB-1710] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tavis Hasenfus Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 06/17/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Establish a Sustainable Housing Development Prison Work Program [HB-1693] [Housing ] [Crime ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ] [Criminal Justice ] [Economic Development ] [Law Enforcement ]
An Act to Establish a Sustainable Housing Development Prison Work Program

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tavis Hasenfus Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/20/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Require Correctional Facilities and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities to Release Prisoners and Patients to a Responsible Adult [HB-1000] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ] [Mental Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Law Enforcement ]
An Act to Require Correctional Facilities and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities to Release Prisoners and Patients to a Responsible Adult

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marygrace Cimino Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/20/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or Presentence Incarceration to Be Credited Time for Participation in Work Projects Within a Jail [HB-931] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or Presentence Incarceration to Be Credited Time for Participation in Work Projects Within a Jail

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Dill Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 06/12/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband [HB-930] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Dill Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 06/13/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Inmates; release to nursing institutions [SB-1629] [Healthcare ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Senior Citizens ]
Inmates; release to nursing institutions

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Finchem Senate Read Second Time on 02/11/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Mental illness; prisoners; diagnosis; treatment [SB-1046] [Mental Health ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ]
Mental illness; prisoners; diagnosis; treatment

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Miranda Senate Read Second Time on 01/15/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Prisoners; transition program [HB-2024] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prisoners; transition program

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Selina Bliss Senate Read Second Time on 02/25/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Facilitate the Improvement of Credit Scores of Residents of Department of Corrections Facilities [HB-97] [Consumer Protection ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Data Privacy ] [Economic Development ] [Law Enforcement ]
An Act to Facilitate the Improvement of Credit Scores of Residents of Department of Corrections Facilities

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Sayre Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 03/18/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act Allowing the Department of Corrections to Offset Some of the Costs of Technology Provided to Residents of Correctional Facilities [HB-45] [Technology and Innovation ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
An Act Allowing the Department of Corrections to Offset Some of the Costs of Technology Provided to Residents of Correctional Facilities

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Lee Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 06/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

City of Frederick - Assignment of Offenders to Road Work - Repeal (Frederick City Road Gang Injustice Repeal Act) [SB-1154] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Repealing a provision of law requring a District Court judge to assign, if practicable, an offender to work the public roads of Frederick County or the City of Frederick as a penalty for a violation of a municipal law or ordinance of the City of Frederick.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. First Reading Senate Rules on 02/11/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Correctional Facilities – Incarcerated Individuals – Costs of Telephone Communications [HB-1366] [Telecommunications ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an incarcerated individual or a third party under certain circumstances; and providing that an incarcerated individual's access to or use of telephone equipment and telephone services may not supplant time that the incarcerated individual is entitled to in-person visitation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Program [HB-1405] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ] [Economic Development ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and offer an apprenticeship program in skilled trades for incarcerated individuals; establishing the purpose of the program is to assist incarcerated individuals to develop marketable job skills and to earn money that can be used once the individual is released from incarceration; authorizing the Department to pay all or part of an incarcerated individuals wages to a spouse, child or other dependent in need of financial support; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Compensation for Individuals Erroneously Convicted - Alterations [HB-1086] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ]
Altering certain benefits that a certain individual who has been erroneously convicted of a crime is entitled to receive; requiring the State to notify a certain individual of certain information in writing under certain circumstances when the State intends to reduce or prevent an award of compensation to the individual; and repealing obsolete provisions of law relating to the filing of a certain petition for compensation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 138 on 04/25/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Corrections - Segregated Housing - Limitations [HB-1144] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Altering a reporting requirement for correctional units relating to restrictive housing; requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; and establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of segregated housing.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment [HB-1037] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to identify reentry services in the State, develop a plan to establish a new division within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and develop a plan to expand certain services for individuals after release from incarceration; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Approved By The Governor - Chapter 937 on 05/16/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications [SB-948] [Telecommunications ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an incarcerated individual or a third party under certain circumstances; and providing that an incarcerated individual's access to or use of telephone equipment and telephone services may not supplant time that the incarcerated individual is entitled to in-person visitation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment [SB-1036] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ]
Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West Approved By The Governor - Chapter 936 on 05/16/2024

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