This bill requires county jails to employ a transition coordinator who is responsible for creating a transition plan for each inmate scheduled for release. The bill requires county jails to have a written policy regarding prisoner leave for funerals, to provide all prisoners with a copy of the rules of the jail applicable to furloughs and to have a written policy regarding once-per-week visitation for prisoners and requires a county jail that maintains prisoner accounts containing money to be used within the county jail for optional items and services to create a fund to provide money in accounts for indigent prisoners. The bill requires the State to pay for certain prisoner education programs.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1301, HP 826: 30-A.1556