GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1701

Short Title:  Alamance Work Release Pilot.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Cole; Allred and Reynolds.

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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar and Operations of the House.

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June 1, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM IN ALAMANCE COUNTY TO DETERMINE THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PLACING ALL INMATES ON WORK RELEASE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Department of Correction shall establish a pilot program for determining the benefits of one hundred percent (100%) work-release prison units by placing all able-bodied inmates in the Alamance Correctional Center on work release.  The Department shall report to the Chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and the Chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety by March 1, 1999, of the cost-effectiveness of the program.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.