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Bill asks Department of Corrections to study family visitation and transfers to reduce recidivism
Summary
Representative Love's bill directs the Department of Corrections to study whether family visitation and transfer programs that place eligible incarcerated people closer to their families reduce recidivism; sponsor said the bill requests a study and is permissive, not mandatory.
Representative Love described an amendment and said House Bill 6-74 asks the Department of Corrections to study the impact of fostering family connections between incarcerated individuals and their families, including whether transfers closer to family members reduce recidivism and how costs to families might be reduced. Love emphasized the measure requests an assessment rather than mandating transfers.
Chair and members sought clarification that the bill is permissive and does not compel corrections facilities to implement transfers; the sponsor said the department could produce a report even if a particular facility declined to participate. The committee advanced the bill to full committee.
