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Committee approves weekend sheriff work program bill after witness testimony on cost savings
Summary
The committee recommended favorably House Bill 136, which would authorize a sheriff-run weekend work program allowing eligible nonviolent offenders to serve intermittent sentences on supervised work crews. Witnesses cited bed-day savings and hours of community labor from similar programs in other states.
Representative Owens (sponsor not present) and committee witnesses described House Bill 136 as a statute authorizing a voluntary sheriff’s work program that lets qualified offenders serve weekend jail sentences on supervised work crews rather than occupying a jail bed. Proponents said the program is optional for sheriffs and restricted to qualified, nonviolent offenders; judges can exclude the program in individual cases.
David Bennett, a retired jail and criminal justice consultant who said he founded Salt Lake County’s pretrial…
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