California Penal Code

§ 3055

PEN § 3055 Effective Jan 1, 2024Title 1 · Part 3 · Ch. 8 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)The Elderly Parole Program is hereby established, to be administered by the Board of Parole Hearings, for purposes of reviewing the parole suitability of any inmate who is 50 years of age or older and has served a minimum of 20 years of continuous incarceration on the inmate’s current sentence, serving either a determinate or indeterminate sentence.

(b)(1) For purposes of this code, the term “elderly parole eligible date” means the date on which an inmate who qualifies as an elderly offender is eligible for release from prison.

(2)For purposes of this section, “incarceration” means detention in a city or county jail, local juvenile facility, a mental health facility, a Division of Juvenile Justice facility, or a Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 311, Sec. 15. (SB 883) Effective January 1, 2024.