Release eligibility dates for felons in local institutions

Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-508, under Reduction of Prison Overcrowding.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-508

(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 made eligible for parole consideration by subsection (a) 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.