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ME LD1979
Bill
Status
6/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Holly Sargent
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AI Summary
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Department of Corrections must convene a working group with relevant stakeholders to examine establishing a program awarding earned time credit for educational achievement to incarcerated persons
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Working group will analyze similar programs in other states with comparable correctional systems, including data on sentence reductions, recidivism rates, and program outcomes
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Working group must compare types of sentence deductions available in other states and recommend steps for Maine to develop an earned time credit program
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Report with findings, recommendations, and suggested legislation due to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety by December 3, 2025
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Became law without governor's signature on June 17, 2025 (Chapter 81 Resolves)
Legislative Description
Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Convene a Working Group to Examine the Establishment of a Program to Award Earned Time Credit for Educational Achievement to Persons Who Are Incarcerated
Prisoners
Last Action
FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
6/3/2025