Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass with amendment a bill that establishes inmate re-entry plans.

Highlights:

• Requires the Commissioner of Corrections to establish a Division of Reentry and Rehabilitative Services to coordinate re-entry preparation and other rehabilitative services within all state correctional facilities, and to act as a liaison to the state parole board (Sec. 3).

• Requires appropriate staff within the division to be responsible for engaging with each inmate to develop and implement an individualized, comprehensive re-entry plan for services during the inmate’s incarceration, and must include recommendations for community services prior to the inmate’s actual return to the community (Sec. 3).

• Requires appropriate staff within the division to coordinate with appropriate departments within the Department of Corrections, the state parole board, and the community, to determine what medical, psychiatric, psychological, educational, vocational, substance abuse, and social rehabilitative services will be incorporated into a comprehensive re-entry plan (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes an adult inmate to be administratively released on parole at the time of primary or subsequent parole eligibility, provided that (Sec. 4):

• The inmate has not been previously convicted of, adjudicated delinquent for, or is currently serving a sentence imposed for any specified crime;

• The inmate has not committed any prohibited acts required to be reported to the prosecutor during the current period of incarceration, and has not committed any serious disciplinary infraction within the previous 2 years;

• The inmate has completed relevant rehabilitation programs available at the correctional facility or applied for but was unable to complete or was denied access to these programs due to circumstances beyond the inmate’s control, including but not limited to, capacity limitations or the exclusionary policies of these programs; and

• Crime victims have received a notification as required by law.

• Requires any person granted parole to have their parole term reduced by parole compliance credits at a rate of one day for every 6 days of parole supervision completed, unless a warrant has been issued and parole revocation proceedings have been initiated in which case the credits will be forfeited (Sec. 5).

• Requires the Commissioner of Corrections to establish and maintain a centralized database of information contained on each disciplinary report prepared by a corrections officer in response to an inmate committing any prohibited act required to be reported to the prosecutor pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commissioner that resulted in a conviction during the current period of incarceration (Sec. 6).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes inmate re-entry plans.

Highlights:

• Requires the Commissioner of Corrections to establish a Division of Reentry and Rehabilitative Services to coordinate re-entry preparation and other rehabilitative services within all state correctional facilities, and to act as a liaison to the state parole board (Sec. 3).

• Requires appropriate staff within the division to be responsible for engaging with each inmate to develop and implement an individualized, comprehensive re-entry plan for services during the inmate’s incarceration, and must include recommendations for community services prior to the inmate’s actual return to the community (Sec. 3).

• Requires appropriate staff within the division to coordinate with appropriate departments within the Department of Corrections, the state parole board, and the community, to determine what medical, psychiatric, psychological, educational, vocational, substance abuse, and social rehabilitative services will be incorporated into a comprehensive re-entry plan (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes an adult inmate to be administratively released on parole at the time of primary or subsequent parole eligibility, provided that (Sec. 4):

• The inmate has not been previously convicted of, adjudicated delinquent for, or is currently serving a sentence imposed for any specified crime;

• The inmate has not committed any prohibited acts required to be reported to the prosecutor during the current period of incarceration, and has not committed any serious disciplinary infraction within the previous 2 years;

• The inmate has completed relevant rehabilitation programs available at the correctional facility or applied for but was unable to complete or was denied access to these programs due to circumstances beyond the inmate’s control, including but not limited to, capacity limitations or the exclusionary policies of these programs; and

• Crime victims have received a notification as required by law.

• Requires that any person granted parole to have the parole term reduced by parole compliance credits at a rate of 5 days per month for each month the person is in compliance with the conditions of parole and has not committed a serious or persistent infraction (Sec. 5).

• Requires the Commissioner of Corrections to establish and maintain a centralized database of information contained on each disciplinary report prepared by a corrections officer in response to an inmate committing any prohibited act required to be reported to the prosecutor pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commissioner that resulted in a conviction during the current period of incarceration (Sec. 6).

Full Bill Text