Safer Detention Act of 2023

To expand eligibility for and provide judicial review for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program, and make other technical corrections. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safer Detention Act of 2023 2. Home detention for certain elderly nonviolent offenders Section 231(g) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 ( 34 U.S.C. 60541(g) (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: (D) Judicial review (i) In general Upon motion of a defendant, on or after the date described in clause (ii), a court may reduce an imposed term of imprisonment of the defendant and substitute a term of supervised release with the condition of home detention for the unserved portion of the original term of imprisonment, after considering the factors set forth in section 3553(a) of title 18, United States Code, if the court finds the defendant is an eligible elderly offender or eligible terminally ill offender. (ii) Date described The date described in this clause is the earlier of— (I) the date on which the defendant fully exhausts all administrative rights to appeal a failure of the Bureau of Prisons to place the defendant on home detention; or (II) the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the defendant submits to the warden of the facility in which the defendant is imprisoned a request for placement of the defendant on home detention, regardless of the status of the request. ; and (2) in paragraph (5)— (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)— (i) by inserting , including offenses under the laws of the District of Columbia, offense or offenses (ii) by striking 2/3 of the term of imprisonment to which the offender was sentenced 1/2 of the term of imprisonment reduced by any credit toward the service of the offender’s sentence awarded under section 3624(b) of title 18, United States Code (B) in subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting , including offenses under the laws of the District of Columbia, offense or offenses 3. Compassionate release technical correction Section 3582 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting after case , including, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any case involving an offense committed before November 1, 1987 (B) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by inserting , on or after the date described in subsection (d) upon motion of a defendant (ii) by striking after the defendant has fully exhausted all administrative rights to appeal a failure of the Bureau of Prisons to bring a motion on the defendant’s behalf or the lapse of 30 days from the receipt of such a request by the warden of the defendant’s facility, whichever is earlier, (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Date described For purposes of subsection (c)(1)(A), the date described in this subsection is the earlier of— (1) the date on which the defendant fully exhausts all administrative rights to appeal a failure of the Bureau of Prisons to bring a motion on the defendant’s behalf; or (2) the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the defendant submits a request for a reduction in sentence to the warden of the facility in which the defendant is imprisoned, regardless of the status of the request. .

Summary: Safer Detention Act of 2023 This bill expands statutory authority for federal prisoners to be released before completing their sentences or to be placed in the community to serve the final portion of their sentences. First, the bill makes changes to the early release pilot program. The early release pilot program authorizes the Bureau of Prisons to release early and place on home confinement elderly offenders and terminally ill offenders who meet eligibility criteria. This bill expands eligibility to offenders serving time for an offense under the laws of the District of Columbia, expands eligibility to offenders who have served at least one-half (currently, two-thirds) of their prison term, reduces the amount of time an offender must serve by the good time credits earned by the offender, and creates a judicial review process for prisoners. Second, the bill expands eligibility for the compassionate release process to prisoners sentenced before November 1, 1987. The compassionate release process authorizes federal courts to reduce a prisoner's sentence and impose a term of probation or supervised released in certain circumstances.