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Fla. Stat. § 944.70 — Conditions for release from incarceration
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 944: State Correctional System, Florida Statutes.
Full text of Fla. Stat. § 944.70
Statutory text current through the 2025 Florida Statutes. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Florida.
(1)(a) A person who is convicted of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1983, but before January 1, 1994, may be released from incarceration only:1. Upon expiration of the person’s sentence;2. Upon expiration of the person’s sentence as reduced by accumulated gain-time;3. As directed by an executive order granting clemency;4. Upon attaining the provisional release date;5. Upon placement in a conditional release program pursuant to s. 947.1405; or6. Upon the granting of control release pursuant to s. 947.146.(b) A person who is convicted of a crime committed on or after January 1, 1994, may be released from incarceration only:1. Upon expiration of the person’s sentence;2. Upon expiration of the person’s sentence as reduced by accumulated meritorious or incentive gain-time;3. As directed by an executive order granting clemency;4. Upon placement in a conditional release program pursuant to s. 947.1405 or a conditional medical release program pursuant to s. 947.149; or5. Upon the granting of control release, including emergency control release, pursuant to s. 947.146.
(2) A person who is convicted of a crime committed on or after December 1, 1990, and who receives a control release date may not refuse to accept the terms or conditions of control release.
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