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Committee advances substitute to create advisory council to corrections ombuds; substitute narrows reporting duties
Summary
The committee reported out a proposed substitute to House Bill 1396 to create an advisory council to the Office of the Corrections Ombuds (OCO); the substitute changes the council’s communications and requires the OCO to solicit and share aggregated feedback from incarcerated people and others.
The House Community Safety Committee on Feb. 13 reported out a proposed substitute to House Bill 1396 to create an advisory council to the Office of the Corrections Ombuds (OCO) and to amend the OCO’s duties.
The substitute (H 1341.1) narrows how the advisory council may communicate: instead of authorizing the council to issue an annual report with recommendations for OCO policies, the substitute allows the…
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