MS SB2288

Expands offender access to trusty-time allowance program by removing blanket exclusions based on sentence length or crime nature, while maintaining specific ineligibility categories.

Ineligible offenders for trusty-time reductions include those sentenced to life imprisonment, habitual offenders, those convicted of crimes explicitly prohibiting sentence reduction, and those convicted of drug trafficking under Section 41-29-139.

Expands earned-time allowance program eligibility using similar framework, removing general exclusions while maintaining restrictions for life sentences, habitual offenders, and crimes that specifically prohibit sentence reduction.

Clarifies that sex crimes are only grounds for ineligibility if the specific crime statute states the sentence shall not be reduced, rather than excluding all sex offenses.

Effective date is July 1, 2019.