Establishes geriatric parole for certain eligible inmates.

This bill (A 589) establishes a 25-year minimum service requirement for inmates sentenced to life imprisonment before they become eligible for parole consideration. It directly affects individuals serving life sentences or long terms in New Jersey state prisons, modifying existing parole rules to require at least 25 years served (minus limited credits for good behavior or work participation). The key provision sets a fixed 25-year eligibility threshold for life-sentence inmates, replacing the previous system where eligibility depended on sentence length or mandatory minimums. This change applies to all life-sentence cases unless a judicial mandatory minimum term exceeds 25 years. The bill is currently pending before the Assembly Public Safety Committee.