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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 356.36A CONFINEMENT AND 1 2 DETENTION REPORT. 1 3 The Iowa department of corrections, in consultation with 1 4 the Iowa state sheriff's association, the Iowa association of 1 5 chiefs of police and peace officers, a statewide organization 1 6 representing rural property taxpayers, the Iowa league of 1 7 cities, and the Iowa board of supervisors association, shall 1 8 prepare a report analyzing the confinement and detention needs 1 9 of jails, alternative jails, municipal holding facilities, and 1 10 facilities established pursuant to chapter 356A. The report 1 11 for each type of jail or facility shall include but is not 1 12 limited to an inventory of prisoner space, daily prisoner 1 13 counts, the compliance status under section 356.36 for each 1 14 jail or facility, and an estimate by the department of 1 15 corrections of the amount of additional prisoner space needed 1 16 in the next two, five, and ten years, on a county, geographic 1 17 region, and statewide basis. The report shall contain an 1 18 inventory of jail or facility construction projects in which 1 19 voters have approved the issuance of general obligation bonds, 1 20 essential county purpose bonds, revenue bonds, or bonds issued 1 21 pursuant to section 422B.12. The report shall be revised 1 22 periodically as directed by the director of the department of 1 23 corrections. 1 24 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 25 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 26 EXPLANATION 1 27 This bill relates to analyzing the confinement and 1 28 detention needs of jails and other local or regional 1 29 confinement facilities. 1 30 The bill provides that the department of corrections, in 1 31 consultation with the Iowa state sheriff's association, the 1 32 Iowa association of chiefs of police and peace officers, a 1 33 statewide organization representing rural property taxpayers, 1 34 the Iowa league of cities, and the Iowa board of supervisors 1 35 association, shall prepare a report analyzing the confinement 2 1 and detention needs of jails, alternative jails, municipal 2 2 holding facilities, and facilities established pursuant to 2 3 Code chapter 356A. The bill provides that the analysis for 2 4 each type of jail or facility shall include but is not limited 2 5 to daily prisoner counts, the compliance status under Code 2 6 section 356.36 of each jail or facility, and an estimate by 2 7 the department of corrections of the amount of additional 2 8 prisoner space needed in each county, geographic region, and 2 9 statewide over the next two, five, and 10 years. The report 2 10 shall also contain an inventory of jail or facility 2 11 construction projects in which voters have approved the 2 12 issuance of general obligation bonds, essential county purpose 2 13 bonds, revenue bonds, or bonds issued pursuant to Code section 2 14 422B.12. 2 15 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 2 16 LSB 5825HV 79 2 17 jm/cf/24
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