HB57 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris England Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Pardons and Parole Board, to create the Criminal Justice Policy Development Council, to specify membership of the council, to specify the duties of the council, require the board use parole release guidelines, parole proceedings revised, Sec. 15-22-26 am'd.

Description

This bill would create the Criminal Justice Policy Development Council to oversee the development and implementation of validated risk and needs assessments for offenders, parole guidelines, and classification guidelines of inmates.

Under existing law, the Board of Pardons and Paroles uses the parole release guidelines as an aid in the parole process.

This bill would require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to use parole release guidelines in its parole decisions.

This bill would provide that if the board deviates from the parole release guidelines, it would be required to state its reasons for the deviation.

This bill would also provide appellate relief for prisoners who are negatively affected by the board's deviation from the parole release guidelines.

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Subjects

Criminal Justice