Summary of proposed bill 12, the release of inmates on parole or other supervised community release

Summarizes proposed bill 12 (LCO 9954), an act concerning the release of of a person on parole or other supervised community release, for a Judiciary Committee public hearing scheduled for Nov. 27, 2007, adding to the process for releasing inmates on parole or supervised home release, requiring certain inmates to submit to psychiatric examinations before they are eligible for parole or supervised release, and requiring inmates convicted of entering or remaining unlawfully in an occupied dwelling to commit a crime to serve a longer sentence before they are eligible for parole.