MA H3306

Bill

Affecting the housing of prisoners

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to require in-state incarceration of persons convicted of crimes. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill aims to require that all citizens and legal residents of Massachusetts who are sentenced to incarceration by the state's courts serve their sentences in correctional facilities physically located within the boundaries of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The bill makes exceptions only if an inmate has personally requested a transfer to another state's jurisdiction or if the Department of Corrections deems a transfer to be in the interest of the inmate's personal safety. The bill cites the importance of visitation and family support in the rehabilitative process, and argues that housing inmates in distant out-of-state locations denies family members and the public the ability to visit and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (3)

Carlos González (D), José Tosado (D), Bud Williams (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5081 (on 11/12/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3306

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3306
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3306.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2035	Abolishing arbitrary limits on prisoner visitation	Accompanied a study order, see H5117	Similar To
H2069	To establish the Massachusetts prisoner bone marrow donation program	Accompanied a study order, see H5117	Similar To
H2594	Providing for prisoners of war	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H3358	To reduce mass incarceration	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3493	Prohibiting the participation of healthcare professionals in the torture and abuse of prisoners	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H5081	Study Order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S1256	Prohibiting the participation of health care professionals in the torture and abuse of prisoners	Accompanied a study order, see S2547	Similar To
S1274	To increase access to disposable menstrual products in prisons, homeless shelters, and public schools	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1391	Relative to education and programming for the incarcerated	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S905	To collect data on LGBTQI prisoners held in restrictive housing	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To

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