I_JailStandardsCommission_2023A 02/10/2023 10:07:16 AM Committee Summary

Members of the commission made comments and asked a number of questions about the presentation about how the state can partner with counties.

The commission discussed Subgroup 1's proposed standards on Classification of Persons Experiencing Incarceration, topics 9 and 10. The commission decided to combine topics 9 and 10 into a single standard, which can be found here: https://app.box.com/file/1139466266964.

The commission voted
to amend topic 9 to read, in part, as follows:

• People with disabilities
  shall be given equal access to work opportunities within the jail, and
  no one shall be denied opportunity to work on the basis of disability.
   Reasonable accommodations and modifications shall be made in order
  to allow people with disabilities to access employment and vocational opportunities
  in the jail.

When
making assignments for work release, including decisions about whether
a given person is assigned to work inside or outside of the detention facility,
jails may consider the following factors:

• Outstanding criminal
  cases, criminal court trials, open warrants.
  
• level and nature
  of any pending charges.
• level and type
  of past or current convictions.
• amount of bound.
  
• custody level.
  
• conduct and behavior
  while in facility.

The motion passed without objection.

The commission discussed Subgroup 4's final standards on jail staffing. Information on these standards can be found here: https://app.box.com/folder/192767765039?s=yjvbzss37r3tmq12m6yhyrpidqm1ixmg.

Commissioner Pogue gave an update from the Enforcement subgroup. Chair Baker discussed the commission's upcoming meetings.