BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

SB 5915: Prison capacity

Ensuring that offender populations do not exceed prison capacity.

Summary

Declares an intent to: (1) Focus resources on sex offenders and violent offenders who pose the greatest risk to our communities, by reducing offender populations when such populations exceed the maximum operational capacity of facilities operated by the department of corrections; and (2) Accomplish the reduction by releasing to community supervision solely low-risk offenders who have been convicted of certain…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to ensuring that offender populations do not exceed prison capacity;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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