A 5228 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Excludes repeat offenders and persons convicted of certain crimes from eligibility for administrative parole release.

This bill expands New Jersey's exclusion from administrative parole release to include inmates with prior felony convictions and those serving sentences for specific serious crimes like vehicular homicide, human trafficking, sexual extortion, or weapons violations. It bars individuals with any prior felony conviction (repeat offenders) and adds new crime categories to the existing exclusions under the "No Early Release Act," Graves Act, Megan's Law, and Sexually Violent Predator Act. Inmates must still meet other criteria, such as avoiding serious disciplinary infractions during incarceration and completing rehabilitation programs when possible. The change means more inmates will require a parole hearing rather than automatic release at their first eligibility date. This amendment updates the "Earn Your Way Out Act" (P.L.2019, c.364) to tighten parole eligibility standards.
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Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Last action Jan 27, 2025
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