HB215 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bill Poole

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Pardons and Paroles Board, certain nonviolent offenders incarcerated for certain period of time, early release and mandatory supervision established, persons ineligible, duties of board for successful reentry into community, conditional appropriation for additional personnel

Summary

HB215 creates mandatory supervised reentry for certain nonviolent offenders leaving Department of Corrections custody, under the supervision of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

What This Bill Does

It sets specific release timing to move inmates to supervised reentry: those with more than 365 but less than 545 days would be released on day 366 and placed under Board supervision; those with 545 days or more would be released 180 days before their sentence end. It also includes a provision for certain durations to trigger immediate release on the act’s effective date. The Board would assist with housing, employment, services, and education to support reentry, and individuals must follow release conditions or face revocation with time credited back to the sentence if revocation occurs. The bill authorizes a conditional General Fund appropriation to hire more staff to supervise these individuals.

Who It Affects

• Nonviolent offenders in the custody of the Department of Corrections who meet the specified time thresholds and would be released to board supervision for mandatory reentry.
• The Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Department of Corrections, which would gain new duties to supervise and assist reentry and may receive funding to hire additional personnel.

Key Provisions

• Establishes mandatory supervised reentry for certain nonviolent offenders with defined release timing (366th day for shorter sentences; 180 days before end for longer sentences) and a date-based trigger for immediate release in some cases.
• Excludes individuals who are first paroled, on probation, or under a split sentence from eligibility for mandatory supervised reentry.
• Requires the Board to assist released individuals with housing, employment, social services, and education/programs to support reentry, and to enforce release conditions with sanctions if needed.
• Credits any time served under supervised release toward the remaining sentence if release is revoked.
• Provides conditional appropriations from the General Fund to hire additional personnel for supervision, contingent on funds and governor approval.
• Effective date is 90 days after passage.

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Subjects

Pardons and Paroles Board