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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 221
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1045
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PAROLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS
SERVING LENGTHY SENTENCES FOR CRIMES COMMITTED
BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL TURNED TWENTY -FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That titles 46b, 53a and 54 of the general statutes be amended to apply 1
the provisions of public act 15-84 concerning individuals who received 2
lengthy sentences for crimes committed before the individual turned 3
eighteen to individuals who received a definite sentence or total 4
effective sentence of more than ten years for a crime committed before 5
the individual turned twenty-five in order to allow such individuals to 6
become eligible for parole sooner than Connecticut's Truth in 7
Sentencing laws would otherwise allow as follows: (1) For such 8
individual who is serving fifty years or less, such individual would be 9
eligible for a parole hearing after serving sixty per cent of their sentence 10
or twelve years, whichever is greater; or (2) for such individual serving 11
a sentence of more than fifty years, such individual would be eligible for 12
a parole hearing after serving thirty years, with decisions concerning 13
release being consistent with the factors in subdivisions (1) to (4), 14
inclusive, of subsection (c) of section 54-300 of the general statutes, and 15 Proposed Bill No. 221
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providing that individuals eligible for such parole opportunities must 16
be notified of such opportunities. 17
Statement of Purpose:
To incentivize rehabilitation among incarcerated individuals and
provide a second chance for those who were convicted and sentenced
before twenty-five years of age.