AZ SB1549

Board of Executive Clemency may release prisoners age 60 or older on elder parole if they have served at least 20 years in actual custody and pose minimal public safety risks.

Prisoners ineligible for elder parole include those sentenced to death, natural life, those required to serve full term of imprisonment, and those required to register as sex offenders.

Board must use evidence-based risk-assessment instruments to determine if released prisoners pose substantial risk to public safety and must find by preponderance of evidence that prisoner can live at liberty safely.

Prisoners may be represented by attorney during elder parole application hearings, all victims' rights must be complied with, and board determines waiting period before reapplication if application is denied.

Applies to any prisoner applying for elder parole on or after the effective date regardless of sentencing date; elder parole grant or denial does not affect eligibility for other parole or community supervision.