Senate Bill sb0322e1

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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to youthful offenders; amending

  3         s. 944.1905, F.S.; requiring that certain

  4         inmates who are less than a specified age be

  5         placed in specific correctional facilities and

  6         housed in separate dormitories; requiring that

  7         the Department of Corrections report to the

  8         Legislature on its compliance with housing

  9         youthful offenders; requiring that certain

10         inmates who are less than a specified age and

11         who have no prior juvenile adjudication be

12         placed in facilities for youthful offenders;

13         providing for the reassignment of an inmate to

14         the general population if the inmate threatens

15         the safety of other inmates or correctional

16         staff; providing an effective date.

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18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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20         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section

21  944.1905, Florida Statutes, to read:

22         944.1905  Initial inmate classification; inmate

23  reclassification.--The Department of Corrections shall

24  classify inmates pursuant to an objective classification

25  scheme. The initial inmate classification questionnaire and

26  the inmate reclassification questionnaire must cover both

27  aggravating and mitigating factors.

28         (5)(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this

29  section, the department shall assign to specific correctional

30  facilities all inmates who are less than 18 years of age and

31  who are not eligible for and have not been assigned to a


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    CS for SB 322                                  First Engrossed



  1  facility for youthful offenders. Any such inmate who is less

  2  than 18 years of age shall be housed in a dormitory that is

  3  separate from inmates who are 18 years of age or older.

  4  Furthermore, the department shall provide any food service,

  5  education, and recreation for such inmate separately from

  6  inmates who are 18 years of age or older. The department shall

  7  report to the Legislature on compliance with this paragraph by

  8  April 1, 2002.

  9         (b)  Notwithstanding the requirements of s. 958.11, any

10  inmate who is less than 18 years of age, who was 15 years of

11  age or younger at the time of his or her offense, and who has

12  no prior juvenile adjudication must be placed in a facility

13  for youthful offenders until the inmate is 18 years of age. At

14  the discretion of the department, such an inmate may be placed

15  in a facility for youthful offenders until the inmate is 21

16  years of age.

17         (c)  Any inmate who is assigned to a facility under

18  paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) shall be removed and reassigned

19  to the general inmate population if his or her behavior

20  threatens the safety of other inmates or correctional staff.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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