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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • One of the recommendations was to implement a jail diversion center.
  • So currently, the most high needs in our jail.
  • If we take those folks out of our jails, then our jails. are less costly and our jails are our number
  • I'm going to go to jail. I'm incompetent, I'm unlikely to restore.
  • We're going to get into jail. You're incompetent. You're unlikely to restore.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HHS Informational Briefing 10-20-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • At that time, we were talking about Act 26 jail diversion and my huge concerns of the lack of ACOs at
  • At that time, we were talking about Act 26 jail diversion and my huge concerns about the lack of ACOs
  • So we're talking about pre-booking jail diversion, and I think the other one is the post-booking jail
  • So we're talking about pre-booking jail diversion, and I think the other one is the post-booking jail
  • </c> I think for the post-booking jail I think for the post-booking jail diversion<01:21:17.920><c> it's
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The briefing focused on the Hawaii State Hospital’s overcrowding, construction defects in the new addition, and how Act 26 and related court-ordered processes are affecting admissions and discharges. The chair said the hospital has become increasingly forensic-focused, has lost beds after the closure of Kahimohala, and may face further costs and possible litigation over the defective addition. Hospital and Department of Health officials said they are working with the attorney general and contractors on repairs, and that the hospital is currently using all 292 licensed beds, including 13 waiver beds, while average daily census last fiscal year was 376. Officials explained that the high census is driven by both increased admissions and discharge barriers. They said the loss of Kahimohala returned patients to the state hospital, and that Act 26-related petty misdemeanor cases are contributing to admissions. They also said limited lower-level placement options delay discharges. Hospital staff reported that many patients are repeat admissions, about 22% were unhoused before admission, and a significant share are in categories such as fitness-to-proceed evaluations and conditional-release violations. They said these groups could potentially be reduced if evaluations were done elsewhere and if more community or supportive housing were available. The chair and senators questioned whether some fitness-to-proceed detainees need to be held at the state hospital at all, and whether the Clark consent order requires transfer to the hospital. The attorney general’s office said the Clark injunction does not govern unfitness-to-proceed cases; instead, the requirement comes from state statute, and the statute could be changed. Director Johnson said DCR cannot keep such detainees because the court orders them into the custody of the Department of Health, and the department cannot provide the needed therapeutic level of care in a correctional setting. The discussion also emphasized co-occurring substance use and mental illness, especially among petty misdemeanor defendants, and the need for supportive housing and a decompression plan to reduce readmissions and free beds for civil commitments.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Transportation. (3-18-26)

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is this what's who's the same who who's going to get a year in jail for up to a year in jail?
  • I'm just a little skeptical of jail time for this.
  • Is this what's who's the same who who's going to get a year in jail for up to a year in jail?
  • </c><00:12:09.440><c> for</c> who's going to get a year in jail for who's going to get a year in jail
  • I mean, up the &gt;&gt; up to a year in jail?
Keywords: 958, all
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations - Human Resources Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, I mean, I dealt with this for 12 years with multiple jails in my area.
  • You know, we had multiple jails in my area.
  • For you, but for the county, and so for the county pay for your county jail.
  • Will Grand Forks hold everything that is now being held in the county jails?
  • Sixteen million of that is jails. Yeah, and that's in there.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The committee reconvened to work through the amended version of Senate Bill 2025, beginning with a clarification from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the source of funds used to cover the commissioner’s salary equity increase. Commissioner Lonnie Wong explained that the money came from federal highly rural transportation grant administrative/salary funds, within the allowable 10% administrative cap, and that the department had not exceeded that limit. The committee then reviewed the major House changes to the veterans budget, including funding for a veterans benefits specialist FTE, salary equity increases for veterans service officers, additional operating funds, one-time funding for homeless veteran services and the Veterans Post-War Trust Fund, carryover authority for Fisher House and veterans transportation projects, accrued leave, and a document scanning project. Members also discussed a section changing governance authority for veterans affairs and the veterans home, with questions about the ACOVA board and the governor’s appointment authority. The committee debated the appropriateness of using federal grant administrative funds for salary adjustments and the broader shift in authority over veterans affairs, with some members emphasizing legislative control over salaries and budget decisions and others supporting the reorganization as a way to improve administration. After discussion, Amendment 25.092.0203 was moved, seconded, and adopted on an 8-0 roll call. The committee then moved SB 2025 as amended, and that motion also passed 8-0. The meeting then shifted to Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation budget issues, where members reviewed FTE reductions, salary equity funding for correctional officers and parole/probation officers, and the status of federal ARPA dollars that had previously been used to backfill salaries and bonuses. DOCR officials described pay levels for correctional officers and compared them with county jail wages, arguing that the proposed equity funding was needed for retention and competitiveness. Members also discussed transitional facility costs, women’s treatment unit funding, and county jail overflow housing, including new or planned bed capacity in Grand Forks, Burleigh-Morton, Rugby, and other facilities. The committee agreed to continue refining the budget through a new long sheet and planned to request amendments for consideration in the following days before adjourning.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Fri Mar 14, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This measure prohibits minors from being held in jails, lockups, or prisons for adults.
  • This measure prohibits minors from being held in jails, lockups, or prisons for adults.
  • This measure prohibits minors from being held in jails, lockups, or prisons for adults.
  • This measure prohibits minors from being held in jails, lockups, or prisons for adults.
  • Kalief was held in an adult jail when he was 16 years old on Rikers Island in New York.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard several measures, beginning with Senate Bill 869 on community outreach boards. The Office of Information Practices said the bill was now clear and raised no concerns after clarification that it applies to Hawaii County community development action plan committees under the Sunshine Law. Written support was received from several individuals, and one testifier initially opposed the bill but withdrew opposition after hearing OIP’s explanation. No vote was taken in the excerpt. The committee then heard Senate Bill 405 on neighborhood board meetings, which would let boards receive and discuss reports from government officials that were not on a noticed agenda, with final action deferred to a later noticed meeting. OIP said the bill was a policy choice but warned it would give boards more flexibility at the cost of less public notice. Support came from the Wke neighborhood board and Jacob Weinek, while Natalie Iwasa and Greg Mian opposed it, arguing it could lead to unclear agenda items and deeper discussion without adequate public notice. No vote was taken. The committee also heard Senate Bill 903 on a claims review working group in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands asking for the measure to be deferred because it believed a complete inventory and audit of the public lands trust should come first. Members asked about the status of related House Bill 1358. The committee then heard tax measures: Senate Bill 1469, which would suspend the collection statute of limitations while tax assessments are on appeal, and Senate Bill 1467, which would clarify that county tax appeals do not need to be served on the Director of Taxation. The Tax Department supported both bills, and the Tax Foundation’s witness generally agreed but suggested a possible amendment to SB 1469 regarding insurance premium tax language. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 544 on sentencing of minor defendants, which would require courts to consider youth-related factors and allow departures from mandatory minimums; OHA, the Public Defender, Human Rights for Kids, and others supported it, citing trauma, diminished culpability, and national trends, and no opposition was noted in the excerpt. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 691 on family courts, which would set a minimum age of 12 for adjudication of law violations. The Public Defender and Human Rights for Kids supported the bill, saying very young children should not be treated as law violators and can still receive services through other family court mechanisms. The Attorney General’s office and the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office opposed the measure, arguing it could limit court jurisdiction and services for younger children and might have unintended consequences, including recruitment of children into criminal activity. Members asked whether amendments could preserve the bill’s intent while addressing those concerns; no final action is shown in the excerpt.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Our county jails can't make it.
  • housing pregnant women in jails and prisons.
  • If you may know about the Comanche County Jail, currently, they are housing people in six county jails
  • That's how you clear up that jail quickly, so The judges and the jail ask us, 'Will you really just push
  • these felonies through, pull them out of our jail?'
Keywords: 914, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

HOUSE RULES Apr 15th, 2026

HOUSE RULES

Transcript Highlights:
  • Let's look at a jail expansion.
  • I know people in your neck of the world don't like to talk about jails.
  • But I will say that you made the example about jail expansion in a lot of counties.
  • There's a difference between jails and megaprisons.
  • So there's a difference between megaprisons and jails.
Keywords: 1204, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • The jail ignored Dr. Levitt's report. The jail ignored Dr.
  • Upon returning to jail, he failed to continue the treatment that had stabilized him.
  • He returned to jail with treatment.
  • My brother fell through every gap in the mental health system and was failed by the jail systems.
  • My brother fell through every gap in the mental health system and was failed by the jail systems.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Corrections and Public Institutions Feb 9th, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Corrections and Public Institutions

Transcript Highlights:
  • But they want them not in jail also because it's expensive keeping them in jail.
  • They pay a bond, ankle monitoring, or go to jail. What are those choices available?
  • There are people that don't do good in jail.
  • And it's also to keep the census down in the jails. I mean, currently I have 162 people in my jail.
  • For them to be in my jail costs $105 a day.
Keywords: 959, house, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Corrections and Public Institutions Jan 14th, 2026

Corrections and Public Institutions

Transcript Highlights:
  • I had that happen to me when I was in jail, and that's not our fault.
  • We've had that happen in our jail.
  • We've had that happen in our jail.
  • I never want to see anybody die in jail. That's the worst thing that can happen.
  • We'll stitch it up and take them back to jail.
Keywords: 959, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Feb 5th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Maybe they were recently in jail or recently released from prison.
  • So just, and we work with over 23 jails currently in there. ...So just, and we work with over 23 jails
  • And then we try to get into the jail to be able to dose.
  • And then we try to get, you know, into the jail to be able to dose.
  • But I would like to, Jail term and be done with it.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to continue its review of performance measurement in the criminal justice system. The first presentation, from State Courts Administrator Eric McClure, described how the court system uses multiple data sources to track filings, dispositions, clearance rates, workload, and support services, and how those data inform judge need, budget requests, resource allocation, and court administration. He also discussed ongoing efforts to improve case-level reporting, the use of case management systems in trial and appellate courts, and performance efforts in problem-solving courts and civil case management. McClure noted that the legislature provides dedicated funding for problem-solving courts and for medication-assisted treatment, and that the courts are required to report outcomes and monitor compliance with contract requirements. Melanie Brown-Whor of the Florida Behavioral Health Association then reviewed the medication-assisted treatment program funded through the courts budget. She said the program combines medication with counseling and behavioral supports, serves people involved in or at risk of criminal justice involvement, and has expanded over time to include additional medications and more counties. She reported improved engagement and retention, with more than 10,000 people screened over five years, about 9,200 receiving medication, and over 6,600 successfully discharged. Senators asked about racial and ethnic demographics, hospital referrals, and how services are delivered; Brown-Whor explained that local community providers deliver treatment under contract and that the program is working to improve data reporting and consistency. The Department of Law Enforcement then presented on investigations, forensics, and criminal justice information services. Deputy Commissioner Vaden Pollard outlined FDLE’s strategic plan and major investigative priorities, including cybercrime, targeted violence, crimes against children, mutual aid, and the SAFE fentanyl eradication program. He said SAFE has led to major seizures, arrests, and a reported decline in fentanyl deaths. Director Jason Bundy described FDLE’s forensic laboratory operations, DNA and rapid DNA capabilities, cold case and missing persons work, and the staffing and turnaround-time challenges tied to complex evidence testing. Director Lucy Saunders reviewed FDLE’s criminal history, biometric, incident-based crime reporting, and criminal justice transparency systems, noting that Florida is still transitioning agencies from summary reporting to incident-based reporting. The committee raised questions about Rapid DNA deployment, cold case coordination, and the slow pace of NIBRS/FIBRS adoption. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentations and questions.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • You don't have a lock on a jail door.
  • We're just running a jail.
  • We're just running a jail.
  • the jail.
  • [Paul Harrow] This is a jail.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing was held in Clinton Town Hall as part of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means’ budget review, with local officials welcoming legislators and noting the long agenda of many panels. The main presentation was from Secretary Terrence Reedy of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, who outlined the Healey-Driscoll administration’s FY26 proposal for the secretariat, including a $1.7 billion budget and a 7% increase over FY25. He described investments in emergency preparedness, hate-crime prevention, reentry programming, technology modernization, internships, and public safety training, while also noting some reductions driven by resource constraints, including cuts to certain grant programs and administrative costs. Committee members also raised concerns about federal uncertainty and how it could affect state budgets and public safety planning. A major portion of the questioning focused on the Department of Correction. Secretary Reedy and Commissioner Sean Jenkins said the biggest challenges are staffing, officer wellness, facility safety, and contraband—especially K2. They described steps taken at MCI Souza and other facilities, including reducing population at the maximum-security unit, changing management, removing metal products and free weights, improving screening and roll calls, adding a rapid response team, and increasing investigative and technological efforts to combat K2. They also discussed the closure of MCI Concord, saying it was driven by high maintenance costs and staffing needs, and explained that savings are being used to improve staffing patterns and address deferred maintenance over time rather than producing immediate large budget reductions. Members also questioned the budget’s impact on police training and community policing. The administration defended the increase in police academy tuition from $3,200 to $6,000 as reflecting true training costs and said it would still be subsidized by the state, while acknowledging the burden on small municipalities. They said the MPTC is expanding regional training and considering proposals such as Greenfield Community College’s. On community policing, officials emphasized uniform statewide training, de-escalation, and communication skills. The State Police also announced an outside review of the academy by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and said the next class will be split into two smaller groups to improve oversight and allow quicker implementation of recommendations. Other topics included ICE and federal immigration enforcement, with Reedy saying state law prohibits Massachusetts law enforcement from acting in a civil immigration capacity and that no state dollars were used in the Tufts-related ICE operation mentioned by a member. Senators and representatives also raised the upcoming FIFA World Cup, warning that it will require significant public safety resources and likely federal funding. Additional discussion covered restorative justice and juvenile diversion, health care costs in DOC, electronic health records, and the need for more diverse and culturally competent public safety staffing. No votes were taken during the hearing.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I am a former employee of the Suffolk County House of Correction in National Street Jail.
  • Because if we're never going to jail your way out of any problem, I think we all agree to that.
  • They don't want to come back to jail anymore.
  • At a jail in Billerica, great partner with you.
  • It's a three-hour program: jail visit, dinners provided, group discussions.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The meeting was the third public session of the Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration. Members introduced themselves, and the commission approved the prior meeting minutes. The main presentation came from the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association, led by several sheriffs, who described the role of sheriffs’ offices as independently elected county institutions that operate jails and houses of correction, regional lockups, civil process, 911 communications in some counties, school resource officers, and investigative units. They emphasized that most of their population is pretrial, that admissions and releases are far higher than the Department of Correction’s, and that their facilities now house more people overall than DOC despite having a smaller budget. The sheriffs argued that their work has shifted toward rehabilitation, reentry, and public health, highlighting extensive programming in mental health, substance use treatment, medication-assisted treatment, education, vocational training, and gender-specific, trauma-informed services. They said standardized risk/needs assessments and better funding would help make services more consistent across counties. They also described specialized units and models such as regional evaluation and stabilization units, older-adult housing, emerging adult and gang-intervention programs, and reentry centers that connect people to housing, employment, family support, and community services. Several examples were cited, including Suffolk’s Project Evolve, Middlesex’s older-adult unit, Hampden’s MAGIC program, Worcester’s STOP program, and county reentry centers across the state. A major theme was that these programs are expensive but, in the sheriffs’ view, reduce recidivism and improve safety by stabilizing people before release and supporting them afterward. They pointed to COVID-19 as a period when sheriffs adapted facilities for quarantine and medical care, and said they continue to work with public health partners. They also stressed that their facilities are heavily audited by state and federal agencies and that maintaining humane, safe conditions requires significant staffing and operating costs. Commission members responded favorably at points, noting the importance of the turnover in sheriff populations and the need to understand the different correctional mission compared with DOC. The meeting ended with discussion of future commission dates and a note that the presentation materials would be shared electronically.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House DFL Press Conference 1/21/26

Transcript Highlights:
  • They took me, arrested and detained me for two days, and I was put in county jail.
  • </c><00:08:18.560><c> Um</c> days. and I was put in county jail.
  • Um days. and I was put in county jail.
  • She's in jail, I think it was county jail. That's where she was located. That's where they put her.
  • it was county shop county jail I think it was county shop county jail that's<00:17:41.039><c> where</
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: State Rep. Samakab Hussein and other Minnesota lawmakers held a press event focused on allegations of ICE misconduct in St. Paul and surrounding communities, using the case of Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen, as the central example. Hussein and others said Ahmed was detained for two days, denied clear explanation and legal representation, and suffered trauma and injuries; Ahmed described being taken from a predominantly Somali neighborhood, called a racial slur, and physically restrained, while her father said the experience was unacceptable for any citizen or resident. Several lawmakers, including Reps. María Isa Pérez-Vega, Mahmud Nur, Dave Pinto, and St. Paul City Council Member Anika Buouie, said they were drafting or supporting legislation and local responses to provide behavioral health, mental health, and emergency assistance for affected families and businesses. They also said they were hearing from teachers, faith leaders, and community members about fear, disrupted work and school attendance, and broader economic harm, and that St. Paul’s city council would pursue a letter to Gov. Walz seeking an eviction moratorium. The speakers alleged that ICE actions were unlawful, racially targeted, and in some cases in violation of a recent federal court order limiting certain tactics. They urged people to document incidents, call 911, and use an attorney general portal to report constitutional-rights violations so data could be collected. No formal vote was taken at the event, but the lawmakers said they were working with county and state officials and referenced ongoing lawsuits and possible future court orders.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025 at 08:04 am

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are backed up right now, we can't, people sit in the jail.
  • Hospital diversion, jail diversion, we do that very well.
  • Instead, they went to... the jail. Exactly.
  • So she was in the jail, didn't get treated for five days. By the time she came out. jail.
  • He went to jail and she was in jail for quite some time and when she got out.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 3rd, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • So rather than sitting in jail on a pretrial status, they can be released and they're monitored in the
  • So rather than sitting in jail on a pretrial status, they can be released and they're monitored in the
  • We have serious overcrowding in our prisons and jails.
  • Roughly 95 percent of people who are incarcerated in North Dakota's prisons and jails are eventually
  • With treatment and other services, rather than putting them in jail.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The committee met to review fiscal aspects of House Bills 1417 and 1425, both part of a broader criminal justice reentry package. HB 1417 would eliminate the $35 public defender application fee and end court-ordered reimbursement of indigent defense costs, while also removing the $55 monthly community supervision fee. Testimony from the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents and the Department of Corrections said the bill would replace lost revenue with general fund appropriations of about $310,000 for indigent defense and $1.5 million for supervision fees, and that the fees are rarely collected and can hinder reentry. Representative Clemene said the bill is intended to reduce barriers to successful community reintegration and improve data and supervision practices. HB 1425 would create and fund front-end diversion, deflection, and pretrial services programs. Supporters described it as allowing prosecutors and local jurisdictions to divert appropriate low-level offenders from prosecution, establish deflection programs for people with behavioral health needs, and expand pretrial services. The bill includes a pilot program in three counties, a $1 million appropriation to DOCR for one FTE and contracts with local providers, $750,000 to DHS for treatment services, and $55,000 for a study of pretrial services cost savings. Committee members asked several questions about how the pilot counties would be chosen, how the consultant study would be procured, and what services the DHS funds would cover. The committee also heard House Bill 1603, which would provide a $500,000 matching grant for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act compliance, with $100,000 available to each of North Dakota’s five tribes if matched. Sponsor testimony said the funds would support a Historical Society NAGPRA compliance committee and help catalog and repatriate human remains and cultural items in coordination with tribes. After questions about the federal mandate and the difficulty of identifying artifacts, the committee voted 4-0 to give HB 1603 a do-pass recommendation, with Senator Meyer assigned to carry it forward.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • But you know, if a prisoner is sitting there a year in County Jail, the way I read this is that they
  • Jail, the way I read this is that they still got to do 10 in the big house, so to speak.
  • They're not supposed to be in the county jail for that period of time.
  • for the 10 years, and they... a county jail for the 10 years and they are not.
  • So are you saying that somebody can sit in the county jail for, say, two years and... in the county jail
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • , or be threatened to be put in jail, if you test positive.
  • Jail does not help people.
  • No one with a health condition should ever be sentenced to jail, ever.
  • No one with a health condition should ever be sentenced to jail, ever.
  • AOT reduces willful over-reliance on jails and family members.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a lengthy hearing on several juvenile justice and parole-related bills, with much of the testimony focused on H. 2051/S. 1087 to end lifetime parole for juveniles and emerging adults, and H. 1923 to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to include 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds. Chairs Brandy Fluker-Reid and Lydia Edwards opened the hearing by noting the large number of bills and witnesses, the need to keep testimony moving, and special procedures for incarcerated witnesses and sensitive testimony. They also acknowledged the historic nature of the hearing being chaired by two Black women attorneys. No votes were taken during the hearing itself. Many incarcerated speakers and advocates supported ending lifetime parole, arguing that young people can change, that lifetime supervision creates constant fear of technical violations, and that it undermines rehabilitation, family stability, employment, and reintegration. Several testified about their own trauma, youth, and growth in prison programs, while others emphasized the costs of decades of supervision and the racial disparities in the system. Support also came from elected officials, UTEC, the Transformational Prison Project, United Way, CPCS’s Youth Advocacy Division, the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, and others, who said juvenile systems are better suited to developmentally appropriate treatment and that the bills would improve public safety and reduce recidivism. There was also opposition, including testimony from family members of a murder victim who argued that lifetime parole should remain for serious violent crimes and that some offenders are not sufficiently rehabilitated. One virtual witness described a family tragedy involving the kidnapping and murder of her infant nephew and warned that ending lifetime parole could remove needed long-term supervision for dangerous offenders. In addition to the juvenile justice bills, the committee heard testimony on H. 1867, a bill related to continuing care for severe mental illness, and H. 2063, which would increase penalties for assaults on correction officers and other prison staff; the correction officers’ union supported H. 2063 and related safety bills. The hearing continued with many more witnesses and bill topics, but no final committee action was announced in the portion provided.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 29, 2026 - 03:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • being fairly limited, but the fiscal would come from some marginal increase theoretically in county jail
  • We're not doing anything to increase their budgets for jails.
  • Obviously, this is the budget committee impact that it's going to be on our jails as they are holding
  • In jail, again, as it relates to this committee in particular, it's an unfunded mandate.
  • who admits one or multiple violations of a domestic violence injunction be sentenced to a mandatory jail
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 2/2/2026 #2

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He served 141 days in jail, and then ICE put a detainer on him when he was in jail just like we were
  • </c> He uh he served 141 days in jail He uh he served 141 days in jail and<00:08:59.920><c> then</c><
  • just like we were talking he was in jail just like we were talking Friday<00:09:05.200><c> when</c><
  • We want them to pick up and transfer in the jails because that's the safest place to transfer.
  • We want them to pick up in the jails.