Senate Passes Criminal Justice Reforms

Liz Gullett

Feb 03, 2017

This week, the Senate passed a twenty-one bill package reforming the state’s criminal justice system. Last year, the Senate passed similar legislation but it failed to pass the House before the end of the 2015-2016 legislative term. The bills in the current package make several changes to the state’s system, including:

A better system to track and evaluate recidivism data
Expedite medical commutation hearings
Provide tax credits for employing a probationer or parolee
Limit the revocation time for technical violations
Allow judges to shorten probation as a result of good behavior
Provides incentives to probation agents to keep probationers out of prison
Allow for the creation of a swift and sure sanctions court

The bills have been referred to the House Michigan Competitiveness Committee for consideration.

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