Accurate Documents for Parole Determinations

The bill requires the department of corrections to audit a random sample of risk assessments and documentation of a person's history, supervision requirements, and behavior under supervision, known as a "chronological", to determine whether there were errors in the risk assessments and chronologicals that resulted in an inmate receiving a low or very low risk on their risk assessments. The bill requires the department of corrections to report the results of this audit and any other matters related to corrective actions undertaken to mitigate error rates in risk assessments.

The bill clarifies that risk assessments and chronologicals are criminal justice records for purposes of public inspection; except that any information concerning the person's health must be redacted.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)