The Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act is designed to improve rehabilitation efforts within the corrections system by establishing a framework for earned incentive release and supervision abatement status. The bill mandates the Commissioner of Corrections to develop various rehabilitative programs, such as substance use disorder treatment and vocational training, while prohibiting legal challenges to the funding levels for these programs. It introduces "earned incentive release credit," allowing inmates to reduce their prison terms based on their participation in rehabilitation. Additionally, the act outlines the creation of individualized rehabilitation plans that incorporate victim input and establishes policies for earned compliance credit and supervision abatement status, although individuals serving life sentences or those under good time laws are excluded from earning these credits.

The bill also enhances victim notification and input regarding individuals eligible for earned incentive release credit, requiring the commissioner to notify victims and consider their concerns when setting release conditions. It establishes a reallocation revenue account for savings from earned incentive releases, detailing fund distribution for justice and victim services. Furthermore, the commissioner is tasked with providing annual reports on the implementation and impact of these provisions, starting January 15, 2026, which will include data on earned incentive release credits and feedback from victim advocacy organizations. The act emphasizes the importance of victim perspectives in the criminal justice process and aims to ensure that the implementation of these credits does not worsen existing disparities, with provisions set to take effect on August 1, 2023.

Statutes affected:
Introduction: 244.03, 244.05
1st Engrossment: 244.03, 244.05
1st Engrossment: 244.03, 244.05