Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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SB1079: Therapeutic Incarceration Program; creates sentencing alternative for certain defendants.
Chief Patron
Sen.
Phil Puckett (D-38)
Phil Puckett
(D-38)
Served: 1998–
Progress
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Status
Bill is Dead
Summary
Therapeutic Incarceration Program. Creates a sentencing alternative, Therapeutic Incarceration Program, for a defendant who otherwise would be sentenced to three years or longer for a felony conviction and who the court determines requires treatment for drug or alcohol substance abuse. The Program allows the court to sentence the defendant to an intensive therapeutic community-style substance abuse treatment program of a duration of 18 months or longer and a transitional therapeutic community-style substance abuse reentry program of six months and, after successful completion, to suspend the remaining balance of the imposed sentence.
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