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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, WASHINGTON, FERLO, TARTAGLIONE, EARLL AND LEACH, DECEMBER 14, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, DECEMBER 14, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 61 (Penal and Correctional Institutions) of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inmate prerelease |
3 | plans, providing for inmates serving short minimum sentences; |
4 | and, in probation and parole, further providing for parole |
5 | power. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
9 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
10 | § 3705. Inmates serving short minimum sentences. |
11 | Subject to the provisions of this chapter on procedures for |
12 | prerelease, if an inmate is within 18 months of completing his |
13 | minimum sentence when the inmate is committed to the supervision |
14 | of the department and the inmate has no outstanding detainers, |
15 | the inmate may be transferred to and confined in a prerelease |
16 | center regardless of the length of time that the inmate has been |
17 | under the supervision of the department. While confined in the |
18 | prerelease center, the inmate may complete any prescribed |
19 | programming consistent with the inmate's prerelease plan. |
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1 | Section 2. Section 6137(a) of Title 61 is amended by adding |
2 | a paragraph to read: |
3 | § 6137. Parole power. |
4 | (a) General criteria for parole.-- |
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6 | (3.1) (i) If an inmate's minimum term of imprisonment |
7 | is expiring and the primary reason for not paroling the |
8 | inmate is the inmate's inability to access and complete |
9 | prescribed programming within the correctional |
10 | institution, the board may release the inmate on parole |
11 | with the condition that the inmate complete the |
12 | prescribed programming while on parole. |
13 | (ii) This paragraph shall not apply to offenders who |
14 | are serving a term of imprisonment for a crime of |
15 | violence as defined in 42 Pa.C.S. § 9714 (relating to |
16 | sentences for second and subsequent offenses) or for a |
17 | crime requiring registration under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9795.1 |
18 | (relating to registration). |
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20 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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