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NY S02508
Bill
Status
1/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Julia Salazar
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AI Summary
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Allows eligible offenders with indeterminate life sentences to be released 12 months early (instead of 6 months) for each significant programmatic accomplishment completed while incarcerated
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Extends the same 12-month early release eligibility to offenders with determinate sentences who have earned full good time credits and completed significant programmatic accomplishments
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Offenders who have any good behavior time credit withheld by the department become ineligible for the additional early release credit
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Takes effect 90 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Relates to conditional release for eligible offenders who complete post-secondary degrees or programs; provides release twelve months before the completion of the controlling minimum period of imprisonment for eligible offenders who complete post-secondary degrees or programs.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
1/7/2026