HB 2680 Summary

• Increases earned release credits for eligible prisoners from one day per six days served to one day per six days plus one and one-half days per six days served if they complete drug treatment or other self-improvement programs.

• Restricts eligibility for the enhanced earned release credits to prisoners who have not been convicted of violent or aggravated felonies, dangerous crimes against children, or serious offenses.

• Requires the Department of Corrections to notify crime victims within 30 days when a prisoner qualifies for earned release credits under the new law.

• Modifies functional literacy requirements by allowing prisoners to satisfy them through enrollment in the transition program established under section 31-281 rather than only through direct achievement of eighth-grade literacy standards.

• Requires annual reporting to the legislature on recidivism rates, earned release credit usage, transition program participation, and demographic information about released prisoners.