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Explanation of 6-A program eligibility criteria
1:28:44
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First Deputy Commissioner Francis Torres provides a detailed explanation of the eligibility criteria for the 6-A program and the process of reviewing potential candidates.
- Only sentenced individuals can be considered for the 6-A program
- Not all sentenced individuals are eligible due to specific criteria related to their charges
- The review team examines the entire history of each sentenced individual to determine eligibility
- The number of sentenced individuals does not directly correlate to the number eligible for 6-A release
Sandy Nurse
1:28:44
It's related to the six a program, actually.
1:28:47
In March, you testified that 498 people serving city sentences were eligible for early release through the six a program.
1:28:55
In this month's board of correction meeting, your staff called the current situation in the jails with the sharp rise in the jail population unprecedented, and board members urge you to respond to this crisis by using six a as widely as the department did in March 2020 when over 300 people were released in one month.
1:29:10
Have you considered applying the same criteria that was applied in March 2020 to expand six a releases now?
Francis Torres
1:29:19
Chair nurse, if I may clarify.
1:29:22
The number that was quoted earlier is the number of sentenced individuals that were assigned to our custody.
1:29:33
Only sentenced individuals can be considered for six a.
1:29:38
When we talk about six a, we talk about doing an internal analysis of the entire history of that sentenced individual that could be potentially considered.
1:29:50
There are very specific criteria of charges that will not allow that person to be considered for six a.
1:30:02
But just because we have x amount of sentenced doesn't mean that all of those sentenced individuals can be released into six a.
1:30:14
And so the team member that Deputy Commissioner McCarty has described to you, it is their responsibility to actually look at every single sentenced individual to determine if they are eligible for the six a program.