Senate File 151 - Introduced SENATE FILE 151 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1022) A BILL FOR An Act establishing an orientation and classification center at 1 the Iowa correctional institution for women. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1071SV (3) 86 jm/rj
S.F. 151 Section 1. Section 904.108, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 1 2015, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. (1) Establish and maintain an orientation and 3 classification center at the Iowa correctional institution for 4 women. 5 (2) Establish and maintain a program to oversee women’s 6 institutional and community corrections programs and to provide 7 community support to ensure continuity and consistency of 8 programs. The person responsible for implementing this section 9 shall report to the director. 10 Sec. 2. Section 904.202, Code 2015, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 904.202 Intake and classification center centers . 13 The director may shall provide facilities and personnel 14 for a diagnostic intake and classification center at the Iowa 15 medical and classification center and at the Iowa correctional 16 institution for women . The work of the each center shall 17 include a scientific study of each inmate, the inmate’s career 18 and life history, the causes of the inmate’s criminal acts 19 and recommendations for the inmate’s custody, care, training, 20 employment, and counseling with a view to rehabilitation 21 and to the protection of society. To facilitate the work 22 of the each center and to aid in the rehabilitation of the 23 inmates, the trial judge, prosecuting attorney, and presentence 24 investigators shall furnish the director with any previously 25 authorized presentence investigation report and a full 26 statement of facts and circumstances attending the commission 27 of the offense so far as known or believed by them. If the 28 department develops and utilizes an inmate classification 29 system, it must, within a reasonable time, present evidence 30 from independent experts as to the effectiveness and validity 31 of the classification system. 32 EXPLANATION 33 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 34 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 35 -1- LSB 1071SV (3) 86 jm/rj 1/ 2
S.F. 151 This bill relates to the establishment of an additional 1 orientation and classification unit within the department of 2 corrections. 3 The bill requires the director of the department of 4 corrections to establish and maintain a separate orientation 5 and classification center at the Iowa correctional institution 6 for women in addition to the current Iowa medical and 7 classification center at Oakdale. 8 -2- LSB 1071SV (3) 86 jm/rj 2/ 2