Conference panel adopts language to fund planning and oversight for prison network connectivity

May 22, 2026

Members agreed to tie a small appropriation to a plan for providing secure network connectivity in state correctional facilities, prioritizing communications and joint reporting by the CIO of digital services and the Commissioner of Corrections; members debated scope, jargon and near-term versus long-term work.

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The Committee of Conference on Senate and House Institutions agreed May 21 to update language that ties a line-item appropriation to a plan for providing network connectivity in state correctional facilities and to require joint oversight reporting by the Agency of Digital Services and the Department of Corrections.

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