Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act expand list of persons ineligible

This bill expands the list of people who cannot earn early release credits in Minnesota prisons by adding specific sex trafficking and sexual assault crimes to the existing categories of ineligible offenses. It directly affects incarcerated individuals by removing their ability to gain time off for good behavior if they are convicted of certain serious crimes, including labor trafficking, prostitution, and various degrees of criminal sexual conduct. The law takes effect immediately upon final passage and applies to both the calculation of earned incentive release credits and the general eligibility for early release programs. Prisoners serving life sentences or those with older indeterminate sentences remain ineligible under current rules, while this amendment specifically targets new categories of sexual and trafficking-related offenses.