1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; eliminating the 
  1.3             prohibition on double bunking inmates at custody level 
  1.4             five and six state correctional institutions; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 243.53, subdivision 1.
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 243.53, 
  1.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [SEPARATE CELLS MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY.] (a) 
  1.10  When there are sufficient cells available, each inmate shall be 
  1.11  confined in a separate cell.  Each inmate shall be confined in a 
  1.12  separate cell in institutions classified by the commissioner as 
  1.13  custody level five and six institutions.  This requirement does 
  1.14  not apply to the following: 
  1.15     (1) geriatric dormitory-type facilities; 
  1.16     (2) honor dormitory-type facilities; and 
  1.17     (3) any other multiple occupancy facility at a custody 
  1.18  level five or six institution that confines inmates who could be 
  1.19  confined in an institution at custody level four or lower. 
  1.20     (b) Correctional institutions classified by the 
  1.21  commissioner as custody level one, two, three, or four 
  1.22  institutions must permit multiple occupancy, except segregation 
  1.23  units, to the greatest extent possible. 
  1.24     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.25     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.