S.22.1-26: Prison Changes Act (Passed)

[Mr. Reactionary]

PRISON CHANGES ACT

1. The Southern Prison Reform Act shall be amended as follows:

14.) The month of June 2018 April 2022 is hereby declared Prison Guard appreciation month.

15.) All prisons in the Southern Region shall permit virtual visitations in line with the same rules and standards as for in-person visitations.

16.) Any prisoner in the Southern Region who is 60 years or older, is not imprisoned for committing a violent crime, and has served at least 50% of his prison sentence shall be eligible to obtain partial parole in which the remainder of his sentence of imprisonment may be served under monitored house arrest. This partial parole may only be granted if the Parole Board finds that such house arrest will not create a likely safety risk to any victims of the prisoner, or the community to which he will be released. Failure to abide by any terms of partial parole may result in the revocation of the partial parole.

17. All persons imprisoned in the Southern Region shall be segregated on the basis of sex. For purposes of this paragraph, a biologically male prisoner who has had gender confirmation surgery upon his genitals shall be considered female when being segregated. Every prison in the Southern Region and every employee thereof has a duty to provide for and ensure the physical safety and protection of transgender prisoners.

2. This act shall take effect 30 days after passage.

Sponsor: Governor LT

[Mr. Reactionary]

This bill requires prisons to allow virtual visitation, authorizes geriatric parole for non-violent criminals, and protects female prisoners from sexual assault.

[Mr. Reactionary]

I move for a final vote on this bill. 24 hours for objections.

[Mr. Reactionary]

A final vote on this bill is now open for 72 hours, or until 24 hours after this has enough votes to pass or fail, or until everybody votes, whichever occurs soonest.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Aye

[Mr. Reactionary]

This has enough votes to pass. 24 hour warning.

[Mr. Reactionary]

This bill passes 4-0-1 and now awaits Gubernatorial action.

PRISON CHANGES ACT

1. The Southern Prison Reform Act shall be amended as follows:

14.) The month of June 2018 April 2022 is hereby declared Prison Guard appreciation month.

15.) All prisons in the Southern Region shall permit virtual visitations in line with the same rules and standards as for in-person visitations.

16.) Any prisoner in the Southern Region who is 60 years or older, is not imprisoned for committing a violent crime, and has served at least 50% of his prison sentence shall be eligible to obtain partial parole in which the remainder of his sentence of imprisonment may be served under monitored house arrest. This partial parole may only be granted if the Parole Board finds that such house arrest will not create a likely safety risk to any victims of the prisoner, or the community to which he will be released. Failure to abide by any terms of partial parole may result in the revocation of the partial parole.

17. All persons imprisoned in the Southern Region shall be segregated on the basis of sex. For purposes of this paragraph, a biologically male prisoner who has had gender confirmation surgery upon his genitals shall be considered female when being segregated. Every prison in the Southern Region and every employee thereof has a duty to provide for and ensure the physical safety and protection of transgender prisoners.

2. This act shall take effect 30 days after passage.