Utah 2025 Regular Session

Utah Senate Bill SB0183 Compare Versions

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1	1	01-28 11:08 S.B. 183
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3	3	Inmate Amendments
4	4	2025 GENERAL SESSION
5	5	STATE OF UTAH
6	6	Chief Sponsor: Stephanie Pitcher
7	7	House Sponsor:
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11	11	LONG TITLE
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13	13	General Description:
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15	15	This bill requires the Department of Corrections to provide an optional financial literacy
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17	17	class for inmates.
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19	19	Highlighted Provisions:
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21	21	This bill:
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23	23	▸ requires the Department of Corrections to provide an optional financial literacy class for
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25	25	inmates; and
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27	27	▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
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29	29	Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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31	31	None
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33	33	Other Special Clauses:
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35	35	None
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37	37	Utah Code Sections Affected:
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39	39	AMENDS:
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41	41	64-13-48, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 310
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45	45	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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47	47	Section 1. Section 64-13-48 is amended to read:
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49	49	64-13-48 . Educational and career-readiness programs.
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51	51	(1) The department shall, in accordance with Subsection 64-13-6(1)(c), ensure that
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53	53	appropriate evidence-based and evidence-informed educational or career-readiness
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55	55	programs are made available to an inmate as soon as practicable after the creation of the
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57	57	inmate's case action plan.
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59	59	(2) The department shall provide incarcerated women with substantially equivalent
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61	61	educational and career-readiness opportunities as incarcerated men.
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63	63	(3) Before an inmate begins an educational or career-readiness program, the department
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65	65	shall provide reasonable access to resources necessary for an inmate to apply for grants
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68	68	or other available financial aid that may be available to pay for the inmate's program.
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70	70	(4)(a) The department shall consider an inmate's current participation in an educational
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72	72	or career-readiness program when the department makes a decision with regard to an
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74	74	inmate's:
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76	76	(i) transfer to another area or facility; or
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78	78	(ii) appropriate disciplinary sanction.
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80	80	(b) When possible, the department shall use best efforts to allow an inmate to continue
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82	82	the inmate's participation in an educational or career-readiness program while the
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84	84	facility is under lockdown, quarantine, or a similar status.
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86	86	(5)(a) The department shall maintain records on an inmate's educational progress,
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88	88	including completed life skills, certifications, and credit- and non-credit-bearing
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90	90	courses, made while the inmate is incarcerated.
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92	92	(b) The department shall facilitate the transfer of information related to the inmate's
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94	94	educational process upon the inmate's release, including the inmate's post-release
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96	96	contact information and the records described in Subsection (5)(a), to:
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98	98	(i) the inmate; or
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100	100	(ii) an entity that the inmate has authorized to receive the inmate's records or
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102	102	post-release contact information, including an institution:
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104	104	(A) from which the inmate received educational instruction while the inmate was
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106	106	incarcerated; or
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108	108	(B) at which the inmate plans to continue the inmate's post-incarceration
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110	110	education.
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112	112	(6) Beginning May 1, 2023, the department shall provide an annual report to the Higher
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114	114	Education Appropriations Subcommittee regarding educational and career-readiness
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116	116	programs for inmates, which shall include:
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118	118	(a) the number of inmates who are participating in an educational or career-readiness
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120	120	program, including an accredited postsecondary education program;
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122	122	(b) the percentage of inmates who are participating in an educational or career-readiness
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124	124	program as compared to the total inmate population;
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126	126	(c) inmate program completion and graduation data, including the number of
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128	128	completions and graduations in each educational or career-readiness program;
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130	130	(d) the potential effect of educational or career-readiness programs on recidivism, as
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132	132	determined by a comparison of:
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134	134	(i) the total number of inmates who return to incarceration after a previous
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137	137	incarceration; and
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139	139	(ii) the number of inmates who return to incarceration after a previous incarceration
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141	141	who participated in or completed an educational or career-readiness program;
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143	143	(e) the number of inmates who were transferred to a different facility while currently
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145	145	participating in an educational or career-readiness program, including the number of
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147	147	inmates who were unable to continue a program after a transfer to a different facility;
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149	149	and
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151	151	(f) the department's:
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153	153	(i) recommendation for resources that may increase inmates' access to and
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155	155	participation in an educational or career-readiness program; and
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157	157	(ii) estimate of how many additional inmates would participate in an educational or
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159	159	career-readiness program if the resources were provided.
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161	161	(7) The department shall:
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163	163	(a) ensure that an inmate enrolled in an educational or career-readiness program has
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165	165	access to modern technology determined by the provider of the program as necessary
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167	167	for an inmate to participate in the program; and
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169	169	(b) assist an inmate in applying for jobs within 30 days before the day on which the
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171	171	inmate is released from the department's custody.
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173	173	(8) The department may not offer training for an inmate to become a certified nursing
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175	175	assistant certified by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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177	177	(9)(a) The department shall provide inmates with the opportunity to take a financial
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179	179	literacy class.
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181	181	(b) The financial literacy class described in Subsection (9)(a) shall include instruction on
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183	183	strategies for saving and managing money earned through employment, including
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185	185	any employment during incarceration.
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187	187	[(9)] (10) The department may make rules in accordance with Section 64-13-10 and Title
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189	189	63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to carry out the provisions of this
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191	191	section.
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193	193	Section 2. Effective date.
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195	195	This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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