Staffing at levels to promote safety of staff, visitors, contractors and persons who are incarcerated

(a) The Commissioner of Correction shall ensure that each correctional facility under the commissioner's jurisdiction is staffed at a level to protect the safety of the staff who work at each such facility, visitors and contractors who enter each such facility and persons who are incarcerated at each such facility. (b) Not later than January 1, 2026, the commissioner shall develop and actively employ a program for the recruitment and retention of correctional officers. (c) Not later than January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Correction on efforts to comply with subsections (a) and (b) of this section, including any shortcomings in such compliance. Such report may include recommendations for additional resources needed to achieve such compliance.