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AL SB323
Bill
Status
5/17/2021
Primary Sponsor
Clyde Chambliss
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AI Summary
SB323 Summary
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Establishes the Alabama Education Incentive Time Act, allowing prisoners to earn up to 12 months of sentence reduction per term of incarceration by completing approved academic, vocational, risk-reducing, or apprenticeship programs.
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Prisoners sentenced to death, life imprisonment, convicted of violent Class A or Class B felonies, sex offenses, or serving confinement under specific provisions are ineligible for education incentive time.
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Requires the Department of Corrections to adopt rules for administering education incentive time in consultation with the Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee, with final rules to be certified by March 1, 2022.
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Mandates the Department of Corrections and Board of Pardons and Paroles provide quarterly reports to the Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee on program participation, completion rates, recidivism, and post-release outcomes.
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Makes nonsubstantive technical revisions to Section 29-2-20 updating code language and reporting requirements for the Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee.
Legislative Description
Corrections Dept., prisoners deduction for sentences for completion of qualifying educational programs, adoption rules for administration of education incentive time, approval of rules by Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee, Secs. 14-9-100 to 14-9-107, incl., added; Sec. 29-2-20 am'd.
Corrections Department
Last Action
Assigned Act No. 2021-477.
5/17/2021