RRRI stands for Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive. This is a program that allow an inmate in state custody to get paroled before their minimum. At sentencing, the county judge must make the defendant RRRI eligible. If the defendant is not made RRRI eligible by the county judge, there is no way for the defendant to get into the program.
If a defendant is RRRI eligible, the judge must make them RRRI and has no discretion regarding this eligibility. If the defendant has not prior crimes of violence and no prior gun possession cases, most likely the defendant is eligible.
Once the defendant is in the program, the defendant must complete the program successfully in order to achieve the ultimate goal of getting paroled before their minimum.
Tags: rrri, sentencing
