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Bill would let inmates on administrative home confinement attend postsecondary classes
Summary
Representative introduced HB 57 to allow people approved for administrative home confinement to attend postsecondary educational programs; sponsors and witnesses said the change affects participation rights only, not eligibility or state costs.
Representative Muse told the Senate Judiciary Committee that House Bill 57, requested by the Department of Corrections, would allow a person approved for administrative home confinement to participate in postsecondary educational opportunities in the community where they are enrolled.
The measure would add attending college courses and postsecondary vocational courses to the list of outside activities already allowed under administrative home confinement, Representative Muse said. “Under our current law, residents in our state prison system who are approved for administrative home confinement are authorized to take part in employment and uncompensated public service outside their…
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