SB 226 Summary

• Courts must use objective risk assessment instruments to evaluate flight risk and re-arrest likelihood when making bail/release decisions, with implementation by December 31, 2013.

• Maximum annual "good time" credits earned in prison increase from 100 days to 160 days, plus up to 60 additional days for successful completion of recidivism-reduction programs.

• Probationers can earn up to 30 days of compliance credit to reduce their probation period by half, with credit forfeited upon conviction of new crimes.

• Probation and parole terminology unified as "probation"; Department authorized to place violators on home confinement for up to 10 days consecutively and 20 days annually for minor violations.

• Statistical Analysis Center must submit annual reports examining one-year, two-year, and three-year re-arrest, reconviction, and recommitment rates for released offender cohorts, starting July 31, 2013.