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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
Senate: JUDE DP 5-1-1-0 | Third Read 25-5-0-0-0House: JUD DP 7-2-0-1 |
SB 1110: home confinement; eligibility; electronic monitoring.
Sponsor: Senator Payne, LD 27
Caucus & COW
Overview
Establishes a new Department of Corrections (DOC) home confinement program for specified inmates who are within 18 months of release.
History
A prisoner who reaches the earned release credit date or sentence expiration date is generally released to begin the court-imposed term of community supervision. During community supervision, DOC must require a monthly supervision fee of at least $65, unless the prisoner is unable to pay that amount; 70% of the fee is deposited in the Victim Compensation and Assistance Fund and 30% is deposited in the Community Corrections Enhancement Fund. DOC may also require payment of drug-testing costs (A.R.S. §§ 31-418; 41-1604.07).
Statute currently authorizes a home arrest program for inmates who committed certain felony offenses before January 1, 1994. The Board of Executive Clemency decides whether release is appropriate and may impose conditions such as electronic monitoring, productive activity, drug testing and remaining at home except as authorized. The statute also requires victim notice before a hearing, provides for revocation if the person violates specified conditions and caps the supervision ratio at one officer for every 25 supervisees (A.R.S. § 41-1604.13).
Provisions
1. Establishes a DOC-administered home confinement program for an inmate who has served at least one year of the sentence and who:
a. was convicted of specified qualifying felony offences;
b. is within 18 months of any form of release from incarceration;
c. has not previously been convicted of a dangerous crime against children, a serious offence, a violent felony or an aggravated felony;
d. has no violent disciplinary infractions during the current term of imprisonment;
e. has not previously participated in the program; and
f. has no felony warrants or detainers. (Sec. 2)
2. Directs DOC to adopt outlined rules for the program. (Sec. 2)
3. Instructs DOC to ensure that eligible applicants live where electronic monitoring technology is functional, have equitable access to program requirements and receive assistance in completing program requirements. (Sec. 2)
4. Directs DOC to evaluate a complete application within 90 days and ensure all eligibility requirements are met. (Sec. 2)
5. Makes approval subject to victim input and outlines how victim feedback is to be conducted. (Sec. 2)
6. Permits DOC to contract with an entity to evaluate program effectiveness based on specified factors. (Sec. 2)
7. Instructs that a participant is to be monitored by DOC through electronic monitoring surveillance for at least one year or until the inmate becomes eligible for probation or community supervision. (Sec. 2)
8. Authorizes DOC to require inmates to pay a monthly home confinement supervision fee in an amount determined by DOC, subject to reduction based on inability to pay. (Sec. 2)
9. Requires the aforesaid monies to be deposited in the Community Corrections Enhancement Fund. (Sec. 1, 2)
10. Provides that an inmate placed in home confinement remains on inmate status and subject to all limits on rights and movement. (Sec. 2)
11. Permits DOC to revoke home confinement for any program violation and return the inmate to DOC custody to complete the term of imprisonment. (Sec. 2)
12. Requires DOC to revoke home confinement and return the inmate to custody if the inmate is arrested for a subsequent felony offense committed while in the program. (Sec. 2)
13. Caps the ratio of supervising corrections officers to supervisees in the home confinement program at one officer for every 50 supervisees. (Sec. 2)
14. Provides that inmates who do not reach their tentative release date and who return to custody for technical violations while in the program forfeit tentative release and remain in custody until their earned release credit date. (Sec. 2)
15. Outlines a phased-in applicability schema for inmates during 2027 based on the number of months remaining on their sentences. (Sec. 2)
16. Makes this legislation retroactive to January 1, 1994. (Sec. 3)
17. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)
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