Introduced Version
SENATE RESOLUTION No. ___
DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council to
assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of the
effectiveness of awarding time off of sentences for individuals
serving sentences at the Indiana Department of Corrections
(DOC) participating in the Case Plan Credit Time (CPCT)
Program.
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Second Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2024)
SENATE RESOLUTION ____
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
1 A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council
2 to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of the
3 effectiveness of awarding time off of sentences for individuals
4 serving sentences at the Indiana Department of Corrections
5 (DOC) participating in the Case Plan Credit Time (CPCT)
6 Program.
7 Whereas, In 2020, the Indiana General Assembly passed
8 House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1120 concerning the award of credit
9 time to persons in DOC for progress in meeting the goals of
10 individualized case management plans to provide incentives for
11 those persons to engage in programming to reduce rates of
12 recidivism;
13 Whereas, HEA 1120 required DOC to submit a report to
14 the Legislative Council before May 1, 2023, concerning results
15 of the implementation of the CPCT Program during 2022;
16 Whereas, In 2022, over 18,000 individuals incarcerated
17 within DOC participated in individualized case management
18 plans under the CPCT Program, amounting to over 82% of the
19 incarcerated population;
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1 Whereas, Although a significant percentage of incarcerated
2 individuals participated in the CPCT Program, the report
3 submitted by DOC indicated that the effects of the program
4 were yet to be fully realized; and
5 Whereas, Without further study, the Indiana General
6 Assembly and DOC cannot evaluate the efficacy of the CPCT
7 Program in reducing recidivism: Therefore,
8 Be it resolved by the Senate of the
9 General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
10 SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate urges the Legislative
11 Council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic
12 of the effectiveness of awarding time off of sentences for
13 individuals serving sentences at DOC participating in the CPCT
14 Program.
15 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed
16 to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the members of the
17 Legislative Council.
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