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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2083 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5445 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2083 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. HUGHES, 135th Dist. | |
15 | 15 | REP. GAUTHIER, 38th Dist. | |
16 | 16 | REP. SWEET, 91st Dist. | |
17 | 17 | REP. MENAPACE, 37th Dist. | |
18 | 18 | REP. SHANNON, 117th Dist. | |
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23 | 23 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF STRIP SEARCHES AND USE OF | |
24 | 24 | CHEMICAL RESTRAINTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. | |
25 | 25 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
26 | 26 | Assembly convened: | |
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28 | 28 | That title 18 of the general statutes be amended to provide that the 1 | |
29 | 29 | Department of Correction (1) be limited in its use of chemical restraints, 2 | |
30 | 30 | (2) may only perform a strip search of an incarcerated person upon 3 | |
31 | 31 | establishment of probable cause that the incarcerated person is in 4 | |
32 | 32 | possession of contraband and that any cavity search be conducted only 5 | |
33 | 33 | if necessary and in the least invasive manner possible, and (3) report on 6 | |
34 | 34 | the use of any such practices. 7 | |
35 | 35 | Statement of Purpose: | |
36 | 36 | To govern the use of strip searches and use of chemical restraints by the | |
37 | 37 | Department of Correction and improve transparency concerning the use | |
38 | 38 | of such methods. |