41-1-508 - Release eligibility dates for felons in local institutions. - Tennessee Statutes

41-1-508. Release eligibility dates for felons in local institutions.

(a)  The percentage reduction of release eligibility dates required under §§ 41-1-503 41-1-507 shall likewise apply to all felony offenders serving sentences of one (1) or more years in local jails and workhouses.

(b)  Offenders thereby made eligible for parole consideration may be considered and released on supervised parole by the board.

(c)  Upon attainment of ninety percent (90%) of the relevant designated capacity of the state correctional facilities, the release eligibility dates of all such felony offenders remaining in local jails and workhouses shall automatically revert to the dates in existence prior to their reductions under this section.

[Acts 1985 (1st E.S.), ch. 5, § 19; 1989, ch. 227, § 62.]