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2007 SESSION

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SB 754 Child-friendly visiting rooms; state correctional facilities required to provide.

Introduced by: Yvonne B. Miller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Child-friendly visiting rooms in state correctional facilities.  Requires each state correctional facility to provide child-friendly visiting rooms to promote positive bonds between incarcerated parents and their children. Requires Department of Corrections to promulgate regulations that do not penalize inmates with sanctions, such as termination of a visit, due to normal child behavior.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Child-friendly visiting rooms in state correctional facilities.  Requires each state correctional facility to provide child-friendly visiting rooms that include activities for young children, adequate facilities with areas for nursing, and regulations that do not penalize inmates with sanctions, such as the termination of a visit, due to normal child behavior.