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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1433
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Tate, Hargrove, Winsley, Vance, Riley, Mielke, Padden, Edmondson, Orr, Bowman, Ferguson, D. Sommers, P. Johnson, Inslee, Beck, Lisk, Wynne, Hochstatter, R. Meyers, Kremen, Broback, Van Luven, Forner, Sheldon, McLean, Betrozoff, Wineberry, Neher and Paris).
Read first time March 6, 1991.
AN ACT Relating to the department of corrections; and creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that all too often young offenders who enter the prison system learn more about how to be criminals than about how to be productive, contributing citizens. The legislature further finds that many young persons have difficulty in society because they have not developed sufficient self-discipline to work toward a goal. Further, young offenders frequently lack systematic work habits, the concept of teamwork for a common goal, and the ability to deal with authority figures. The legislature intends that young persons who enter the state prison system for the first time will have the opportunity to live and work in an environment that will enhance their personal development and promote self-discipline, thereby making them more effective participants in society. Therefore, the legislature establishes a ninety-day boot camp as a pilot program within the corrections system that can serve as a model to local corrections programs.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The Washington state institute of public policy shall prepare a report on "boot camp," "shock incarceration programs," and other structured residential programs that provide education, rehabilitation activities, treatment, and aftercare for first time offenders and drug offenders. The report shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) A description of the components of the programs discussed and how they operate.
(2) The rehabilitative components of each of the programs discussed, and data describing rehabilitation outcomes in each of the programs.
(3) Comparative recidivism data for each program discussed that includes comparison between appropriate programs in the United States, and between the programs discussed in the report.
(4) The types of offenders best suited to the programs described and studied in the report.
(5) The direct and nondirect cost associated with housing, training staff, planning, and operating each of the programs discussed.
The policy institute shall submit the report to the governor, the legislature, appropriate state agencies, and local corrections agencies by December 12, 1991. Copies of the report shall be made available to the public.