SB237 Alabama 2020 Session

Under existing law, an inmate does not receive a deduction in his or her sentence for the successful completion of academic, vocational, risk-reducing, or apprenticeship programs

This bill would provide an inmate with a deduction in his or her sentence upon a successful completion of a qualifying academic, vocational, risk-reducing, or apprenticeship program

This bill would also require the Department of Corrections, in consultation with a task force, to adopt rules for the administration of education incentive time

This bill would also establish a task force under the supervision of the Department of Corrections to make recommendations for rules for the administering education incentive time

This bill would provide a tax credit to an employer that employs an individual recently released from incarceration

This bill would prohibit the state and political subdivisions of the state, as employers, from inquiring into or considering an applicant's arrest or conviction history for consideration of a job until after the applicant has received a conditional job offer, except under certain conditions

This bill would require the state and political subdivisions of the state, as employers, to maintain certain employment and hiring records relating to the conviction history of employees and job applicants

This bill would also authorize the State Personnel Department to enforce certain provisions of this act

Relating to corrections; to add a new Article 4 to Title 14 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for a deduction of a prisoner's sentence upon completion of qualifying programs; to require the Department of Corrections, in consultation with a task force, to adopt rules for the administration of education incentive time; to provide for the task force membership and duties; to provide an income tax credit for an employer that employs an individual recently released from incarceration; to prohibit the state and political subdivisions of the state, as employers, from inquiring into or considering an applicant's criminal conviction history for consideration of a job until after the applicant has received a conditional job offer, with exceptions; to require the state and political subdivisions, as employers, to maintain certain employment and hiring records relating to the conviction history of employees and job applicants; and to authorize the State Personnel Department to enforce certain provisions of this act.