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H.B. 272

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INMATE PRODUCTIVITY AND WORK SKILLS

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1998 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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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,
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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;
26    and
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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