The bill requires the department of corrections (department) to track the prison bed vacancy rate in both correctional facilities and state-funded private contract prison beds. If the vacancy rate falls below 2% for 30 consecutive days, the department shall notify the governor, the joint budget committee, the parole board, and the office of community corrections in the department of public safety (office of community corrections). The department shall notify the governor, the joint budget committee, the parole board, and the office of community corrections
once the vacancy rate exceeds 3% for 30 consecutive days. When the vacancy rate falls below 2% for 30 consecutive days, the department may: • Request the office of community corrections to provide the department with information regarding the location and nature of any unutilized community corrections beds; • Provide the parole board with a list of inmates who are within 90 days of their mandatory release date, have a verified parole sponsor, and do not require full board review or victim notification. The parole board must hold a file review for the inmates on the list within 10 days after the receipt of the list. • Provide the parole board with a list of inmates who have conditional parole approval, do not require full board review or victim notification, and have satisfied the condition or conditions required for parole. The parole board must hold a file review for the inmates on the list within 10 days of the receipt of the list. If the department institutes any of the measures described in the bill, the department shall notify each elected district attorney, the chief judge of each judicial district, and the state public defender. The department shall notify each elected district attorney, the chief judge of each judicial district, and the state public defender once the measures described are no longer being used.
Year
2018
Current status
- Governor Signed (06/06/2018)
- Sent to the Governor (05/18/2018)
- Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (05/04/2018)
