A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “The code of criminal procedure,” by amending section 12 of chapter IX (MCL 769.12), as amended by 2012 PA 319.
Provides up to 20% credit toward earliest date for parole hearing to inmates who participate in and complete educational, vocational, or other programming where "research and evidence indicate the program improves rehabilitation, behavioral, or post-release prisoner outcomes." Prisoners sentenced to life without parole or for certain major crimes are not eligible. Prisoners who engage in major misconduct while participating in the program would not receive productivity credits for those months.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
