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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.___
1 2 BY JENSEN AND FLYNN
1 3 A Senate Resolution requesting that the Legislative
1 4 Council authorize an interim study of statewide
1 5 jail space needs.
1 6 WHEREAS, there are approximately 2,800 county jail
1 7 beds located in 92 counties in Iowa; and
1 8 WHEREAS, 70 percent of Iowa jails are 50 years old
1 9 or older; and
1 10 WHEREAS, 70 percent of Iowa jails are structurally
1 11 inadequate and do not meet current jail design
1 12 standards; and
1 13 WHEREAS, 70 percent of Iowa jails are not designed
1 14 to house the inmate populations that currently occupy
1 15 those jails, thereby causing a risk to prisoners and
1 16 jail staff; and
1 17 WHEREAS, approximately one-quarter of Iowa's jails
1 18 are not staffed by full-time jailers; and
1 19 WHEREAS, a demonstrated shortage of county jail
1 20 space exists, including 15 Iowa jails which house
1 21 inmate populations which exceed rated capacity on a
1 22 daily basis, 14 jails which operate at an occupancy
1 23 rate of one bed less than rated capacity on a daily
1 24 basis, and 63 jails which operate at an average
1 25 occupancy rate of 85 percent of rated capacity on a
1 26 daily basis; and
1 27 WHEREAS, legislation initiated in recent years
1 28 could potentially increase the number of persons
1 29 sentenced to confinement in county jails; and
1 30 WHEREAS, individual counties are seeking solutions
2 1 to jail space shortages and are considering individual
2 2 jail studies; NOW THEREFORE,
2 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Legislative
2 4 Council be requested to establish a legislative
2 5 interim study committee to conduct a comprehensive,
2 6 statewide study of jail space needs in Iowa,
2 7 including, but not limited to, an assessment of
2 8 current and future needs for jail space throughout the
2 9 state.
2 10 LSB 4421SS 77
2 11 lh/sc/28
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