House File 696 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ISENHART


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to prisoner visitation at county jails and
  2    municipal holding facilities, and inmate visitation at state
  3    correctional facilities.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2422HH 83
  6 jm/rj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  356.51  PRISONER VISITATION.
  1  2    All prisoners in a jail or municipal holding facility in
  1  3 normal status shall be allowed reasonable visitation,
  1  4 including visitation by minors related to the prisoner.
  1  5    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  904.512A  INMATE VISITATION.
  1  6    All inmates in normal status shall be allowed reasonable
  1  7 visitation, including visitation by minors related to the
  1  8 inmate.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill relates to prisoner visitation at county jails
  1 11 and municipal holding facilities, and inmate visitation at
  1 12 state correctional facilities.
  1 13    The bill provides that all prisoners in a county jail or
  1 14 municipal holding facility in normal status shall be allowed
  1 15 reasonable visitation, including visitation by minors related
  1 16 to the prisoner.  Currently, prisoner visitation is determined
  1 17 at the local level.
  1 18    The bill also provides that all inmates at a state
  1 19 correctional facility in normal status shall be allowed
  1 20 reasonable visitation, including visitation by minors related
  1 21 to the inmate.  Currently, all inmates in normal status are
  1 22 allowed reasonable visitation under 201 IAC 50.19(4).
  1 23 LSB 2422HH 83
  1 24 jm/rj/5.3