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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1328
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP, OPERATION OR
MANAGEMENT OF STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) The duty of 1
maintaining the custody and supervision of any person detained at a 2
state correctional facility, community correctional center or community 3
reintegration center shall exclusively be with the Commissioner of 4
Correction and persons employed by said commissioner pursuant to 5
section 18-81 of the general statutes. 6
(b) The private ownership, operation or management of a state 7
correctional facility, community correctional center or community 8
reintegration center is prohibited. 9
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) A correctional 10
facility, community correctional center or community reintegration 11
center that is owned, operated or managed by the federal government, 12
or (2) community-based service programs as defined in section 18-101h 13
of the general statutes. 14
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit the private ownership, operation or management of any
state correctional facility.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]