Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-103

JUD 103

Increasing the use of community corrections in the supervision of criminal defendants and in the re-entry of incarcerated offenders

Mr. Brownsberger and Ms. Jehlen moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by adding the following new sections:-

SECTION XX. Section 16 of chapter 125 of the General Laws, as appearing in 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding, at the end thereof, the following sentence:-

The commissioner of corrections may place female prisoners held for trial in a community corrections program under chapter 211F.

SECTION XX. Section 4 of chapter 126, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after the first sentence, the following sentence:-

The sheriff, superintendent, keeper or other officer in charge of the jail may place a person, who is charged with crime and committed for trial, in a community corrections program under chapter 211F.

SECTION XX. Section 48 of Chapter 127 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding, after the third sentence, the following sentence:- The commissioner or the administrators of county correctional facilities may place inmates in a community corrections program under chapter 211F.

SECTION XX. Section 49 of Chapter 127 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding after the word “facility” in line 7 the following sentence:- or to participate in a community corrections program under chapter 211F;

SECTION XX. Section 90A of Chapter 127 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding after subsection (e) the following subsection: - ; (f) to participate in a community corrections program under chapter 211F; or .

SECTION XX. Subsection (a) of section 3 of chapter 211F of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sentences:-

Under section 49 of chapter 127, the commissioner of corrections or the administrator of a county correctional facility may place in a community corrections program an inmate eligible to participate in education, training or employment under section 48 of chapter 127. Under section 16 of chapter 125 or section 4 of chapter 126, the commissioner of corrections or the administrator of a county correctional facility may place a person who is being held for trial in a community corrections program under chapter 211F.

SECTION XX. Subsection (c) of section 3 of chapter 211F of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding before the word “sentence”, in line 8, the following words:- court-ordered.

SECTION XX. Subsection (b) of section 4 of chapter 211F, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following sentence: - and by the commissioner of corrections, under sections 48, 49 and 90A of chapter 127, for the purpose of re-entry and reintegration or, under section 16 of chapter 125 or section 4 of chapter 126, for the purpose of community supervision of persons held for trial.