ASSEMBLY, No. 1036

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblyman DiGAETANO

An Act concerning the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center and supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of P.L.1979, c.441 (C.30:4-123.51), R.S.30:4-140, R.S.30:4-92 or any other law, a term of imprisonment imposed on a person confined to the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center pursuant to the provisions of chapter 47 of this Title shall not be reduced by progressive time credits or credits for diligent application to work and other institutional assignments for any year or fractional part of a year if the person failed to fully cooperate with all treatment offered to him during that time period.

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    Pursuant to chapter 47 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center (ADTC) is both a prison and a treatment center for its inmates, who have all been convicted of sex offenses and found to be repetitive and compulsive sex offenders.

    This bill provides that no inmates confined to the ADTC would be eligible for "good behavior" credits unless they fully cooperate with all treatment offered during their confinement.

Makes "good behavior" credits at Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center contingent on cooperation with treatment.