SB 5486 - DIGEST

Provides the department of corrections with the tools to start an offender's transition earlier in the process by expanding the department's authority to use partial confinement options in combination with evidence-based programs and treatment.

Requires the department of corrections, by July 1, 2014, to have contracts in place for no less than an additional two hundred fifty-six beds and, by July 1, 2015, an additional five hundred twelve beds, in the work release program and transitional housing program to facilitate the structured reentry of offenders.