64-9b-1 - Legislative findings.
64-9b-1. Legislative findings.
(1) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state of Utah for thedepartment to:
(a) develop job opportunities to further enhance the rehabilitation of inmates of the Utahstate prison;
(b) establish and actively work toward the goal that all inmates shall be productivelyinvolved in a treatment, education, or work program, or a combination of these programs, asappropriate, except for inmates who the department determines are physically or mentallydisabled, or pose a danger to the public, so that they are unable to engage in these activities; and
(c) submit a comprehensive management plan outlining the department's plan to meet thisgoal to the Legislature on or before November 1 of each even-numbered year, and the plan shallinclude:
(i) a cost-effective analysis of current inmate education, treatment, and work programs;and
(ii) a study of the feasibility of expanding inmate work programs, particularly in regard toprograms that:
(A) are not capital intensive;
(B) do not unfairly compete with existing Utah industry; and
(C) are designed to increase the motivation, develop the work capabilities, and foster thecooperation of inmates.
(2) The Legislature further finds that a proper means to accomplish this is through aliberal application of this act.
Amended by Chapter 363, 1998 General Session