Bill > H74

This bill aims to implement the joint recommendations of the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Review. Key provisions include: 1. Establishing a new section (32H1/2) in Chapter 94C to define "ineligible offenders" who are not eligible for certain early release programs and credits until they have served their mandatory minimum sentences. 2. Modifying the good conduct deductions and completion credits available to prisoners in state prisons and houses of correction under Chapter 127. This includes setting limits on the maximum deductions and credits that can be earned. 3. Creating a new process in Chapter 127 where the Parole Board must issue parole permits to eligible prisoners on their release date, provided they have earned a certain amount of completion credits. 4. Establishing a new system of compliance credits in Chapter 276 that allow eligible probationers to earn reductions in their probation supervision term for good behavior. 5. Authorizing the use of pretrial services programs as an alternative to bail or condition of release under Chapter 211F. The bill specifies that certain provisions apply to offenses committed, charges filed, or probation started after the effective date, which is set to occur 9 months after passage.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H74