HB 1391 - DIGEST

     Establishes a pilot one hundred twenty-day boot camp program within the corrections system that can serve as a model to local corrections programs.

     Declares the goals of the program to be to provide adequate time for evaluation of offenders, keep first-time offenders from exposure to long-term inmates, ease state-wide prison crowding, and provide structures and resources for maintaining long-term positive lifestyle changes.

     Provides eligibility standards and requires follow-up monitoring of the success of the program.

     Requires a report by December 1, 1996, on the results of the pilot program.