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Since implementation of evidence-based practices requires the reallocation of existing state resources, and because research shows that incentives are a powerful and important method to modify behavior, business practices should be amended to accomplish the following:
To allow for enhanced release planning and services, DOC case managers, time computation staff, and members of the parole board should schedule for release a certain category of offenders up to 60 (class 4 and 5) or 30 days (class 6) prior to MRD. This earned release time is available for individuals serving a sentence for non-person conviction crimes* who meet the following criteria:
- No Code of Penal Discipline (COPD) violations;
- In compliance with recommended programming;
- No prior convictions for a person offense.
Those individuals released in this manner will be classified by DOC as earned releases (not discretionary or mandatory releases). The parole board retains discretion over the final release decision.
Note that additional earned time will move up the date that the individual becomes eligible for community corrections, and this may reduce the size of the prison population. Any savings that results from the application of earned time from these changes in practice should be placed in a designated fund for recidivism reduction programming.
*Nonperson offenses are defined as those identified in the Victim Rights Act plus false imprisonment, violation of a custody order, enticement of a child, Internet luring of a child, Internet sexual exploitation of a child, wrongs to children (C.R.S 18-7-402 through 18-7-407), arson, first degree burglary, weapons/explosives/incendiary devices (C.R.S. 18-12-102 through 109).
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