Pennsylvania Department Of Corrections Set to Release Inmates Due To Covid19/Coronavirus!!!
Today the Governor of Pennsylvania (Tom Wolf) issued a Reprieve Order authorizing the Department Of Corrections to review nonviolent individual for consideration for reprieve. The department will individually review eligible candidates, for eligibility and appropriateness. Eligibility includes: • An inmate who is within 9 months of their aggregate minimum sentence. • A vulnerable inmate within 12 months of their aggregate minimum sentence of confinement. Exclusionary criteria includes: (1) persons committed for or with an aggregate sentence containing a personal injury crime, or any criminal attempt, criminal solicitation or criminal conspiracy to commit a personal injury crime, known as The Crime Victims Act. (1.1) persons committed for or with an aggregate sentence containing a crime of violence or any criminal attempt, criminal solicitation or criminal conspiracy to commit a crime of violence (relating to sentences for second or subsequent offences.) (2) persons committed for or with an aggregate sentence containing an offensive 18.PA C.S CH 16 (relating to firearms and other dangerous articles) or a criminal attempt, criminal solicitation or criminal conspiracy to commit the offense 3) persons committed for or with an aggregate sentence containing an enhancement for the use of a deadly weapon as defined under law or the sentencing guidelines promulgated by the Pennsylvania Commission On Sentencing or where the attorney for the Commonwealth has demonstrated that the defendant has been found guilty of or was convicted of an offense involving a deadly weapon or a criminal attempt, criminal solicitation, or a criminal conspiracy to commit the offense or an equivalent offense under the laws of the United States or one of its territories or possessions, another state, The District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a foreign nation (4) persons committed for or with an aggregate sentence containing a violation of any of the following provisions or any of an equivalent offense under the laws of the United States or one of its territories or possessions, another state, The District of Columbia, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a foreign nation, including a criminal attempt, criminal solicitation or criminal conspiracy to commit the offense - Relating to incest - Relating to lewdness - Relating to internet child pornography - Relation to sentences of certain drug offenses committed with firearms - Relating to registration of sexual offenders - Relating to continued registration of sexual offenders (5) persons committed for or with an aggregate sentence containing an offense of drug trafficking or a criminal attempt, criminal solicitation or criminal conspiracy to commit drug trafficking (6) persons who are subject to pending felony or pending misdemeanor arrest warrant or detainer (7) persons who are currently serving a sentence to State prison and have been denied parole on that sentence (8) persons convicted of any criminal offense committed while incarcerated (9) persons who pose an identifiable risk to public safety (10) person with a conviction within the past 10 years for any crime contained under paragraphs 1 - 5 (11) person with a prior conviction or adjudication for an offense related to registration of a sexual offender or continued registration of a sexual offender, regardless of the amount of time elapsed from the time of the prior conviction of adjudication. (12) persons found guilty of a class 1 misconduct within the last year (13) persons with a negative board action (14) persons with a registered victim through the OVA (Office of The Victims Advocate) THOSE THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RELEASE VIA THIS REPRIEVE ORDER BUT ARE APPROACHING PAROLE ELIGIBILITY, SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AN UPCOMING PAROLE HEARING. THE BOARD WILL BE EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF CASES SEEN!!! Read the full article
