Video & Transcript Research : 'prison population'
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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- The Bureau of Prisons tried same thing.
- </c> prisoners. That's concerns me. prisoners. That's concerns me.
- </c><02:17:27.840><c> It</c> very um broad population of folks.
- It very um broad population of folks.
- and as the population uh as the<02:53:00.640><c> capuna</c><02:53:01.120><c> population</c><02:53:01.600
Bills:
HB676
Keywords:
HB676, Hawaii correctional facilities, youth correctional facilities, adult correctional facilities, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Office of Youth Services, inmate phone calls, prison phone calls, jail phone calls, free prison calls, free communication services, incarcerated persons, prison reform, reentry, family visitation, recidivism, video visitation, electronic messaging, commissions, ancillary fees
Summary:
The committee heard three public safety bills. HB 2235 would appropriate $1.3 million for the Military Affairs and Community Relations Office to strengthen coordination on military and defense issues. Supporters, including the Hawaii National Guard and DBEDT’s military relations office, said the office helps Hawaiʻi understand federal contracting, USA Jobs, and military-related economic impacts. One member questioned why the state should fund a DoD-related office while Hawaiʻi remains under-reimbursed on impact aid; supporters responded that the office serves Hawaiʻi communities and helps prepare residents for federal jobs. The chair said she intended to recommend the bill pass with a HD1, a blank appropriation to be filled in the committee report, technical amendments, a defective effective date, and updated office title language.
HB 2263 would expand Hawaiʻi family leave law to cover qualifying military exigencies. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, DBEDT’s military relations office, and the Hawaii National Guard supported the measure, saying military families often face short-notice deployments, relocations, briefings, and urgent family arrangements that require time away from work, and that aligning state law with federal standards would provide clarity and consistency. The chair said she would recommend passage with a HD1, a defective effective date, and technical amendments.
HB 2291 would clarify that certain National Guard Youth and Educational Programs employees are excluded from collective bargaining, rename the program, and codify its Hawaiian name. The Hawaii National Guard said it was a housekeeping bill with no appropriation, but requested an amendment to align the bill with updated authorities and program references; the chair asked for proposed language before the later decision-making. She said she would recommend passage with a defective date and the requested amendment if provided, and then recessed the hearing until 11:30 a.m. for decision-making on all three bills.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- that the cost for the two prisons was going to be $785 million, and that's what we put in the... ...
- Hence, we come to where we are... population; hence, we come to where we are today.
- and remodeling one prison.
- The total package for that then was less than what one prison is now, but we were... one prison is now
- We were told then that there were going to be so many cost savings by more efficient prisons.
Keywords:
prison modernization, corrections finance, bonding authority, state debt, capital improvement, Department of Corrections, Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, prison construction, prison renovation, prison replacement, bed space, overcrowding, women's prison, men's prison, Escambia prison, Tutwiler, Kilby, Elmore, Staton, St. Clair Correctional Facility
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Cooking prisoners, cooking them.
- But don't we have other people in the prisons who are not prisoners? The guards. The guards.
- They meet in 350 groups in over 113 jails and prisons across the state, many of which are Texas prisons
- After four state prisons, I got transferred to a private prison with air conditioning.
- Programs in prison.
Keywords:
mental health, women's health, county jail, depression screening, criminal justice, HB 2854, Pokuaa-Flowers Act, parole, mandatory supervision, electronic monitoring, releasee, parole officer, hospital visit approval, general hospital, law enforcement notification, DSHS, Department of State Health Services, corrections, public safety, liability immunity
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- pursuant to a required warrant check, the hearing would be required to be held virtually from the prison
- Talk to Commissioner Ham and something they can work out within the prison.
- and something they can work out within and something they can work out within the<00:05:09.280><c> prison
- 10.240><c> when</c><00:05:10.479><c> you're</c><00:05:10.720><c> ready,</c><00:05:10.960><c> I</c> the prison
- And when you're ready, I the prison.
Keywords:
impoundment, driver licenses, vehicle redemption, local identification cards, law enforcement, HB285, TJ's Law, traffic infraction, traffic ticket, uniform traffic ticket and complaint, minor driver, juvenile driver, parent notification, guardian notification, emergency contact, citing agency, traffic citation, driver safety, youth safety, Alabama traffic law
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- SB60 is a bill that updates our 2021 plan for constructing prisons.
- We will wind up with the total cost of the Elmore prison at 1.86 billion.
- We don't have the... inmates in our prisons.
- one prison now and that's going to be three times the cost to build two prisons now, so that helps to
- They are expected to benefit the health of the population as a whole.
Keywords:
elections, post-election audit, election audit, risk-limiting audit, ballot audit, election integrity, voter confidence, Secretary of State, judge of probate, canvassing board, poll watchers, ballot containers, manual tally, recount, county election, statewide election, general election, absentee ballots, provisional ballots, election transparency
NV
Transcript Highlights:
- session today is Senate Bill 35, which revises provisions governing certain offenses relating to prisoners
- Senate Bill 35 revises provisions governing certain offenses relating to prisoners.
- And Assemblyman York, I'm happy to accept an amendment to include all male prisons as well if the funding
- These prisons and jails get most of their evidence-based programming from what's called the National
- So, Director, and you know I ran a prisoner reentry program years ago before coming to Nevada, and family
Keywords:
elderly, vulnerable persons, criminal penalties, theft, civil penalties, criminal justice reform, traffic stops, law enforcement, data recording, public safety, racial profiling, SB323, Nevada, Department of Corrections, offenders, inmates, incarcerated people, prison phone calls, free phone calls, family communication
HI
Keywords:
sentencing, nonviolent offenses, misdemeanor, prison reform, criminal justice, public servant, misconduct, statute of limitations, fraud, abuse of authority, breach of trust, lawmaker safety, political violence, confidentiality, personal information, Hawaii Revised Statutes, theft, mandatory sentencing, felony, prison
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met on a decision-making agenda and considered four Senate bills. SB 2731 would cap misdemeanor jail terms at 364 days and allow people previously sentenced to one year to seek modification; the chair recommended passage with amendments limiting the change to nonviolent offenses, and the measure was adopted with one no vote. SB 2830 would extend the statute of limitations for misconduct-in-office offenses by public servants to allow prosecution during service and for 10 years afterward; members discussed tightening the definition of misconduct in office while leaving the public servant definition unchanged, and it was adopted with amendments.
SB 2914, which would prohibit public disclosure of legislators’ personal contact information and certain voter and campaign records, was deferred because the chair believed existing law already covered much of the issue and wanted to see how that law works over time. SB 3072 would require a mandatory 12-month minimum sentence for first-degree theft involving property or services valued over $250,000; the committee recommended passage with amendments clarifying that the sentence could be imposed as a condition of probation or before parole, and it was adopted with the vice chair voting with reservation.
The committee then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- trying to pick up the big backbone transmission lines that are needed as generation moves around, as population
- how they built their transmission, basically going from the open areas in the west of Texas to the populated
- how they built their transmission, basically going from the open areas in the west of Texas to the populated
- how they built their transmission, basically going from the open areas in the west of Texas to the populated
Bills:
HF75
Keywords:
HF75, earned incentive release credit, earned incentive credits, revocation, revocable credits, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, prison discipline, incarcerated persons, inmate misconduct, facility rules, sentence reduction, supervised release, Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act, public safety, rehabilitation, prison credits, executed sentence, 1183, house
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- That's basically kind of like a third of the state population here.
- That's basically kind of like a third of the state population here.
- That's basically kind of like a third of the state population here.
- Department of Revenue, may not provide an accurate picture of someone's income for this specific population
- Department of Revenue, may not provide an accurate picture of someone's income for this specific population
Keywords:
school psychologist, school psychology, interstate compact, licensure compact, license reciprocity, portable license, equivalent license, professional licensing, psychology board, school mental health, student services, educational services, interstate practice, reciprocal licensing, background check, continuing education, workforce shortage, military spouse, active duty military, compact commission
NV
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, with the felony, a sentencing judge has two options: prison or something we call the serious offender
- They apply, and then they're given some very strict sentencing conditions to keep them out of prison.
- we're trying to do that so we don't get to the third and the fourth with those enhanced penalties and prison
Keywords:
elderly, vulnerable persons, criminal penalties, theft, civil penalties, criminal justice reform, traffic stops, law enforcement, data recording, public safety, racial profiling, SB323, Nevada, Department of Corrections, offenders, inmates, incarcerated people, prison phone calls, free phone calls, family communication
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, Senator Alston, I don't represent the private prison employees.
- The private prisons, in my understanding, have a contract.
- jumping We are opposed to the idea of private prisons jumping on our pay rates.
- in the state prisons.
- into our prison system.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 28th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Standards is required to appoint an independent law enforcement agency to investigate the death of a prisoner
- 30-day appointment deadline, restoring the existing on-the-deck language regarding the death of a prisoner
- So In custody and death, upon the death of a prisoner in a county jail, one of the issues that has been
- A lot of us are getting sick, not just the jail population.
- Census Bureau regarding the Asian American population.
Bills:
HB2814, HB4477, HB5084, HB5108, HB5127, HB5383, HB5611, HB5663, HB5664, SB1563, HB2668, HB3841, HB4114
Keywords:
juvenile justice, release documents, children, identification, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, civil service, staffing requirements, local government, positions exemption, Texas legislation, fireworks, Lunar New Year, retail permits, public safety, Texas law, holiday sales, HB 5108, deaths in custody, custodial death, jail death
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 28th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 4477 allows sheriffs serving counties with populations under 3.3 million to exempt up to 10
Bills:
HB2814, HB4477, HB5084, HB5108, HB5127, HB5383, HB5611, HB5663, HB5664, SB1563, HB2668, HB3841, HB4114
Keywords:
juvenile justice, release documents, children, identification, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, civil service, staffing requirements, local government, positions exemption, Texas legislation, fireworks, Lunar New Year, retail permits, public safety, Texas law, holiday sales, HB 5108, deaths in custody, custodial death, jail death
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas is the largest continental state. the second most populated state, and an economic powerhouse for
- . population is rapidly growing and requires an increasing need for infrastructure improvement.
- Consistent themes throughout the report involve population growth, increasing severe weather events,
- Which is already feeling the pressure from the exploding population and aging assets.
- So population centers are growing downstream and that's causing a safety issue.
Keywords:
Texas, Infrastructure Report Card, ASCE, population growth, climate change, investment, public safety, engineering standards
Summary:
The meeting focused on the release of the 2025 Texas Infrastructure Report Card, highlighting key findings and recommendations for improving infrastructure across various sectors in the state. Julie Jones, Vice President of ASCE Texas, opened the session by introducing key speakers, including Dr. Art Wood and committee co-chairs Griselda Gonzalez and Austin Mazzarelli. Throughout the discussion, the report's grades were revealed, showing the state's infrastructure received an overall grade of 'C'—adequate but requiring significant attention and investment. Emphasis was placed on the rising challenges posed by climate change and increased population growth, underscoring the need for strategic investments in infrastructure to support Texas' economic growth and public safety.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Locking down a prison because of...
- The role of using inmates to police the prison is also unacceptable.
- A necessary step to limit, if not stop, drug use in our prisons.
- and prison staff, including the warden.
- Been placed back into prison as well as released back out on parole.
Bills:
HB153, HB1828, HB2306, HB2498, HB3464, HB3488, HB3636, HB3673, HB3834, HB3860, HB4120, HB4937, HB1515, HB153
Keywords:
education, funding, student resources, technology access, equal opportunity, veterans treatment court, mental health, criminal justice, rehabilitation, eligibility criteria, veterans, treatment court, military service, legislation, legislative leave, correctional officers, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, accumulated leave, compensatory time, parole eligibility
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-03-28
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- You're interested in the factors that feed into, ultimately, the correctional population in Minnesota
- We have about 8,300 individuals incarcerated in our prisons.
- Also, for your reference, this slide is a very quick visual of the 11 prisons that DOC operates.
- A couple of items of note: the facility in Shakopee is the state's only women's prison.
- a population capacity of just over 2,000.
Bills:
HF2432
Keywords:
HF2432, judiciary finance bill, public safety finance bill, corrections policy, crime victims, victim services, Minnesota victims of crime account, court fees, marriage license fee, financial crimes, fraud investigations, insurance fraud, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Commerce Fraud Bureau, wage theft, automobile theft prevention, nonprofit security grants, 911 funding, POST Board
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/28/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:38:24.599><c> beds</c> dollar value on on those prison beds dollar value on on those prison beds
- a population capacity of just over 2,000.
- a population capacity of just over 2,000.
- </c> than a century old uh Beyond The Prison than a century old uh Beyond The Prison Walls<01:36:48.040
- </c><02:29:37.880><c> and</c> around in the areas of the prisons and around in the areas of the prisons
Bills:
HF2432
Keywords:
HF2432, judiciary finance bill, public safety finance bill, corrections policy, crime victims, victim services, Minnesota victims of crime account, court fees, marriage license fee, financial crimes, fraud investigations, insurance fraud, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Commerce Fraud Bureau, wage theft, automobile theft prevention, nonprofit security grants, 911 funding, POST Board
TX
Keywords:
occupational licenses, renewal, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, registration, license expiration, solid waste, landfill permits, environmental regulation, population density, municipal waste management, gas utilities, cost recovery, regulatory asset, rate making, Texas Railroad Commission
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Public Safety REVISION 3: HB2977 - Added | HB3305 - Removed Feb 18th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Public Safety
Keywords:
animal abuse, offender registry, public safety, animal welfare, criminal justice, Oklahoma legislation, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund, grants, state funding, law enforcement technology, cyber crime, fraud prevention, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, insurance fee, digital forensics, investigative support, revolving fund, prisons, corrections
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government May 12th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Number one, it lowers the population threshold for counties required to establish a medical examiner's
- How many more would be affected if we expand the requirement to counties with populations over a million
- growing, to know that they need to be thinking about far in advance of when they hit that million population
- When they're at 900,000 or 950,000 in population and start making plans, you know, I also think this
Bills:
SB1370
Keywords:
medical examiner, forensic services, county coroner, autopsy, death investigation, forensic pathology, county government, commissioners court, medical examiners district, regional district, public health, criminal justice, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 49.25, county population threshold, interlocal agreement, 1184, house, all