To provide for special prisons as a sentencing option.
Sentencing Option Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the court, in imposing a sentence of between 12 and 16 months' imprisonment, to find a defendant eligible for placement in a disciplinary prison.
Specifies that such prison shall: (1) require inmates to adhere to a highly regimented schedule characteristic of military basic training; and (2) provide to inmates appropriate educational, drug, and other counseling programs.
Credits inmates with four days toward completion of a sentence for each day served in a disciplinary prison.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 333.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Clean Bill, H.R. 3446 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
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