Delaware Senate Bill 183 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on June 11 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-06-11 - Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Corrections & Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act provides good-time credits to all persons who served time in a Level 4 or Level 5 facility during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to restore the lost opportunities to earn programming credits due to pandemic restrictions. The credits are awarded at the rate of 10 days per month served mirroring the existing amount of time that can be earned for participating in programming. The Act also provides that good-time releases cannot be delayed for program completion if the program in question was suspended, delayed, or cancelled during the pandemic. This Act further directs the Department to award an additional 1 week of good-time credit to inmates who accept a vaccine in order to bolster the Departments efforts to incentivize inmates to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Good Time Credit.

Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]

Sen. Sarah McBride [D]

Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-11		Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate

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