Conditional Release from Imprisonment Law (Amendment No. 17 - Temporary Provision) (Amendment No. 3), 5784-2023

The law extends a temporary provision under which a special unit handles requests for early release of prisoners serving short sentences. The original provision was about to expire, and this law extends it until December 15, 2024. The special unit handles release requests from prisoners sentenced to between three months and a year. Before, this power belonged to the Prison Service commissioner or the parole board, but the dedicated unit was set up to handle short-sentence prisoners more efficiently, since the regular process took too long for them. The unit decides on requests based on documents only, without a hearing in the prisoner's presence. The extension is meant to let the unit keep working efficiently while future changes to the legal arrangement are considered.

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