Im needing to know if anyone knows if the senate has passed a bill for mandatory release times

They are still working on this issue. Friends and Family of Idaho Inmates is working on this issue. If you need more information on their group let me know. They are very active in fighting for changes. I think you will find they can answer your questions and tell you what all is in the works.

I was told that there was a bill passed that they can't hold inmates past thier time of release. For instance, if they are sentenced 2 years fixed but total sentence being 5 years that they have to release them at the 2 year point without haveing to go back in front of the board. Is this true?

I will contact Friends and Family tomorrow and get back to you. I needed to call them anyways and check on somethigs there working on for my fiancee so I will ask more details about your question. I'm on here everyday so come back and I should have some kind of a answer. If anyone will know these gals will. They are involved in the bill writing and know everything there is to know

Thank you very much for your help on this

I'm pretty sure that the answer isn't what we are wanting to hear. A friend of mine just went in front of the board in September and they denied him parole. His elig. date was in Jan. 2003. My fiancee is elig. December of 2003 and the board just gave him a 2008 hearing date. When I talked to friends and family a few weeks ago this is something they said they are working on. About the best we can hope for is they will have some idea where the bill is and when they think it will pass. If you have any other questions for me I will be happy to help you answer them. How long has he been in?

Also, I do know that there are at least 5 bills that they are working on. I will get the information on the other bills and let you know those as well

This is his second time in. He was put back on a violation. His top time is Sept 19 2004. They said he was done on that day and could go home. He was out for 5 1/2 years prior to this. They atleast didn't take his street time. Someone had told me they had called the senate and had told them that this bill had passed

The whole thing has been a mess. Clear down to the parole officers. I have the Aclu involved on some of the problems we have had.

If his top time is Sept. 19 2004 then they do have to let him out that day. What is his parole elig. date? My guy went back on a violation, but they did take his street time away. You are very luck that they didn't do that. If they would have done that they could have added that 5 1/2 onto his Sept. 2004 date. Thats what they have done to us. We are trying to get that time back right now.

Im so sorry they did that. Yes we were very lucky he got his street time. Otherwise he would have had to do another 7 years. His total time was 10 years. He served 3 and was released in 1994. He went back 6 months ago.

Did he have new charges? I know that right now they aren't sending many back for violations unless they are repeat violaters. The prison is so full and they dont want to let them out. Is his sentence satisfaction date Sep. 2004? If thats the case then he can probably file a SIPR now, but most of the time your first one is denied and you cant refile for another year. That would make it September of 2004 anyways. The best he may be able to do is wait another 4-6 months and file one and then since his time will be almost up anyways they may let him go. I know that would only get him out a few months sooner, but any time taken off is better then none at all.

Thwy decided to violate him for things from 1991 that his pos were allowing him to do. Then he came back with a misdomeaner. His full satisfaction date is Sept 19, 2004. They said that in his hearing in October this year

Your kidding me......I cant believe they did that. That doesn't make much sense. They are so full right now that people are getting away with violation after another because they dont have the room to house them. If fact people with drug offenses are getting probation instead of prison. Now they have your who only has a year left untill he tops out and they decide to go after him on violations that are over 10 years old. Thats crazy. I'm going to PM you some information.

ok thank you.... We have had a huge problem with his parole officer that he had. My fiance didn't reoffend his crime or anything. Part of it all was a set up by his ex wife

I was told that the are letting people out that they know will be back in a year or so and keeping the ones that they know won't come back because they make more money on they ones that keep coming back

Knowing what I know now I can believe that in some ways, but in other ways it doesn't make sense. Now we have guys out there that are violating over and over and not caring about what happens or what could happen and they get chance after chance. The one thing I have learned with all this is that there is NO rhyme or reason to what the board does. You will never figure out their logic or reasoning on anything. I think they wake up one day and decide at that moment if they are going to keep guys in or let them out without ever looking at the files. They are very under qualified for what they are doing.