H.B. 272

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INMATE PRODUCTIVITY AND WORK SKILLS
2 1998 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Gerry A. Adair
5 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE INSTITUTIONS; CREATING THE GOAL FOR THE
6 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OF HAVING ALL ELIGIBLE INMATES
7 PRODUCTIVELY INVOLVED IN A TREATMENT, EDUCATION, OR WORK PROGRAM.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 64-9b-1, as enacted by Chapter 32, Laws of Utah 1978
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 64-9b-1 is amended to read:
13 64-9b-1. Legislative findings.
14 (1) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state of Utah for the
15 department to:
16 (a) develop job opportunities to further enhance the rehabilitation of inmates of the Utah
17 state prison[.];
18 (b) establish and actively work toward the goal that all inmates, h [ except those precluded
19 by the terms of the judgment and sentence under which they are confined, ] h shall be productively
20 involved in a treatment, education, or work program, or a combination of these programs, as
21 appropriate h , EXCEPT FOR INMATES WHO THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES ARE PHYSICALLY OR
21a MENTALLY DISABLED, OR POSE A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC, SO THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO
21b ENGAGE IN THESE ACTIVITIES h ; and
22 (c) submit a comprehensive management plan outlining the department's plan to meet this
23 goal to the Legislature on or before November 1 of each even-numbered year, and the plan shall
24 include:
25 (i) a cost-effective analysis of current inmate education, treatment, and work programs;
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27 (ii) a study of the feasibility of expanding inmate work programs, particularly in regard

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1 to programs that:
2 (A) are not capital intensive;
3 (B) do not S UNFAIRLY s compete with existing Utah industry; and
4 (C) are designed to increase the motivation, develop the work capabilities, and foster the
5 cooperation of inmates.
6 (2) The Legislature further finds that a proper means to accomplish this is through a liberal
7 application of this act.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-19-98 10:59 AM

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Amend on 2_goldenrod February 18, 1998 A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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