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DOCR urges access to inmate autopsy reports for correctional inspections
Summary
The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation asked the House Judiciary Committee to let its inspectors receive autopsy reports for inmates to speed inspections and identify preventable causes of in-custody deaths; committee postponed action pending review of an existing statute.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Killeen opened the hearing on House Bill 1116, which would allow the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to receive autopsy reports when the deceased was an inmate.
Deputy Director Joseph Sharbutt of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told the committee the bill “would allow the state forensic examiner to close a copy of the autopsy report to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation when the…
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