HB 6579

Abstract

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that upon a petition by a committed person who is at least 50 years of age and who has served at least 15 consecutive years of imprisonment in a Department of Corrections institution or facility, the Prisoner Review Board shall hear by at least 3 members and, with the approval of a majority of the Board voting on the petition, decide a committed person's eligibility for participation in the Elderly Rehabilitated Prisoner Supervised Release Program. Provides that the Board shall make use of a tool which assesses the petitioner's risks, assets, and needs to determine whether he or she may be released and if so, under what conditions. In assessing the petition, the Board shall consider information in the petition and information from the Department of Corrections and on its own resources. Provides that the Board shall consider the petition in its entirety and shall not order the release of the petitioner if it finds that the petitioner's release would pose an unacceptable risk of danger to public safety. Provides that the end date of the period of mandatory supervised release shall remain the same as it would have been had the petitioner not been given early supervised release, and the petitioner shall remain under the control of the Department until that date, except that the Board may enter an order releasing and discharging the petitioner from mandatory supervised release if it determines that he or she is likely to remain at liberty without committing another offense.