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IN HB1569
Bill
Status
1/20/2015
Primary Sponsor
Vernon Smith
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AI Summary
HB 1569 Summary
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Department of correction must establish, implement, and maintain a behavior management program for offenders that includes instruction on successful reentry, rehabilitation, and nonviolence.
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Program goals include reducing offender misconduct, prison violence, and recidivism, with the department determining offender eligibility requirements.
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Offenders who successfully complete the behavior management program may earn up to 6 months of credit time under IC 35-50-6-3.3(b)(3)(E), which reduces their release date.
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Offenders may not earn credit time for participating in sex offender treatment programs or other sex offender programs.
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Inmates serving sentences for crimes listed in IC 35-38-2.5-4.7(1) must participate in the behavior management program or another department-approved behavior management program.
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Effective date: July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Credit time for behavior management programs. Requires the department of correction to establish, implement, and maintain an offender behavior management program. Provides that an offender who completes the behavior management program may receive credit time. Makes a technical correction.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/20/2015