1. Prison Reform for Unlawful Imprisonment
By: Tameca Hawkins, Brittney Bradley, Tyiesha, Sonja Hunter

2. Introduced 0n January 29
Senate Bill No. 98

3. A bill to provide compensation and other relief for individuals wrongfully imprisoned for crimes: to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and agencies; and to provide remedies.
Senate Bill No. 98

4. An organization whose member share common concerns and try to influence government policies that impact those concerns.
Interest Groups

5. Center for Prison Reform
The Center for Prison Reform is a think tank and coalition of like minded groups that lobby for prison reform.
Center for Prison Reform

6. Public support for or a recommendation of a particular case or policy
Public support for or a recommendation of a particular case or policy. Actions that speaks in favor.
Advocacy Groups

7. Innocence Project and Wrongful Conviction
A non-profit group of attorneys, professors and students working to free innocent prisoners.
Innocence Project and Wrongful Conviction

8. International Community Correction Association
The ICCA is a membership organization dedicated to promoting community based corrections for adults and juveniles to enhance public safety. Community corrections involve a variety of different community provided and government funded services.
International Community Correction Association

9. Senator Steven Bieda- Sponsor Rick Jones- Chairperson Committee of Judiciary-Young, Warren, Anderson, Hopgood, Kowall and Casperson.
Elected Officials

10. AN INNOCENT PERSON IS DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY.

11. Prohibit compensation from being awarded for any time during which the plaintiff was imprisoned under a concurrent or consecutive sentence for another conviction, or for any injury sustained while imprisoned.
GAP IN THE BILL

12. Flaw in the Bill
Dwayne Provience…

13. “An individual convicted, imprisoned, and released from custody before the effective date of this act shall commence an action under this act within 5 years after the effective date of this act.”
Omission in the Bill

14. Social & Cultural Factors
When individuals are wrongful imprisoned it not only affects the individual it affects families of the wrongfully accused, the victims of the families and the communities as well.
Social & Cultural Factors

15. Families of the victims would suffer after they have found closure
The case would be reopened and the families of the victims would have to revisit the crime and that can cause so much anguish
Cont’d

16. Families of non-exonerated prisoners have the power to destroy families.
Families of non-exonerated prisoners have to choose to advocate for the prisoners innocence if they choose to believe them.
Cont’d

17. Cont’d Prisoners have a hard time finding employment.
Society is harsh on prisoners wrongfully accused, whether they’ve been exonerated or not.
Cont’d

18. The policymaking model and process of Bill No. 98 was a rational model.
Bill No. 98 exemplifies a cost and benefit intervention which can be calculated prior to being implemented and evaluated.
All policy alternatives in Bill No. 98 have been identified, assessed, and is available.
All policy consequences that can be known, identified, and measured. Cost and benefit ratios have been calculated.
Policy Making Model

19. Identifying the Problem
The first step in the process of developing this bill was outlined by acknowledging that a problem of persons being wrongfully incarcerated was a social issue which destroys and devastates lives.

20. Formulating a Policy to Resolve the Problem
Next the committee studied the problem and formulated this policy to resolve the problem which would compensate prisoners up to $60, for each year from the date the plaintiff/prisoner was imprisoned until the date the plaintiff was released from imprisonment on parole or because the maximum sentence was served…

21. Implementing the Policy
The new policy was initiated and put into effect by determining the organizations or agencies that will be responsible for carrying out this new policy. Policy No. 98 would include “state correctional facility” maintained and operated by the department of corrections. This would also include the State of Michigan, including its agencies, departments, commissions, and courts.

22. Evaluating the Effect of the Policy
The final step in the process of this bill is known as evaluation, which is typically ongoing. Many factors were examined and investigated before this act of compensation was implemented. The bill would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on the state government.