(1) 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.
(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.