Committee advances DOC home-confinement pilot for selected low-risk inmates amid victim-notification concerns
SB 11-10 would allow qualifying inmates within 18 months of release to serve part of their remaining sentence under monitored home confinement using a federal First Step Act model; proponents cited large reductions in recidivism, while multiple committee members raised questions about retroactivity, victim notification and rulemaking authority.
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Sponsor advocates described SB 11-10 as a narrowly targeted program to reduce recidivism by letting eligible inmates (no serious priors, no violent disciplinary infractions, not previously in the program) serve the final portion of their sentence under monitored home confinement. The sponsor said the federal First Step Act model reduced recidivism for comparable populations and that the program would be phased in to limit risks.
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