In a recent Pennsylvania DUI case, Commonwealth v. Main, the Trial Court refused to apply RRRI to a one year mandatory minimum sentence, reasoning that a mandatory minimum cannot be circumvented. The Superior Court reversed the Trial Court, noting that the legislature did set certain types of offenses outside the ambit of RRRI, so it […]
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Pennsylvania passes law designed to speed the parole process and cut prison overcrowding
On October 27 Governor Ed Rendell signed a new law which will dramatically reduce the time parolees spend in prison for minor, technical violations of parole. Currently, forty-six percent of prisoners paroled are reincarcerated on technical violations like failure to report to the parole agent within three years of release. The new rules are a […]
RRRI or How to avoid the parole board: Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive
RRRI is a new program that will shorten the state sentences of prisoners in Pennsylvania
