Expands eligibility for elderly nonviolent offenders to be placed on home detention and extends the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program.
The Safer Detention Act of 2025 amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to expand eligibility for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program. It allows courts to reduce the imprisonment term of eligible elderly or terminally ill offenders and substitute it with supervised release and home detention. The bill also extends the program's authorization through 2029 and makes technical corrections to the judicial review process for home detention placement.
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