46-2802. Same; development of corrections master plan; assistance from secretary of DOC; contents of master plan.
46-2802
46-2802. Same; development of corrections master plan; assistance fromsecretary of DOC; contents of master plan.(a) The joint committee on corrections and juvenile justiceoversight shall develop and adopt a 10 year corrections master plan to guidethe development and expansion of correctional programs and facilities.
(b) In order to assist the committee in the development of such master plan,the secretary of corrections, on or before September 1, 1997, shall draft ascope statement concerning the master plan to be presented to the committee.The secretary may retain such experts and consultants as are necessary todevelop the scope statement.
(c) In developing the master plan, the committee may request assistance andexpertise from the secretary of corrections as well as other state agencies.
(d) The master plan shall address or develop, or both:
(1) Enhanced or expanded community corrections programs. The plan shalladdress how such programs may slow the growth of the need for new prison bedsor reduce the need for new prison beds. Review of community correctionprograms may include, but not be limited to, intensive supervision, short-termjail sentences, halfwayhouses and community-based work;
(2) any future expansion of state correctional facilities;
(3) other alternatives to incarceration consistent with public safety;
(4) allowing the court to revoke a defendant's probation, assignment tocommunitycorrections or conditional release, order the offender committed to the custodyof the secretary of corrections and retain jurisdiction for 120 days tomodify the sentence or order for revocation;
(5) a guide for community-based facilities;
(6) consolidation or centralization of field services;
(7) private expansion with specific recommendations on criteria to guidethe determination of any program appropriate for privatization, to assist indetermining the placement of any such facility and to guide in the selection ofany private provider;
(8) specific programs to deal with specific populations within the existingstate facilities that could be served in the community to ease capacity demandson the existing state institutions and the cost basis and effectiveness of suchprograms;
(9) contracts with profit or nonprofit corporations which would serve toreduce the demands on the state facilities;
(10) projected costs of any such plans developed or recommended; and
(11) identify any revenue source sufficient to appropriately fund any plansdeveloped or recommended.
History: L. 1997, ch. 179, § 1; May 22.