HB520 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim Hill Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Corrections, to provide deduction of a prisoners sentence upon completion of qualifying programs, require DOC to adopt rules for administration of education incentive time, require approval of rules by Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee, Secs. 14-9-100 to 14-9-107, incl., added; Sec. 29-2-20 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a prisoner 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 a prisoner with a deduction in his or her sentence upon a successful completion of a qualifying academic, vocational, risk-reducing, or apprenticeship program in certain circumstances.

This bill would require the Department of Corrections, with the approval of the Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee, to adopt rules for the administration of education incentive time.

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Subjects

Corrections Department