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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6362
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2194
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
AN ACT ASSISTING PARENTS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED FOR
NONVIOLENT CRIMES IN FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to allow an individual 1
convicted of a nonviolent crime in a foreign jurisdiction, who is 2
incarcerated for such crime in that jurisdiction, and has children 3
residing in this state, to be transferred to a state correctional facility to 4
serve the remainder of their sentence as close to their children as 5
reasonably possible, depending on the safety and needs of such 6
children. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To assist parents currently incarcerated for nonviolent crimes in foreign
jurisdictions.