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Committee adopts amendment changing electronic monitoring cost rules; SB 5-33 headed to calendar
Summary
The Judiciary Committee adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 5-33 that requires costs for court-ordered electronic monitoring be deducted from inmates' wages or paid by the employer if the work is unpaid; the bill advanced to the calendar 6-2 after debate about prisoner pay and vendor profits.
The Senate Judiciary Committee adopted Amendment 63-78 to Senate Bill 5-33 and then voted 6-2 to place the amended bill on the calendar. The amendment directs that when a prisoner on work release is required to wear an electronic-monitoring device, the costs may be deducted from the prisoner's wages and the employer will remit payment to the county or state; if the prisoner is unpaid, the entity using the…
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