House Bill hb1457

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1457

        By Representative Kravitz






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to powers and duties of the

  3         inspector general of the Department of

  4         Corrections; amending s. 944.31, F.S.;

  5         authorizing the Secretary of Corrections to

  6         designate certain persons as law enforcement

  7         officers under certain circumstances; requiring

  8         said persons to be certified pursuant to s.

  9         943.1395, F.S.; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Section 944.31, Florida Statutes, is

14  amended to read:

15         944.31  Inspector general; inspectors; power and

16  duties.--The inspector general shall be responsible for prison

17  inspection and investigation, internal affairs investigations,

18  and management reviews. The office of the inspector general

19  shall be charged with the duty of inspecting the penal and

20  correctional systems of the state. The office of the inspector

21  general shall inspect each correctional institution or any

22  place in which state prisoners are housed, worked, or kept

23  within the state, with reference to its physical conditions,

24  cleanliness, sanitation, safety, and comfort; the quality and

25  supply of all bedding; the quality, quantity, and diversity of

26  food served and the manner in which it is served; the number

27  and condition of the prisoners confined therein; and the

28  general conditions of each institution. The office of

29  inspector general shall see that all the rules and regulations

30  issued by the department are strictly observed and followed by

31  all persons connected with the correctional systems of the

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  1  state. The office of the inspector general shall coordinate

  2  and supervise the work of inspectors throughout the state. The

  3  inspector general and inspectors may enter any place where

  4  prisoners in this state are kept and shall be immediately

  5  admitted to such place as they desire and may consult and

  6  confer with any prisoner privately and without molestation.

  7  The inspector general and inspectors shall be responsible for

  8  criminal and administrative investigation of matters relating

  9  to the Department of Corrections. The secretary shall have the

10  authority to designate persons holding law enforcement

11  certification within the office of inspector general as law

12  enforcement officers when necessary to enforce any criminal

13  law or to conduct any criminal investigation on property which

14  is owned or leased by the department or which involves matters

15  over which the department has jurisdiction. Persons designated

16  as law enforcement officers shall be certified pursuant to s.

17  943.1395. During In such investigations, the inspector general

18  and inspectors may consult and confer with any prisoner or

19  staff member privately and without molestation and shall have

20  the authority to arrest detain any person for violations of

21  the criminal laws of the state. Such detention shall be made

22  only on properties owned or leased by the department, and The

23  arrested detained person shall be surrendered without delay to

24  the sheriff of the county in which the arrest detention is

25  made, with a formal complaint subsequently made against her or

26  him in accordance with law.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

28  law.

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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Revises provisions relating to the powers and duties of
  4    the inspector general of the Department of Corrections,
      to authorize the Secretary of Corrections to designate
  5    certain persons as law enforcement officers under certain
      circumstances. Requires said persons to be certified
  6    pursuant to s. 943.1395, F.S.

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