Bill > HB4429

This bill establishes a pilot program for a "work/incarceration prison," a correctional facility designed to offer sentence reductions to eligible offenders who adhere to strict rules of conduct. Counties interested in hosting this facility must submit a plan to the Division of Corrections for approval, and the Division will then propose operational rules for legislative review. Offenders sentenced to this program can earn a 20% reduction in their sentence, but any serious rule violation will result in transfer to a standard correctional facility with an additional year added to their original sentence. The bill also allows the work/incarceration prison to accept offenders from other counties, potentially charging a fee, and allocates $500,000 for the initial establishment of the pilot facility, with the expectation that the program will become self-sustaining through offender labor. Finally, the Division of Corrections will conduct an annual evaluation of the program's effectiveness and report its findings to the Legislature.

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