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Bill would expand jail safety standards, inspections and annual readiness checks
Summary
A bill to apply minimum health and safety standards, strengthen inspections and require annual readiness reports for all custodial facilities — including immigration detention centers — was heard April 1 before the Judicial Proceedings Committee. Sponsors say it aims to reduce breakdowns that create public emergencies and costs for hospitals and first responders.
A lawmaker told the Judicial Proceedings Committee that SB/HB 1018 would require uniform minimum health and safety standards across Maryland jails, strengthen inspection and reporting requirements, create an annual readiness checkpoint and give inspectors enforcement tools and facility access.
The sponsor said the measure is aimed at preventing ‘‘preventable facility failures’’ — whether caused by power loss, medical breakdowns or inadequate emergency plans — that can spill into surrounding communities and create costs for taxpayers, hospitals and first responders.…
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