- A. The corrections department may develop and implement a special program for certain male and female offenders who have been identified by the department as being vulnerable offenders who, if not provided with a special program, would be vulnerable to victimization by inmates and subject to unusual or extraordinary mental or physical harassment, intimidation, harm or injury.
- B. Vulnerability shall be determined by factors such as age, mental health or special education needs. If an offender is less than twenty-one years of age, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the offender is vulnerable. A vulnerable offenders program shall not result in the diminution of civil rights for vulnerable offenders.
History: Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 230; 1995, ch. 206, § 46.
ANNOTATIONS
The 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1995, deleted "youthful" following "vulnerable" in the section heading, deleted "youthful" preceding "offenders" and made a minor stylistic change in Subsection A, and rewrote Subsection B.