Connecticut § 18-100c Release of prisoners with definite sentences of two years or less to halfway house, group home, mental health facility or other approved community correction program.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 18-100c — Release of prisoners with definite sentences of two years or less to halfway house, group home, mental health facility or other approved community correction program.

Connecticut·Title 18 Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction·Ch. 325 Department of Correction

A person convicted of a crime who is incarcerated on or after July 1, 1993, who received a definite sentence of two years or less, and who has been confined under such sentence for not less than one-half of the sentence imposed by the court, less such time as may have been earned under the provisions of section 18-7, 18-7a, 18-98a, 18-98b or 18-98d or less any risk reduction credit earned under the provisions of section 18-98e, may be released pursuant to subsection (e) of section 18-100 or to any other community correction program approved by the Commissioner of Correction. See Sec. 54-125a re release on parole of inmates with sentences of more than two years.

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A person convicted of a crime who is incarcerated on or after July 1, 1993, who received a definite sentence of two years or less, and who has been confined under such sentence for not less than one-half of the sentence imposed by the court, less such time as may have been earned under the provisions of section 18-7, 18-7a, 18-98a, 18-98b or 18-98d or less any risk reduction credit earned under the provisions of section 18-98e, may be released pursuant to subsection (e) of section 18-100 or to any other community correction program approved by the Commissioner of Correction. See Sec. 54-125a re release on parole of inmates with sentences of more than two years.

Connecticut § 18-100c (Release of prisoners with definite sentences of two years or less to halfway house, group home, mental health facility or other approved community correction program.) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

Legislative History

(P.A. 90-261, S. 4; P.A. 93-219, S. 1, 14; P.A. 11-51, S. 23.) History: P.A. 93-219 expanded release eligibility to include prisoners who received a definite sentence of two years or less, rather than one year or less, and added references to Secs. 18-7a, 18-98a, 18-98b and 18-98d, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 11-51 provided for deduction from sentence of any risk reduction credit earned under Sec. 18-98e, effective July 1, 2011.