Revising eligibility requirements for review of sentences for offenses a person committed while a juvenile; revising duties of the Department of Corrections concerning such reviews; revising procedures for initiating a review; providing for appointment of counsel for indigent offenders, etc.

Direct Filing of an Information; Prohibits holding child transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution in adult facility before hearing; provides exception; removes provisions concerning involuntary mandatory waivers; removes provisions allowing discretionary waivers of children 14 or 15 years of age for specified offenses; removes references to state attorney's discretion to direct file juvenile; revises discretionary direct file criteria; requires court to advise child & his or her parent or guardian of child's right to hearing after information transferring child to adult court is filed; authorizes request for evidentiary hearing; requires hearing within certain time; requires judge to consider specified information & factors; authorizes judge to consider certain reports; provides for continued jurisdiction; requires adult court's order to include certain findings.

Air-conditioning in Inmate Housing; Providing requirements for air-conditioning in inmate housing units of the Department of Corrections; specifying a source of funding, etc.

Citing this act as the "Cautia Spencer End Solitary Confinement Act"; specifying requirements for and limitations and restrictions on the use of restrictive housing; providing documentation requirements for staff members directly involved in using restrictive housing for an individual; specifying conditions required in restrictive housing, etc.

Restorative Justice; Revises intent of specified provisions; requires DOC to develop & implement training programs for eligible inmates which include training about restorative justice; revises guideline for providing information concerning services available to victims of crime to include restorative justice; defines "restorative justice.

Treatment of Inmates; Specifies rights of inmates in state correctional system; requires written copy of rights to be provided to each inmate; authorizes relief for deprivation of rights; revises definition of "permanently incapacitated inmate" for purposes of conditional medical release.

Criminal Rehabilitation; Specifies to rehabilitate offender to transition back to community successfully is one of primary purposes of sentencing; reduces minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 percent of sentence to 65 percent; revises provisions concerning gain-time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, & rehabilitation credits; revises limits on awards.

Pregnant Women in Custody; Citing this act as "Ava’s Law"; requiring that, upon her request, every female arrested and not released on bond within 72 hours after arrest be administered a pregnancy test within a specified timeframe; requiring each municipal detention facility or county detention facility to notify each arrested female upon booking at the facility of her right to request a pregnancy test; authorizing a sentencing court to stay the beginning of the period of incarceration for up to a certain amount of time for a pregnant woman convicted of any offense; authorizing a judge to impose specified sanctions for another criminal conviction or a violation of the terms and conditions ordered by the judge, etc.

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Expunction of Criminal History Records; Revising an eligibility criterion under which a person is eligible to petition a court to expunge a criminal history record if an indictment, information, or other charging document was dismissed by a court; expanding an exception to an eligibility requirement for expunction of a criminal history record to allow a prior expunction of a criminal history record granted for an offense committed when the person was a minor, etc.

Professional Licensing Requirements for Barbers and Cosmetologists; Providing a period of time when a conviction, or any other adjudication, for a crime may not be grounds for denial of licensure as a barber or cosmetologist; providing an exception; requiring the applicable board to approve certain educational program credits offered to inmates in certain institutions or facilities for purposes of satisfying training requirements for licensure as a barber or cosmetologist, etc.

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Lowell Correctional Institution Body Cameras Pilot Program; Creating the pilot program within the Department of Corrections; requiring that each correctional officer working at the Lowell Correctional Institution wear a body camera while acting within the scope of his or her official duties; requiring the department to establish policies and procedures for the proper use, maintenance, and storage of such body cameras and for data recorded by such body cameras; requiring that audio and video data recorded by such cameras be maintained in accordance with public records laws, etc.

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SB 856: Restoration of Voting Rights Information on Sentencing Scoresheets by Jones

H 797 Notice of Restoration of Voting Rights Information on Sentencing Scoresheets Gantt

Restoration of Voting Rights Information on Sentencing Scoresheets; Specifying information to be provided on sentencing scoresheets concerning restoration of voting rights; requiring that a scoresheet be provided to a defendant before a sentence is imposed, etc.

Parole of Nonviolent Offenders; Provides for release on parole of nonviolent offenders who have served specified minimum period of time; provides for interviews; provides for retention of jurisdiction by courts in certain circumstances.

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