HB2808 Summary

• Increases earned release credits for eligible prisoners from one day per six days served to one and one-half days per six days served, allowing up to 30 percent total credit reduction.

• Requires prisoners to achieve eighth-grade functional literacy before release to community supervision, with exceptions for inmates with disabilities, level five offenders, foreign nationals, and those serving less than six months.

• Establishes a transition program allowing eligible drug offenders to be released early to participate in community-based services including counseling, job placement, and substance abuse treatment.

• Requires the Department of Corrections to provide victims with notice within 30 days when a prisoner qualifies for earned release credits and annual reporting on recidivism rates and program participation.

• Restricts earned release credits to prisoners not convicted of violent crimes, dangerous crimes against children, or certain serious offenses, with separate provisions for drug possession offenders.