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PRINTER'S NO. 794
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 744
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DUSH, ARGALL, HUTCHINSON, LAUGHLIN AND STEFANO,
MAY 12, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MAY 12, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating
to inmate confinement, providing for overwatch towers.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 5912. Overwatch towers.
(a) Staffing of overwatch towers.--At a correctional
institution with an overwatch tower, an overwatch tower shall be
manned by corrections officers during any outdoor inmate
movement.
(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to an
overwatch tower from which inmates cannot be supervised during
outdoor inmate movement.
(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Overwatch tower." A tall building, freestanding or as part
of another structure, from which corrections officers can
supervise inmates.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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