SB1 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

April Weaver Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to correctional incentive time; to amend Section 14-9-41, as last amended by Act 2022-322, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, to reduce the amount of correctional incentive time a prisoner receives; to require a prisoner to remain in a certain classification for a longer period of time before moving up to a higher classification; to provide for additional circumstances in which a prisoner may be required to forfeit his or her correctional incentive time; and to require the Department of Corrections to provide annual reports to the Legislature, the Governor, and the Attorney General regarding correctional incentive time.

Description

Under existing law, prisoners who have been convicted of an offense and are in custody may earn correctional incentive time, which is a deduction from the term of his or her sentence. The amount of time earned varies with the level of the prisoner's classification.

This bill would reduce the amount of time a prisoner may earn correctional incentive time.

Under existing law, prisoners are assigned to a classification for purposes of accruing correctional incentive time and must remain in a certain classification for a period of time before he or she may move up in classification.

This bill would increase the amount of time a prisoner must spend in a certain classification before he or she may move up in classification.

Under existing law, prisoners may be required to forfeit correctional incentive time in certain circumstances.

This bill would provide additional circumstances where an inmate would be required to forfeit correctional incentive time.

This bill would also require the Department of Corrections to provide annual reports to the Legislature, the Governor, and the Attorney General regarding correctional incentive time.

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