SENATE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3464, 3558 PRINTER'S NO. 3707
No. 2580 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, CALTAGIRONE, GEIST, STURLA, COY, HALUSKA, CARN, BROWNE, HERSHEY, ROBERTS, DeLUCA, MELIO, HORSEY, WAUGH, YOUNGBLOOD, STEELMAN, LUCYK, ROONEY, JOSEPHS, McGEEHAN, MERRY AND RAMOS, MAY 1, 1996
SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, JUNE 11, 1996
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of December 19, 1990 (P.L.1391, No.215), 2 entitled "An act providing for motivational boot camps for 3 certain youthful offenders; and providing for selection of 4 participants," further providing for definitions AND FOR <-- 5 SELECTION OF INMATE PARTICIPANTS. 6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 7 hereby enacts as follows: 8 Section 1. Section 3 SECTIONS 3 AND 4(C) of the act of <-- 9 December 19, 1990 (P.L.1391, No.215), known as the Motivational 10 Boot Camp Act, is ARE amended to read: <-- 11 Section 3. Definitions. 12 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall 13 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the 14 context clearly indicates otherwise: 15 "Commission." The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing. 16 "Department." The Department of Corrections of the 17 Commonwealth.
1 "Eligible inmate." A person sentenced to a term of 2 confinement under the jurisdiction of the Department of 3 Corrections who is serving a term of confinement, the minimum of 4 which is not more than two years and the maximum of which is 5 five years or less or an inmate who is serving a term of 6 confinement the minimum of which is not more than five years 7 where that inmate is within two years of completing his minimum 8 term, and who has not reached 35 years of age at the time he is 9 approved for participation in the motivational boot camp 10 program. The term shall not include any inmate serving a 11 sentence for any violation of one or more of the following 12 provisions: 13 18 Pa.C.S. § 2501 (relating to criminal homicide). 14 18 Pa.C.S. § 2901 (relating to kidnapping). 15 18 Pa.C.S. § 3121 (relating to rape). 16 18 Pa.C.S. § 3123 (relating to involuntary deviate sexual 17 intercourse). 18 18 Pa.C.S. § 3701(a)(1)(i), (ii) or (iii) (relating to 19 robbery). 20 "Motivational boot camp." A program in which eligible 21 inmates participate for a period of six months in a humane 22 program for motivational boot camp programs which shall provide 23 for rigorous physical activity, intensive regimentation and 24 discipline, work on public projects, substance abuse treatment 25 services licensed by the Department of Health, ventilation 26 therapy, continuing education, vocational training and 27 prerelease counseling. 28 "Secretary." The Secretary of Corrections of the 29 Commonwealth. 30 SECTION 4. SELECTION OF INMATE PARTICIPANTS. <-- 19960H2580B3707 - 2 -
1 * * * 2 (C) DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.--THE SECRETARY SHALL PROMULGATE 3 RULES AND REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR INMATE SELECTION CRITERIA 4 AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOTIVATIONAL BOOT CAMP SELECTION 5 COMMITTEES WITHIN EACH DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION CENTER OF 6 THE DEPARTMENT. IN THE CASE OF AN INMATE WHO IS SERVING A TERM 7 OF CONFINEMENT THE MINIMUM OF WHICH IS NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS 8 AND WHO IS WITHIN TWO YEARS OF COMPLETING HIS MINIMUM TERM, THE 9 DEPARTMENT MAY IDENTIFY AND SELECT THAT INMATE FOR PARTICIPATION 10 IN A MOTIVATIONAL BOOT CAMP EVEN IF THE INMATE WAS NOT 11 IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING AS LONG AS THAT INMATE IS 12 OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE. 13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. D10L61JS/19960H2580B3707 - 3 -