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Committee reviews H.176 to reinstate field-based 'work crew' community restitution program
Summary
The House Corrections & Institutions Committee received an overview Feb. 26 of H.176, which would require the Department of Corrections to reinstitute a field-based community restitution 'work crew' program by July 1 and set minimum day thresholds for court-ordered participation.
Ben Novogrovsky, an attorney with the Office of Legislative Council, told the House Corrections & Institutions Committee on Feb. 26 that H.176 would require the Department of Corrections to reinstitute a field-based community restitution program commonly known as "work crew," and set minimum day requirements for sentences ordered on a single minimus and in aggregate.
The bill, Novogrovsky said, would mandate that "on or before July first of this year, the Department of Corrections shall reinstitute the field based community restitution program commonly referred to as work crew" and would require department policy setting minimums for days imposed on a single minimus and the total outstanding days across minimuses.
Committee members heard that the bill is…
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