MS SB2599

Parole Board may conditionally release offenders with final removal orders to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they were convicted of nonviolent offenses and have served at least one-half of their minimum sentence.

Offenders must not have been convicted of impaired driving offenses resulting in death or serious bodily injury, and must agree not to reenter the United States unlawfully.

If ICE does not deport the offender, the offender shall be returned to Department of Corrections to serve the remainder of their original sentence.

Offenders who unlawfully and willfully return to the United States violate their early release conditions and may be arrested and subject to revocation of release.

Upon revocation for violating release conditions, offenders are imprisoned for a period equal to their maximum sentence minus time already served and become ineligible for future release under this section.