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DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AMENDMENTS

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2012 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Eric K. Hutchings

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Senate Sponsor: Daniel W. Thatcher

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies provisions regarding the Department of Corrections and inmate
             10      capacity.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines levels of capacity regarding inmates in correctional institutions;
             14          .    requires notice to the legislative leadership and the Board of Pardons, in addition to
             15      the governor, when an overcrowding emergency is approaching; and
             16          .    provides process for an emergency inmate release, including requiring that inmate
             17      information be provided to the Board of Pardons and Parole for use in carrying out
             18      an emergency release.
             19      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             20          None
             21      Other Special Clauses:
             22          None
             23      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             24      AMENDS:
             25          64-13-38, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
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             27      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             28          Section 1. Section 64-13-38 is amended to read:
             29           64-13-38. Emergency release due to overcrowding.


             30          (1) Definitions:
             31          (a) "Maximum capacity" means every physical and funded prison bed is occupied by
             32      an inmate.
             33          (b) "Operational capacity" means 96.5% of every physical and funded bed is occupied
             34      by an inmate.
             35          (c) "Emergency release capacity" means 98% of every physical and funded bed is
             36      occupied by an inmate.
             37          [(1)] (2) When the executive director of the department finds that either the male or
             38      female inmate population of the Utah State Prison has exceeded [physical] operational capacity
             39      for at least 45 [calendar] consecutive days, the executive director [may: (a)] shall notify the
             40      governor [that], the legislative leadership, and the Board of Pardons and Parole that the
             41      department is approaching an overcrowding emergency [exists] and provide [him] them with
             42      information relevant to that determination[; and].
             43          [(b) notify the Board of Pardons and Parole of the existence of the overcrowding
             44      emergency so that the board may commence emergency releases pursuant to Subsection (2).]
             45          (3) When the executive director of the department finds that either the male or female
             46      inmate population of the Utah State Prison has exceeded emergency release capacity for at least
             47      45 consecutive days, the executive director shall:
             48          (a) notify the governor and the legislative leadership that the emergency release
             49      capacity has been reached and provide them with information relevant to that determination;
             50      and
             51          (b) notify the Board of Pardons and Parole that the emergency release capacity has
             52      been reached so that the board may commence the emergency release process pursuant to
             53      Subsection (4).
             54          [(2)] (4) Upon the [governor's receipt of notification] department's notifying the
             55      governor and the legislative leadership of the [existence of an] emergency release capacity
             56      under Subsection (3), the department shall:
             57          (a) notify the [board] Board of Pardons and Parole of the number of inmates who need


             58      to be released in order to [eliminate the overcrowding emergency;] return the prison inmate
             59      population to operational capacity; and
             60          (b) in cooperation and consultation with the [board] Board of Pardons and Parole,
             61      compile a list of inmates [by chronological order according to their existing parole release
             62      dates, sufficient to eliminate the overcrowding emergency; and], the release of whom would be
             63      sufficient to return the prison inmate population to operational capacity.
             64          [(c) for each inmate listed in accordance with Subsection (2)(b), notify the board if the
             65      department has any reason to believe that the inmate has violated a disciplinary rule or for
             66      some other reason recommends that the inmate's existing parole date be rescinded.]
             67          [(3) Unless the board has identified a reason to believe that the inmate's existing parole
             68      date should be rescinded, the parole release date of each inmate identified in Subsection (2)(b)
             69      may be advanced a sufficient number of days to allow for release.]
             70          [(4) When the process described in Subsections (2) and (3) has been completed, the
             71      board may order the release of the eligible inmates.]
             72          [(5) The department shall:]
             73          [(a) send to the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice a list of names of the
             74      inmates released under this section; and]
             75          [(b) provide the name and address of each inmate to the local law enforcement agency
             76      for the political subdivision in which the inmate intends to reside.]
             77          (5) After 45 consecutive days of emergency release capacity, the Board of Pardons and
             78      Parole may order the release of a sufficient number of inmates identified under Subsection (4)
             79      to return the prison inmate population to operational capacity.
             80          (6) The department shall inform the governor and the legislative leadership when the
             81      emergency release has been completed.
             82          (7) The [board] Board of Pardons and Parole shall make rules in accordance with Title
             83      63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to carry out the provisions of this
             84      section.


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