General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6083
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1063
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6083
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 1063
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING THE SENTENCING OF NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COSTS OF INCARCERATION VERSUS ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to provide that prior to the sentencing of a person convicted of a nonviolent offense, the prosecutor shall provide the sentencing judge with information on the estimated costs of the various sentencing alternatives available to the judge including the cost of incarceration as contrasted with the cost of community-based alternatives to incarceration.
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce penal costs and promote rehabilitation of non-habitual nonviolent offenders.