GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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SENATE BILL 1504

Short Title:  Private Sector Prison Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Parnell; Ballance, Barker, Basnight, Block, Conder, Daniel, Ezzell, Goldston, Guy, Hunt of Durham, Kaplan, Martin of Guilford, Marvin, Odom, Rauch, Raynor, Richardson, Sands, Sherron, Soles, Speed, Swain, Tally, Walker, and Ward.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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June 4, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PILOT PROGRAM AT A  PRIVATE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE DETENTION CENTER, TO MAKE STIPULATIONS ON SATELLITE JAIL FUNDING AND COMMUNITY PENALTIES PROGRAMS, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR PRIVATE SECTOR CORRECTIONS PILOT PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.   The Department of Correction shall develop a proposal for a pilot program for contracting with the private sector for a privately-operated, for-profit or not for-profit detention center or centers for alcohol and drug abusers, with an emphasis on the self-help recovery model.  The plan should provide for the private construction, operation, and maintenance of a facility or facilities not to exceed a total of 500 beds, and should include considerations of size, level of custody, construction and operation costs, and the possible use of existing buildings.  The Department shall submit this proposal to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations by January 1, 1991.
Sec. 2.  The funds appropriated to the Office of Budget and Management for the 1990-91 fiscal year for the County Satellite Jail/Work Release Units may be applied to applications made but not funded during the 1989-90 fiscal year.
Sec. 3.  The Department of Crime Control and Public Safety may not restructure or reorganize the community penalties programs.
Sec. 4.  Section 113 of Chapter 752 of the 1989 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 113.  Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety for the 1990-91 fiscal year, $165,000 shall be used to support a pilot program at Summit House, a community-based residential alternative to incarceration for mothers and pregnant women convicted of nonviolent crimes. Summit House shall provide a quarterly report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on the expenditure of State appropriations and on the effectiveness of the program, including information on the number of clients served, the number of clients who have their probation revoked, and the number of clients who successfully complete the program while housed at Summit House."
Sec. 5.  Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Correction, Division of Adult Probation and Parole for the 1990-91 fiscal year, $190,000 shall be used as a grant-in-aid for a pilot program at Southern Appalachia Mainstream, Inc., a community-based residential program for offenders who are leaving the Division of Prisons and who are in need of residence plans, community service jobs, and/or social readiness skills.  Southern Appalachia Mainstream, Inc., shall provide a quarterly report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on the expenditure of State funds and the effectiveness of the program, including information on the number of clients served and the number of clients who successfully complete the program while residing at Southern Appalachia Mainstream.
Sec. 6.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1990.