Enacting Laws of the Empire of Ananto and Kalistan
Prison Reform Act
A reintroduction of this legislation:
In an effort to end the inhumane treatment of Kalistani Citizens who have been convicted of crimes, the National Assembly remains committed to Prison Abolition.
1) In preparation for prison abolition, all Prisoners' sentences will be reviewed and prisoners will fall into the following categories:
Class 1a- Non-Violent Offenders- those who have merely violated the law but have not done a crime which has harmed anyone or destroyed anyone else's property
Class 1b- Non-Violent Offenders, Property- Same as above except that they have destroyed someone else's property
Class 2a- Violent Offenders, Simple Assault- Those who are in prison for a violent crime, but who are not a danger to anyone around them, (people arrested for fighting, crimes of passion, and so forth)
Class 2b- Violent Offenders, Aggravated Assault- Those who are in jail because they were violent in the commission of a crime
Class 3a- Violent Offenders, High repeat Potential- Those who are in prison because they are highly likely to commit violent crime again if they are let out of Prison
Class 3b- Criminally insane- Those who are in prison because they are sociopathological and commit crime out of lack of empathy
2) Once Prisoners are categorized along these lines, the following shall occur:
a- The President shall immediately commute the sentences of all Class 1a offenders, with full restoration of all Citizenship rights, privileges and responsibilities.
b- The President shall commute the sentences of all Class 1b Offenders, will full restoration of all citizenship rights, privileges and responsibilities. The Minister of Justice shall empower the courts to demand restitution for the lost, damaged or stolen property, up to and including wage garnishment or direct payment. The Prisoner shall remain under court supervision until restitution is made, if it is deemed possible by the courts.
c- The President shall commute the sentences of all Class 2a Offenders, will full restoration of all citizenship rights, privileges and responsibilities. The Minister of Justice shall empower the courts to demand restitution of some form, in payment for the violence. And the Offender will submit to probation provisions for not more than a period of 2 years. If the former prisoner violates the terms of his or her probation by commission of another violent act, he or she will be reclassed as a Class 3a prisoner, and shall be taken back into custody.
d- The President shall review the sentences of all Class 2b Offenders, for the purposes of suitability for parole. Those who demonstrate remorse for their actions and a willingness to re-enter society will be given the opportunity to do so. Class 2b Offenders will be required to enter into a state supervised half-way house to oversee their transition back into society, and shall be permitted to obtain a job and gradually transition into their own home, while remaining under supervision of the State. At the recommendation of the Directors of the State halfway house, the Offender will have their sentence commuted, with full restoration of all citizenship rights, privileges and responsibilities. The Offender will submit to probation provisions for not more than a period of 2 years. If the former prisoner violates the terms of his or her probation by commission of another violent act, he or she will be reclassed as a Class 3a prisoner, and shall be taken back into custody.
For all Class 3 Offenders, these will be immediately transported to a single facility at Kings Rock which is currently uninhabited, in Odufaray's Pirate Coast region. The King's Rock facility will not be a penitentiary or prison. Inmates will have individual cottages, and will be expected to manage their own affairs, including the election of their own officials, the creation and enforcement of their own code of laws for the facility and the management of their own food supply, and may have full access to the Republican Food Bank and the National Agricultural Agency, as every other citizen does. Class 3a Offenders will be isolated from Class 3b Offenders and Class 3a offenders will be regularly evaluated for their suitability to return to society once their term is over. Nobody shall leave the island, except in the custody of the State.
Security for the Island shall be established along Ministry of Justice guidelines for penal security, but the guards will eventually be replaced by a trustee system on the Island, with the Inmates serving as their own trustees. Offenders will be expected to develop their own code of laws for the Island, and will be expected to enforce those laws, but no law on the Island will directly conflict with and Republican Law or law of the District of Odufaray. Any inmate leaving the Island without permission, for any reason, will be returned to the Island immediately. All medical needs will be provided by the Ministry of Health and Social Services.
Once their sentence is completed, Offenders may opt to remain on the Island as permanent residents, and shall serve as Trustees for the rest of their lives. Or they may opt to return to society, with all citizenship privileges, rights and responsibilities restored, as if they were never incarcerated. Those who are sentenced to life imprisonment will never leave the Island, but may serve as trustees while on the Island.
3) Those who commit future offenses will be categorized along the above schematic, and only the Class 3 Offenders will be sent to King's Rock. Class 2 and Class 1 convicts will be remanded to probation and restitution as applicable.
This program will go into effect immediately upon passage of this Act, and the categorization of Offenders shall be completed after no more than 6 months. Commutation of sentences will begin immediately thereupon.
