HB543:

Correctional facilities, local, regional, and community; attorney visitation of clients.

Bill Summary:

State Board of Local and Regional Jails; powers
and duties; attorney visitation of clients. Requires the State
Board of Local and Regional Jails to develop and establish minimum
standards for ensuring that attorneys have sufficient opportunities
to have confidential visits with their clients who are held in local,
regional, and community correctional facilities, which, considering
facility schedules, space, personnel constraints, and inmate disciplinary
status, shall include some opportunity for visitation of clients
on the weekends and after 5:00 p.m.