No. HB 1547
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Conditional Geriatric Release ; Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review, in conjunction with DOC, to establish conditional geriatric release program; specifies eligibility for program; authorizes persons sentenced to custody of department to apply to commission to be considered for conditional geriatric release within specified time before reaching eligibility; specifies that person does not have right to conditional geriatric release; requires commission to consider any evidence relevant to public safety; authorizes commission to consider continued cost to department to house inmate; specifies that commission has sole discretion to determine whether to grant conditional geriatric release; authorizes revocation of conditional geriatric release for violations of any conditions of release; requires rulemaking.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDEligibility requires being 65 or older, serving 15 years, and not having a death sentence. The bill explicitly states a person does not have a right to conditional geriatric release.
The commission has sole discretion to grant release. It must consider public safety evidence, including criminal history and health, but may also weigh the cost of housing the inmate.
If released, the term lasts the remainder of the sentence. Violating any condition allows the commission to revoke release and return the inmate to prison, forfeiting good-time credit.
AICreates a new release pathway for older inmates who have served a minimum portion of their sentence.
AIGrants the commission sole discretion to approve or deny release requests, explicitly denying inmates a right to release.
AIRequires the commission to weigh public safety evidence, including health and rehabilitation, while allowing cost considerations that cannot outweigh safety threats.
AIAllows the commission to revoke release for any condition violation, resulting in the inmate's return to prison and forfeiture of all good-time credit.