Preventable Crime Project
https://preventablecrime.org/policy/blueprints/truth-in-sentencing-standard
Truth in Sentencing Standard
Requires offenders to serve at least 85% of their imposed sentence before parole eligibility.
State
Plain-language explainer
Closes the gap between the sentence a judge announces and the time actually served, so a sentence means what it says.
Model bill language
Section 1. No person convicted of a violent felony shall be released on parole until the person has served not less than 85% of the sentence imposed by the court.
