Section 12-28-702 - Legislative findings and determinations

The General Assembly finds that:(1) The cost of incarcerating the expanding number of offenders in conventional penitentiaries is skyrocketing, bringing added fiscal pressures on the state;(2) Some inmates may be effectively punished in a more affordable manner through the exposure to severe, military-like conditions; and(3) The Division of Correction should be given the authority to establish boot camps which will provide a more affordable means of punishing certain inmates who are designated as eligible for this alternative punishment by the division.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 784, eff. 7/1/2019.Acts 1989, No. 492, § 2.