The Senate Family and Children Services Committee heard HB 1181 sponsored by Sen. Ford and authored by Rep. DeVon regarding youth offender boot camps and inmate calling services. Sen. Ford presented the bill, which eliminates from statute the DOC’s youthful offender boot camp program and applies rate caps to inmate calling services at state and county correctional facilities. The … [Read more...] about Youth offender boot camps and inmate calling services
Department of Correction
Restraint of pregnant inmates
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard HB 1294 on restraint of pregnant inmates sponsored by Sen. Glick and Sen. Becker. The author, Rep. Fleming, introduced the bill which amends Title 11 to establish the appropriate use of restraints on an inmate who is in labor, delivering a baby, recuperating from delivery, or experiencing a medical emergency related to the pr … [Read more...] about Restraint of pregnant inmates
Population parameters
On January 12, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 37 on population parameters authored by Sen. Ford. The bill amends various statutes to update population parameters for political subdivisions based on the 2020 decennial census. The bill also updates multipliers that are based on a county's population and used in determining distributions made by the department of … [Read more...] about Population parameters
Restraint of pregnant inmates
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1294 on the restraint of pregnant inmates authored by Reps. Fleming and Ziemke. The bill amends Title 11 to establish the appropriate use of restraints on an inmate who is in labor, delivering a baby, recuperating from delivery, or experiencing a medical emergency related to the pregnancy and proper medical care of such inmates. … [Read more...] about Restraint of pregnant inmates
Juvenile law matters
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1359 on juvenile law matters authored by Rep. McNamara. The bill: mandates that the Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana (Commission) shall create a statewide oversight body to do the following:develop a plan to collect and report statewide juvenile justice data;establish procedures and policies related to … [Read more...] about Juvenile law matters