Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program Technical Corrections Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3035
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-12-12
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Detention of persons
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S7029)

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program Technical Corrections Act of 2019</b> </p> <p>This bill modifies the eligibility criteria for an elderly offender to qualify for early release from prison and placement in home detention. </p> <p>Specifically, it reduces the amount of a prison term an elderly offender must serve by the amount of good time credits earned by the offender. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3035 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 12, 2019 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Lee , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Booker , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Coons , Ms. Harris , Ms. Klobuchar , Ms. Hirono , and Mr. Leahy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program Technical Corrections Act of 2019 . 2. Credits for certain elderly nonviolent offenders Section 231(g)(5)(A)(ii) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 ( 34 U.S.C. 60541(g)(5)(A)(ii) ) is amended by striking to which the offender was sentenced and inserting reduced by any credit toward the service of the prisoner’s sentence awarded under section 3624(b) of title 18, United States Code .