HF 81

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to corrections; modifying multiple occupancy 
  1.3             requirements applicable to state prisons; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 243.53. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 243.53, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      243.53 [SEPARATE CELLS; MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY STANDARDS.] 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [SEPARATE CELLS.] When there are cells 
  1.10  sufficient, each convict inmate shall be confined in a separate 
  1.11  cell.  Each inmate shall be confined in a separate cell 
  1.12  in close, maximum, and high security facilities, including St. 
  1.13  Cloud, Stillwater, and Oak Park Heights institutions classified 
  1.14  by the commissioner as custody level five and six institutions, 
  1.15  but not including geriatric or honor dormitory-type facilities. 
  1.16     Subd. 2.  [MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY STANDARDS.] A medium security 
  1.17  correctional facility that is built or remodeled after July 1, 
  1.18  1992, for the purpose of increasing inmate capacity must be 
  1.19  designed and built to Correctional institutions classified by 
  1.20  the commissioner as custody level one, two, three, or four 
  1.21  institutions must comply with multiple occupancy standards 
  1.22  for not more than at least one-half of the facility's capacity.  
  1.23  Multiple occupancy standards must permit double celling and must 
  1.24  include a maximum capacity figure.  A minimum security 
  1.25  correctional facility that is built or remodeled after July 1, 
  2.1   1992, must be designed and built to comply with minimum security 
  2.2   multiple occupancy standards.