NY A03961

Expands shock incarceration program eligibility by increasing the age limit from 50 to 56 years and extending the release eligibility window from 3 to 5 years for both indeterminate and determinate sentences.

Requires inmates who successfully complete a shock incarceration program to be eligible for presumptive release under Penal Law section 70.40 or Correction Law section 867, in addition to conditional release or parole.

Clarifies that inmates serving any sentence of imprisonment (not just determinate sentences) who complete shock incarceration are immediately eligible for conditional release, parole, or presumptive release.

Specifies that violent felony offenses under Penal Law section 70.02, A-I felonies, homicide offenses, sex offenses, and escape/absconding offenses remain ineligible for the shock incarceration program.

Takes effect 90 days after becoming law.