Establishes incarcerated persons councils in Massachusetts prisons and correctional facilities to improve communication and conditions.
The bill mandates the creation of incarcerated persons councils in state and county correctional facilities in Massachusetts. These councils, composed of 5 to 15 members elected by incarcerated individuals, will meet monthly and report quarterly to prison administrations. The administration must review council concerns biannually. Council members must have been incarcerated for at least six months, have no recent history of violent misconduct, and not be serving time for institutional violence or escape.
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