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This bill establishes a State Correctional Facilities Monitoring Unit within the Department of Public Safety to investigate and evaluate state correctional facilities, including private facilities housing state offenders, ensuring they comply with best practices and laws. The unit will review procedures and records, investigate inmate complaints, conduct quarterly visits with access to facilities and confidential interviews, advise on inmate needs, and provide technical assistance for compliance. The unit will also produce quarterly reports for state leaders detailing its work, findings, any abuse allegations, and facility administration issues, while keeping inmate and employee identities confidential. Additionally, the Department of Public Safety must hire an expert in correctional facility administration and monitoring to train the unit's employees and provide at least eight hours of training to correctional facility administrators, with ongoing technical assistance for the monitoring unit.

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