as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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Introduction | Posted on 01/27/1997 |
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to crime prevention; altering occupancy 1.3 standards in adult correctional facilities; 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, eachconvictinmate shall be confined in a separate 1.11 cell. Each inmate shall be confined in a separate cell 1.12 inclose, maximum, and high security facilitiescustody level 5 1.13 and level 6 institutions, including the St. Cloud, Stillwater, 1.14 and Oak Park Heights facilities, but not includinggeriatric or1.15honordormitory-typefacilitieshousing. 1.16 Subd. 2. [MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY STANDARDS.]A medium security1.17correctional facility that is built or remodeled after July 1,1.181992, for the purpose of increasing inmate capacity must be1.19designed and built toCustody level 1 through level 4 1.20 institutions must comply with multiple occupancy standards 1.21 fornot more thanat least one-half of the facility's capacity. 1.22 Multiple occupancy standards must include double celling 1.23 andmust includea maximum capacity figure.A minimum security1.24correctional facility that is built or remodeled after July 1,1.251992, must be designed and built to comply with minimum security2.1multiple occupancy standards.