Create a prison work pilot program
Filed by Marty Gearheart(R · District HD-037)Official link pending verification · co-sponsored by 4 legislators
The purpose of this bill is to create a Work/Incarceration Prison pilot program; to establish guidelines for eligibility; creates one prison; authorizes the Division of Corrections to propose rules; provides sentence reduction to an offender sentenced to the work/incarceration prison; provides that an offender who commits a violation of the rules be sent to a correctional facility and have an additional year added on to their original sentence; provides guideline for appropriation; allows offenders from other counties be accepted to the work/incarceration prison; and provides for an annual …
The purpose of this bill is to create a Work/Incarceration Prison pilot program; to establish guidelines for eligibility; creates one prison; authorizes the Division of Corrections to propose rules; provides sentence reduction to an offender sentenced to the work/incarceration prison; provides that an offender who commits a violation of the rules be sent to a correctional facility and have an additional year added on to their original sentence; provides guideline for appropriation; allows offenders from other counties be accepted to the work/incarceration prison; and provides for an annual evaluation of the work/incarceration prison to be submitted to the Legislature.
Judiciary
Last action: To House Judiciary (January 16, 2026)
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- Filed for introductionJanuary 16, 2026 · House
- To Judiciary then FinanceJanuary 16, 2026 · House
- Introduced in HouseJanuary 16, 2026 · House
- To House JudiciaryJanuary 16, 2026 · House
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