General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6236
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1772
*01772*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. MINER, 66th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6236
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1772
*01772*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.
REP. MINER, 66th Dist.
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S PRISON POPULATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Correction, after consultation with the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management, to (1) submit reports to the General Assembly on a quarterly basis that include details about the earned risk reduction credits awarded pursuant to section 18-98e of the general statutes to reduce an inmate's sentence, including details about: (A) The number of inmates released overall and the number of inmates released early as a result of the award of such credit; (B) the crimes for which such released inmates were convicted; (C) the amount of risk reduction credit earned by inmates released early pursuant to such credit; and (D) any recidivism data regarding inmates who were released early pursuant to such credit, including any data such as rate of reentry into the correctional system, elapsed time between release and such reentry, and the crimes for which such inmates were convicted that resulted in such reentry; and (2) publish and update such report on the Department of Correction's Internet web site.
Statement of Purpose:
To provide transparency regarding the status of the state's prison population by requiring the Commissioner of Correction to report on the number of inmates released, the earned risk reduction credit program and the rate of recidivism.