2007 Senate Bill 177

Expand "boot camp" prison alternative

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 6, 2007

Introduced by Sen. Liz Brater (D-18)

To eliminate a prohibition on allowing someone convicted of a crime for a second time to be placed in a special alternative incarceration program ("boot camp" type program). The program is sometimes required as a condition of probation, where the alternative is commitment to a real prison.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary