Act 215 of 1990 provided for the establishment of Pennsylvania's Motivational Boot Camp to address the prison-overcrowding problem and to offer an alternative program to enable offenders to desist from crime. This legislation also mandated the Sentencing Commission to provide an annual evaluation to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees.  

Act 112 of 2004, which established the State Intermediate Punishment Program, changed the reporting requirements for the Boot Camp Report from every year to every other year.  In odd numbered years, the Sentencing Commission was responsible for submitting a Boot Camp Report to the Legislature, and in even numbered years, the Sentencing Commission submitted a State Intermediate Punishment Report to the Legislature. 

Act 95 of 2010 removed the every-other-year reporting requirement (October 18, 2010). 

Over the years, the Legislative Reports have provided information related to three areas:  1) a profile of offenders  recommended and  accepted into the Boot Camp; 2) results from a three wave Offender Survey [admission, graduation, parole] that measures attitudinal and behavioral changes; and 3) the impact of Boot Camp on recidivism.