SB142 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jerry L. Fielding

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

Description

Under current law, an individual incarcerated in the custody of the Department of Corrections may end his or her sentence and be released from custody without supervision from the Board of Pardons and Paroles or other supervisory agencies.

This bill would establish mandatory supervised reentry for certain nonviolent offenders. The bill would provide that an individual convicted of a nonviolent offense and incarcerated in the custody of the Department of Corrections for more than 365 days but less than 545 days would be released from the custody of the Department of Corrections and placed under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Board of Pardons and Paroles on the 366th day of his or her confinement by the Department of Corrections.

This bill would provide that if an individual convicted of a nonviolent offense is incarcerated in the custody of the Department of Corrections for 545 days or more, he or she would be released from the custody of the Department of Corrections and placed under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Board of Pardons and Paroles 180 days prior to the end of his or her sentence as determined by the Department of Corrections.

This bill would provide that if an individual convicted of a nonviolent offense has been incarcerated for more than 365 days of a sentence that is 545 days or less, more than 545 days of a sentence that is 725 days or less, or has served more than 545 days and the end of his or her sentence is less than 180 days after the effective date of this act, he or she would be released from the custody of the Department of Corrections and placed under the supervision of the Board of Pardons and Paroles on the effective date of this act.

This bill would establish certain duties of the Board of Pardons and Paroles in assisting an individual released in accomplishing a successful reentry into the community and would also require individuals released to comply with the conditions of release or have their release revoked or receive some other sanction for failure to comply. This bill would further provide that if an individual's release is revoked, the remaining portion of the individual's sentence would be computed with credit for any time the individual served under supervised release.

This bill would provide for a conditional appropriation from the General Fund for the Board of Pardons and Paroles to hire additional personnel to adequately supervise the individuals placed into its custody by the bill.

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Subjects

Pardons and Paroles Board