A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled “Corrections code of 1953,” by amending sections 33, 33c, 34, and 35 (MCL 791.233, 791.233c, 791.234, and 791.235), sections 33 and 34 as amended by 2019 PA 14, section 33c as added by 1994 PA 217, and section 35 as amended by 2019 PA 13.
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
