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HCS CSSJR 3(JUD): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska limiting the rights and protections of prisoners to those required under the Constitution of the United States.

00HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3(JUD) 01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska limiting the 02 rights and protections of prisoners to those required under the Constitution of the 03 United States. 04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. Article I, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new 06 section to read: 07  Section 25. Rights of Prisoners. Notwithstanding Section 12 of this article, 08 the rights and protections, including the principle of reformation, and the extent of 09 those rights and protections, afforded by this constitution to prisoners convicted of 10 crimes shall be limited to those rights and protections, and the extent of those rights 11 and protections, afforded under the Constitution of the United States to prisoners 12 convicted of crimes. 13 * Sec. 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of 14 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the

01 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.