SB752: Creates education credits and workforce achievement credits that shorten probation terms for those who pursue a GED, degree, or vocational certification and/or maintain full time employment. By motivating people to keep a steady job and pursue education, while also supporting their rehabilitative goals, these reforms will improve success rates for people on probation, reduce the likelihood that individuals return to criminal activity, and strengthen communities.

Creates a permanent infrastructure for remote reporting and gives both the Florida Department of Corrections and local county misdemeanor probation agencies the authority to expand opportunities for virtual check-ins between clients and probation officers.

Nearly 150,000 people on probation are expected to benefit from Education and Workforce Credits over five years.

AB 1950: Limits most misdemeanor probation sentences to one year, and most felony probation sentences to two years. As a result, California is projected to save $2.1 billion, reduce the probation population by 33%, and prevent 48,000+ prison admissions due to technical probation violations alone, putting hundreds of thousands of Californians on probation in positions to exit the criminal justice system for good.

AB 3234: Increases judicial discretion to allow people convicted of first-time misdemeanor offenses to be placed in a diversion program instead of ordering them onto probation. Expands the state’s Elderly Parole Program to allow older Californians who have served at least 20 years of incarceration the opportunity to seek parole. The expansion of elderly parole alone is projected to save millions due to the high cost of institutional geriatric care.

SB 118: Improves California’s parole system with evidence-based limits on the amount of time a person spends under supervision after release from incarceration. Utilizes a system of good-time credits to incentivize positive behavior and allow for automatic termination at one year if an eligible person is compliant with all conditions of parole supervision. Prohibits discrimination against individuals with a criminal history in education admissions and allows greater flexibility in resentencing and recalling the sentences of eligible juveniles and those who suffer from a terminal illness.

SB 1048: Reforms misdemeanor sentencing to eliminate the presumption of incarceration and supervision on most low-level offenses, in an effort to restrict the use of custody and probation to cases in which it is appropriate and beneficial.

SB 1050: Creates evidence-based terms of probation to make supervision as effective and successful as possible by limiting supervision to 2 years for misdemeanors and 3 years for felonies.

Increases opportunities to shorten probation terms without threatening public safety

Reduces unnecessary incarceration for non-crime technical violations.

SB 1051: Eliminates generalized and counterproductive one-size-fits-none parole conditions and instead requires that parole conditions be tailored to the risk and needs of each person placed on parole.

SB 105: Creates a pathway for early termination after serving three years of probation for people who have exemplified rehabilitation.

S01144A:

Restricts the use of incarceration for technical parole violations, with most technical violations not punishable by incarceration and a cap of 30 days for those technical violations still punishable by incarceration.

Bolsters due process, including written notices for violations rather than incarceration pending adjudication, recognizance hearings in local courts prior to detention, and speedy hearing rights for people accused of violations.

Creates a system of earned time credits that incentivize good behavior for people on parole by allowing for up to 30 days of earned time credit off of a supervision sentence for every 30 days without a supervision violation.

HB 77: Codifies a remote reporting system to help all 40,000 people in Louisiana on probation by allowing them to report to their probation officer by phone or video, making it easier to comply with probation terms while also meeting work obligations, and reducing the likelihood of technical violations that arise from conflicting conditions.

HB 643: Creates a pathway for people on felony parole to reduce the level and terms of supervision, including duration, conditions, and fines, fees, and costs. Provides a track to early termination for the 30,000 people on parole, provided that they demonstrate a consistent commitment to rehabilitation and community success.

HB 2038: Creates a system of graduated sanctions for technical violations, making it more difficult to incarcerate people for noncriminal supervision violations that do not threaten public safety.

Limits adult probation sentences to a maximum of one year for misdemeanor offenses and five years for felonies.

SB 2795: Modernizes Mississippi’s parole eligibility system to make more people eligible for the possibility of parole

Lowers the age of eligibility for elder parole to 65, if they’ve completed at least ten years of their sentence

NJ S2519: Provides extra time credits for people either incarcerated or on parole during the public health emergency, allowing people to return home or be released from supervision up to 8 months before their scheduled release date and reducing the tragic death toll behind bars.

NJ A2370: Replaces New Jersey’s restrictive medical parole law with a more expansive compassionate release to allow people suffering from illness to return home.

NJ A4396: Implements sentencing recommendations of the Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission to eliminate certain mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment.

SB904: Authorizes probation officers to have remote meetings instead of in-person check-ins with people on their caseload, which could alleviate legitimate scheduling problems for people on probation that otherwise end in technical violations.

SB905: Requires the County Adult Probation and Parole Advisory Committee to make recommendations and adopt standards for having officers take into account the schedule of their reportee, including work and medical obligations, when making scheduling decisions.

SB423:

Improves education credits that incentivize people on parole or mandatory supervised release (MSR) to obtain a degree, career certificate, or vocational technical certificate. They receive 90 days off their term of MSR for each degree or certificate they complete.

Streamlines early termination processes and increases government transparency by standardizing early termination review timelines, encouraging supervision officers to recommend early termination for people who have a track record of success, and providing clear feedback for those denied.

An individualized approach to supervision with conditions of supervision that take people’s unique circumstances into account, with a focus on addressing root causes of crime and enhancing public safety. Also limits unnecessary drug testing, saving resources and reducing work interruptions.

Expands remote reporting permanently for virtual check-ins under all forms of supervision in Illinois (parole, probation, and MSR), which will reduce disruptions to work or childcare responsibilities and removes barriers to success.