General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5085
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 227
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5085
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 227
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION COMMISSION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require any state or municipal agency that incarcerates or detains adult or juvenile offenders, and any private provider that contracts with any such agency for the incarceration or detention of adult or juvenile offenders, to adopt and comply with the standards proposed by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission to prevent, detect, respond to and monitor sexual abuse of incarcerated or detained individuals.
Statement of Purpose:
To protect individuals being held in adult or juvenile facilities from sexual abuse by requiring state and municipal agencies and private providers that incarcerate or detain offenders to adopt and comply with the standards proposed by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission.