Bill > H3935

This bill implements the joint recommendations of the Massachusetts criminal justice review. The key provisions are: 1. Creates a new "ineligible offender" category for those convicted of certain drug offenses or with certain aggravating factors, who are not eligible for good conduct deductions or early parole until they have served their mandatory minimum sentence. 2. Expands the types of programs and activities that can earn prisoners good conduct deductions and completion credits to reduce their sentences. 3. Requires the parole board to issue parole permits to eligible prisoners on their "release to supervision date" if they have not already been granted parole, subject to certain conditions. 4. Allows the parole board to grant "compliance credits" to parolees for good behavior, which can further reduce the time they are subject to parole supervision. 5. Authorizes the use of "pretrial services programs" as an alternative to bail or conditions of release, and allows probation to use community corrections programs for certain probationers. 6. Requires the court to notify eligible offenders at sentencing that they can earn compliance credits to reduce the length of their probation supervision. The bill aims to reform the criminal justice system in Massachusetts by incentivizing prisoner rehabilitation and providing more opportunities for early release and reduced supervision.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3935