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SB185: Residential community programs; Dept. of Corrections to allow nonviolent prisoners to participate.
Chief Patron
Sen.
Toddy Puller (D-36)
Toddy Puller
(D-36)
Served: 2000–
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Status
Bill is Dead
Summary
Residential community programs. Requires the Department of Corrections to give nonviolent prisoners who have not been sentenced upon a conviction of murder in the first degree, rape in violation of § 18.2-61, forcible sodomy, animate or inanimate object sexual penetration, aggravated sexual battery, or sentenced to one or more life terms the opportunity, where available, to participate in a residential community program, work release, or a community-based program. Current law requires that the prisoner not be convicted of any violent crime and be sentenced to at least three years. The bill also restricts the cost of keep to no more than 30 percent of the prisoner's gross earnings. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Commonwealth's Program for Prisoner Reentry to Society (2005). View Full Text »
Poll Results
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