By making the 65% gain-time retroactive (Amendment 11 to the Florida Constitution effective as of January 8 2019 now allows the Florida Legislature to apply criminal laws retroactively for the first time since 1885) Floridas current prison population of about 96000 prisoners would be reduced to about 70000 to ...
Gain time reform passes out of Senate Criminal Justice Committee
04/03/2021 — A bill that would allow inmates to serve as little as 65% of their sentences if they complete rehabilitation programs and training while in ...
Petition · Get Florida Senate Bill 572 passed to reduce time served by ...
Bill 572 was proposed to reduce the mandatory 85% of time served statute to 65% meaning possible early release for certain state offenders. This petition is ...
Criminal Rehabilitation - HB 171 - Florida House of Representatives
Bronze Seal Of Florida ... minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 percent of sentence to 65 percent; ... Effective Date July 1 2022.
Lawmakers consider major prison reforms during the legislative session
17/02/2022 — A proposed law that would reduce the amount of time Florida inmates ... of time that prisoners must serve from 85 percent to 65 percent.
S 746 Filed - The Florida Senate
r. while the 65 defendant was serving a prison sentence or on escape status from 66 a state correctional facility ... This act shall take effect July 1 2022.
BILL ANALYSIS AND FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT - The Florida Senate
08/03/2021 — 65 percent of his or her sentence regardless of the amount of accrued ... Current law prevents an inmate from using gain-time to serve less ...
Florida lawmakers hopeful 2022 brings major criminal justice reform
14/07/2021 — Members of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus again planning to offer ... after completing 65% of a sentence instead of the mandatory 85%.
Bill tracking in Florida - HB 171 (2022 legislative session) - FastDemocracy
16 defendant from 85 percent of the sentence to 65 ... 23 by the act; providing an effective date. ... Subsection (1) of section 921.002 Florida
Bill would reduce past prison sentences - Florida Times-Union
The bill would automatically make any future criminal justice reforms retroactive and it would make all past reforms including a 2014 change to drug laws ...