Sec. VVV-1. Report on state prison and probationer populations. The Department of Corrections shall report monthly to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and criminal justice matters on the status of the overall state prisoner and probationer populations and the staffing necessary to provide adequate supervision. The report must track the effects of the Commission to Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management and Incarceration of Prisoners and of any legislative changes enacted by the 121st Legislature and must specifically include:
1. Admissions to state prison facilities and facility populations;
2. Supervised community confinement requests and releases and reasons for any difference between the 2;
3. Probation caseload reductions; and
4. Length of sentences and types of offenses.
The first monthly report must include historic data, current projections and benchmarks based on statutory and administrative authority. Subsequent reports must also include the factors affecting change or progress toward those initial projections and benchmarks. All the reports must discuss factors affecting populations and caseloads, especially those factors causing actual figures that differ from projections or benchmarks.
The Judicial Department shall also share with the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs a copy of their report to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice matters and public safety matters on the effect that sentencing alternatives enacted by the 121st Legislature have had on the prisoner and probationer populations.
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