Bill Text: FL S1032 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Inmate Placement
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Criminal Justice [S1032 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S1032-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2019 SB 1032 By Senator Bracy 11-01043C-19 20191032__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to inmate placement; amending s. 3 944.17, F.S.; requiring the Department of Corrections 4 to confine inmates according to specified locational 5 requirements by a specified date; providing an 6 exception; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 944.17, Florida 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 12 944.17 Commitments and classification; transfers.— 13 (2)(a) The department shall direct each prisoner committed 14 to the custody of the department toshallbe conveyed to ansuch15 institution, a facility, or a program in the correctional system 16as the department shall direct,in accordance with its 17 classification scheme and the requirements imposed in paragraph 18 (b). 19 (b) By July 1, 2022, the department shall, subject to the 20 inmate’s custody classification, programmatic needs, and mental 21 and medical health needs, place each inmate in an institution or 22 a facility as close as practicable to within 125 driving miles 23 of the inmate’s primary residence. Subject to the inmate’s 24 custody classification, the department shall transfer an inmate 25 to an institution or a facility that is as close as practicable 26 to within 125 driving miles of the inmate’s primary residence, 27 unless the inmate chooses to remain at his or her current 28 institution or facility. This paragraph does not apply to an 29 inmate who has a department custody classification of close 30 custody or maximum custody. 31 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.