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3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 181 |
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5 | 5 | | April 20, 2023 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee |
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6 | 6 | | on Corrections. |
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7 | 7 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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8 | 8 | | AN ACT to renumber and amend 302.05 (3) (e); to amend 302.05 (title), 302.05 |
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9 | 9 | | (1) (am) (intro.), 302.05 (1) (b), 302.05 (2), 302.05 (3) (b), 302.05 (3) (c) 2. (intro.), |
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10 | 10 | | 302.05 (3) (d), 302.113 (2) and 973.01 (4); and to create 302.05 (1) (c), 302.05 |
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11 | 11 | | (3) (c) 2m., 302.05 (3) (e) 2., 302.05 (4) and 302.05 (5) of the statutes; relating |
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12 | 12 | | to: earned release for inmates upon the completion of an employment readiness |
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13 | 13 | | training program and granting rule-making authority. |
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14 | 14 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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15 | 15 | | This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in |
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16 | 16 | | the bill. |
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17 | 17 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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18 | 18 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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19 | 19 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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20 | 20 | | enact as follows: |
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21 | 21 | | JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the |
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22 | 22 | | Legislative Council Study Committee on Increasing Offender Employment |
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23 | 23 | | Opportunities. The bill expands the current law earned release program to also apply to |
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24 | 24 | | inmates who complete an employment readiness training program. |
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25 | 25 | | Current law allows eligible inmates to earn early release to extended supervision |
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26 | 26 | | or parole if they complete a substance abuse program. Inmates are generally eligible for |
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35 | 35 | | early release to supervision under the program if they meet the following conditions: (1) |
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36 | 36 | | the individual is serving time for a crime other than a specified violent crime; (2) the |
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37 | 37 | | sentencing court deems the individual eligible; and (3) the individual successfully |
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38 | 38 | | completes a Department of Corrections (DOC) substance abuse treatment program. |
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39 | 39 | | An inmate who completes the earned release program will have his or her sentence |
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40 | 40 | | modified by a court to convert remaining confinement time in prison to supervised time |
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41 | 41 | | in the community. The program allows for early release while maintaining the total |
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42 | 42 | | length of an individual's sentence. Presently, the earned release program is only available |
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43 | 43 | | to inmates with substance abuse needs who complete substance abuse programs, and not |
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44 | 44 | | to those who earn educational credentials or complete job training programs. Under |
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45 | 45 | | current law, an individual is deemed eligible or ineligible for the earned release program |
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46 | 46 | | at the time the individual is initially sentenced. |
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47 | 47 | | The bill expands the earned release program to also apply to eligible inmates who |
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48 | 48 | | complete an employment readiness training program (ERTP) pursuant to DOC |
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49 | 49 | | administrative rules. An “employment readiness training program” is an education, job |
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50 | 50 | | training, employment, or other equivalent evidence-based program intended to lead to |
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51 | 51 | | employment and reduce recidivism. An inmate cannot be released from confinement after |
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52 | 52 | | completing an ERTP until the individual has served at least two-thirds of the |
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53 | 53 | | confinement in prison portion of his or her bifurcated sentence. |
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54 | 54 | | The bill permits eligible inmates serving bifurcated sentences to petition the |
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55 | 55 | | sentencing court for ERTP eligibility at any point after sentencing, if the inmate has DOC |
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56 | 56 | | approval. Under the bill, DOC must prepare biennial reports providing data on the |
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57 | 57 | | number of individuals deemed eligible for the earned release program but who have not |
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58 | 58 | | yet begun programming, program enrollments and completions, recidivism rates for |
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59 | 59 | | those granted early release to supervision, and cost savings resulting from reduced |
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60 | 60 | | confinement time. The bill directs DOC to promulgate administrative rules for |
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61 | 61 | | implementation of the earned release program, but delays the statutory changes to the |
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62 | 62 | | program for one year. |
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63 | 63 | | SECTION 1. 302.05 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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64 | 64 | | 302.05 (title) Wisconsin substance abuse program earned release |
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65 | 65 | | program. |
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66 | 66 | | SECTION 2. 302.05 (1) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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67 | 67 | | 302.05 (1) (am) (intro.) The department of corrections and the department of |
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68 | 68 | | health services may designate a section of a mental health institute as a correctional |
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69 | 69 | | treatment facility for the treatment of substance abuse use disorder of inmates |
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70 | 70 | | transferred from Wisconsin state prisons. This section shall be administered by the |
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71 | 71 | | department of corrections and shall be known as the Wisconsin substance abuse |
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72 | 72 | | program. The department of corrections and the department of health services shall |
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73 | 73 | | ensure that the residents at the institution and the residents in the substance abuse |
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74 | 74 | | use disorder program: |
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91 | 91 | | SECTION 3. 302.05 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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92 | 92 | | 302.05 (1) (b) The department of corrections and the department of health |
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93 | 93 | | services shall, at any correctional facility the departments determine is appropriate, |
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94 | 94 | | provide a substance abuse use disorder treatment program for inmates for the |
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95 | 95 | | purposes of the program described in sub. (3). |
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96 | 96 | | SECTION 4. 302.05 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read: |
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97 | 97 | | 302.05 (1) (c) 1. In this paragraph, “employment readiness training program” |
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98 | 98 | | means an educational, job training, employment, or other equivalent |
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99 | 99 | | evidence-based program intended to lead to employment and reduce recidivism. |
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100 | 100 | | 2. The department shall, at any correctional facility the department |
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101 | 101 | | determines is appropriate, provide employment readiness training programs for the |
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102 | 102 | | purposes of the program described in sub. (3). |
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103 | 103 | | SECTION 5. 302.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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104 | 104 | | 302.05 (2) Transfer to a correctional treatment facility for the treatment of |
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105 | 105 | | substance abuse use disorder shall be considered a transfer under s. 302.18. |
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106 | 106 | | SECTION 6. 302.05 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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107 | 107 | | 302.05 (3) (b) Except as provided in par. (d), if the department determines that |
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108 | 108 | | an eligible inmate serving a sentence other than one imposed under s. 973.01 has |
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109 | 109 | | successfully completed a substance use disorder treatment program described in |
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110 | 110 | | sub. (1) (am) or (b) or an employment readiness training program described in sub. |
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111 | 111 | | (1) (c), the parole commission shall parole the inmate for that sentence under s. |
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112 | 112 | | 304.06, regardless of the time the inmate has served. If the parole commission grants |
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113 | 113 | | parole under this paragraph for the completion of a substance use disorder treatment |
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114 | 114 | | program, it shall require the parolee to participate in an intensive supervision |
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115 | 115 | | program for drug abusers as a condition of parole. |
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143 | 143 | | SECTION 7. 302.05 (3) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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144 | 144 | | 302.05 (3) (c) 2. (intro.) Upon being informed by the department under subd. |
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145 | 145 | | 1. that an inmate whom the court sentenced under s. 973.01 has successfully |
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146 | 146 | | completed a substance use disorder treatment program described in sub. (1) (am) or |
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147 | 147 | | (b), the court shall modify the inmate's bifurcated sentence as follows: |
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148 | 148 | | SECTION 8. 302.05 (3) (c) 2m. of the statutes is created to read: |
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149 | 149 | | 302.05 (3) (c) 2m. Upon being informed by the department under subd. 1. that |
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150 | 150 | | an inmate whom the court sentenced under s. 973.01 has successfully completed an |
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151 | 151 | | employment readiness training program described in sub. (1) (c), the court shall |
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152 | 152 | | modify the inmate's bifurcated sentence as follows: |
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153 | 153 | | a. The court shall reduce the term of confinement in prison portion of the |
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154 | 154 | | inmate's bifurcated sentence in a manner that provides for the release of the inmate |
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155 | 155 | | to extended supervision either within 30 days of the date on which the court receives |
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156 | 156 | | the information from the department under subd. 1. or on a date that reduces the |
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157 | 157 | | confinement in prison portion of the inmate's bifurcated sentence by one third of the |
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158 | 158 | | total confinement in prison portion of the inmate's bifurcated sentence, whichever |
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159 | 159 | | is later. |
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160 | 160 | | b. The court shall lengthen the term of extended supervision imposed so that |
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161 | 161 | | the total length of the bifurcated sentence originally imposed does not change. |
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162 | 162 | | SECTION 9. 302.05 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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163 | 163 | | 302.05 (3) (d) The department may place intensive sanctions program |
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164 | 164 | | participants in a treatment program described in sub. (1) (am) or (b), but pars. (b) and |
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165 | 165 | | (c) do not apply to those participants. |
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166 | 166 | | SECTION 10. 302.05 (3) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 302.05 (3) (e) 1. and |
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167 | 167 | | amended to read: |
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197 | 197 | | 302.05 (3) (e) 1. If an inmate is serving the term of confinement portion of a |
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198 | 198 | | bifurcated sentence imposed under s. 973.01, the sentence was imposed before July |
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199 | 199 | | 26, 2003, and the inmate satisfies the criteria under par. (a) 1., the inmate may, with |
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200 | 200 | | the department's approval, petition the sentencing court to determine whether he or |
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201 | 201 | | she is eligible or ineligible to participate in the earned release program under this |
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202 | 202 | | subsection a substance use disorder treatment program described in sub. (1) (am) or |
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203 | 203 | | (b) during the term of confinement. The inmate shall serve a copy of the petition on |
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204 | 204 | | the district attorney who prosecuted him or her, and the district attorney may file a |
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205 | 205 | | written response. The court shall exercise its discretion in granting or denying the |
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206 | 206 | | inmate's petition but must do so no later than 90 days after the inmate files the |
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207 | 207 | | petition. If the court determines under this paragraph subdivision that the inmate |
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208 | 208 | | is eligible to participate in the earned release substance use disorder treatment |
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209 | 209 | | program, the court shall inform the inmate of the provisions of par. (c). |
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210 | 210 | | SECTION 11. 302.05 (3) (e) 2. of the statutes is created to read: |
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211 | 211 | | 302.05 (3) (e) 2. Notwithstanding a previous finding of ineligibility under s. |
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212 | 212 | | 973.01 (3g), if an inmate is serving the term of confinement portion of a bifurcated |
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213 | 213 | | sentence imposed under s. 973.01 and the inmate satisfies the criteria under par. (a) |
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214 | 214 | | 1., the inmate may, at any time, with the department's approval, petition the |
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215 | 215 | | sentencing court to determine whether he or she is eligible to participate in an |
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216 | 216 | | employment readiness training program described in sub. (1) (c) during the term of |
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217 | 217 | | confinement. The inmate shall serve a copy of the petition on the district attorney |
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218 | 218 | | who prosecuted him or her, and the district attorney may file a written response. The |
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219 | 219 | | court shall exercise its discretion in granting or denying the inmate's petition but |
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220 | 220 | | must do so no later than 90 days after the inmate files the petition. If the court |
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221 | 221 | | determines under this subdivision that the inmate is eligible to participate in the |
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249 | 249 | | employment readiness training program, the court shall inform the inmate of the |
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250 | 250 | | provisions of par. (c). |
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251 | 251 | | SECTION 12. 302.05 (4) of the statutes is created to read: |
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252 | 252 | | 302.05 (4) On or before October 15 of each even-numbered year, the |
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253 | 253 | | department shall submit a report on substance use disorder treatment programs |
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254 | 254 | | provided under sub. (1) (am) and (b) in which participants qualified for earned |
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255 | 255 | | release under sub. (3) and a report on employment readiness training programs |
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256 | 256 | | provided under sub. (1) (c) in which participants qualified for earned release under |
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257 | 257 | | sub. (3) to the governor, the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution |
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258 | 258 | | to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), and the director of state |
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259 | 259 | | courts. The reports shall include all of the following data: |
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260 | 260 | | (a) The number of individuals who have been determined to be eligible but who |
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261 | 261 | | have not yet begun programming on the last day of each month in the report period. |
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262 | 262 | | (b) The total number of enrollments into the earned release programs and total |
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263 | 263 | | number of completions in the report period. |
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264 | 264 | | (c) Recidivism rates, including rearrest, reconviction, and reincarceration |
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265 | 265 | | rates, and the reasons for reincarceration for those who completed the programs and |
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266 | 266 | | were granted early release under an earned release program. Recidivism rates shall |
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267 | 267 | | be calculated only for individuals who have been released from prison for at least one |
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268 | 268 | | year. |
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269 | 269 | | (d) An accounting of the cost savings for the preceding 24-month period that |
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270 | 270 | | resulted from reduced terms of confinement in prison for participants for completion |
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271 | 271 | | of an earned release program. |
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272 | 272 | | SECTION 13. 302.05 (5) of the statutes is created to read: |
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301 | 301 | | 302.05 (5) The department shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the |
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302 | 302 | | earned release program under this section. |
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303 | 303 | | SECTION 14. 302.113 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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304 | 304 | | 302.113 (2) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (9), an inmate subject to this |
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305 | 305 | | section is entitled to release to extended supervision after he or she has served the |
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306 | 306 | | term of confinement in prison portion of the sentence imposed under s. 973.01, as |
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307 | 307 | | modified by the sentencing court under sub. (9g) or s. 302.045 (3m) (b) 1., 302.05 (3) |
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308 | 308 | | (c) 2. a. or 2m. a., 973.195 (1r), or 973.198, if applicable. |
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309 | 309 | | SECTION 15. 973.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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310 | 310 | | 973.01 (4) NO GOOD TIME; EXTENSION OR REDUCTION OF TERM OF IMPRISONMENT. A |
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311 | 311 | | person sentenced to a bifurcated sentence under sub. (1) shall serve the term of |
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312 | 312 | | confinement in prison portion of the sentence without reduction for good behavior. |
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313 | 313 | | The term of confinement in prison portion is subject to extension under s. 302.113 (3) |
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314 | 314 | | and, if applicable, to reduction under s. 302.045 (3m), 302.05 (3) (c) 2. a. or 2m. a., |
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315 | 315 | | 302.113 (9g), 973.195 (1r), or 973.198. |
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316 | 316 | | SECTION 16.0Effective date. |
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317 | 317 | | (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 13th month beginning after |
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318 | 318 | | publication. |
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