Bill Text: CT HB05548 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Inmate Furloughs.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-22 - Public Hearing 03/28 [HB05548 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05548-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5548
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 2612
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING INMATE FURLOUGHS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 18-101a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):

[The] (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Commissioner of Correction, at the commissioner's discretion, may extend the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate as to whom there is reasonable belief he or she will honor his or her trust, by authorizing the inmate under prescribed conditions to visit a specifically designated place or places, within or without the state, for periods not exceeding forty-five days and return to the same or another institution or facility. Such periods may be renewed at the discretion of the commissioner. Such furlough may be granted only to permit a visit to a dying relative, attendance at the funeral of a relative, the obtaining of medical services not otherwise available, the contacting of prospective employers or for any compelling reason consistent with rehabilitation. Any inmate who fails to return from furlough as provided in the furlough agreement shall be guilty of the crime of escape in the first degree.

(b) In the case of an inmate serving a term of imprisonment for a serious felony offense, as defined in section 54-82t, the commissioner may only grant such inmate a furlough pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for the purpose of obtaining medical services not otherwise available.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2018	18-101a

Statement of Purpose:

To limit the circumstances under which a serious felony offender may be granted an inmate furlough.

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