Sec. 610. Earned discharge credits for compliant supervisees
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Title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3609 (as added by section 522(a)) the following: A probation officer shall have the authority to award positive reinforcements for a defendant who is in compliance with the terms and conditions of supervision. These positive reinforcements may include— verbal recognition; reduced reporting requirements; and credits earned toward discharge which shall be awarded pursuant to subsection (b). Supervisees shall be eligible to earn discharge credits for complying with the terms and conditions of supervision.
These credits, once earned, shall reduce the period of supervision. The probation officer shall award 30 days of earned discharge credits for each calendar month in which the offender is in compliance with the terms and conditions of supervision. If the offender commits a violation of supervision during the month, credits shall not be awarded for that month. Once the combination of time served on supervision and earned discharge credits satisfies the total period of supervision, upon motion of any party or upon the court’s own motion, the court shall terminate the period of supervision.
The probation officer shall notify the parties and the court in writing at least 60 days prior to the termination of supervision. The 60-day period shall include the accrual of all earned discharge credits to that point. In this section: The term probation officer means an employee of Probation and Pretrial Services who is directly responsible for supervising individual supervisees. The term supervisee has the meaning given that term in section 3609. The term supervision has the meaning given that term in section 3609.
The term termination of supervision means discharge from supervision at or prior to the expiration of the sentence imposed by the court. The term terms and conditions of supervision means those requirements set by the court. The term violation of supervision means conduct by a person on supervision that violates a condition of supervision. . The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter A of chapter 229 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3609 (as added by section 522(b)) the following new item: 3610.
Incentivizing compliance with supervision conditions. . The amendments made by this section take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.