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Committee advances bill to codify county-to-DOC inmate transfers, adds appeal and per-diem rules
Summary
The House Criminal Code Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 420, which sets a statutory sequence and clearer criteria for transferring inmates from county jails to Department of Correction (DOC) facilities and clarifies transportation and per-diem reimbursement rules.
Senate Bill 420, which would codify procedures for moving inmates from county jails to other county jails or the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC), was advanced out of the House Criminal Code Committee on a unanimous voice/roll call vote recorded as 12–0.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Victoria Carrasco, told the panel the measure “looks to establish a sequence of events in statute” and requires “a factual basis to be established for a determination of approval or the denial of a transfer,” aiming to replace what she described as vague, subjective language in current practice. She said…
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