2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior )

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Introduced by Rep. George Cushingberry (D) on February 13, 2007, to revise provisions giving prisoners good behavior “credits” that are considered at parole hearings, and recalculate the release and parole eligibility dates accordingly. This would allow earlier releases for some prisoners, within the context of Michigan's "truth in sentencing" laws.
- Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on February 13, 2007, where the bill remains. In other words, there has been no further action on the bill since it was referred to this committee. Whether a committee takes up a bill is at the discretion of the committee chair, in this case Rep. Paul Condino, D-Southfield.

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1) Re: alleviating one spending [by gudknightors on February 11, 2010]

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2) Re: 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) [by sigamt on February 11, 2010]

Good idea.

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3) Re: 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) [by timetothink on February 9, 2010]

I would like to see this bill passed. Sometimes it is so hard to stay out of trouble when you are incarcerated where you may have to join gangs to keep safe. When you live in a place that is an 8x8 room/cell and you have a roommate or in a yard not even an acre in size. There is and will be conflict. Think about it. We cannot even get along in our own families and you/we live in houses (small/large). How often do you have conflict in your families whom you supposedly love? How often do you drive on our roads and there if conflict in word or thought? These men/women are brought together from all different places in life and are put into this little cell. I know you will say they belong there for what they have done. Maybe that is true but for life, 10-20 years, or longer? What if that much time was taken out of your life for a terrible/menial mistake you had made. Would that make you think differently? Most people who have money never have to spend time like that in an 8x8 cell with a roommate. They are treated so differently.

I also would like to see a bill instituted that if an inmate spent time in prison for a crime, did all his time or was released on good behavior his past should be wiped away or expunged. Think about this..... When an inmate comes out of prison he is labeled. Something like the scarlet letter. He cannot find work because he is labeled and people do not want to hire him/help him. He has been put away so long that his family is gone so there is no help there. What is left for him to do. He turns to crime again or becomes a homeless person. It becomes a vicious cycle and you end up paying more in the long run.

I probably would not give the same privilege to the Pedophiles as they prey on children/teenagers who are innocent and cannot protect themselves.

I think you may say no one deserves to be released early and maybe that is true. Where does forgiveness come in? I do not know but, I do not want to be the judge.

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