How can THE ELDERLY PAROLE PROGRAM help me?

If you are at least 60 years old and have served at least 25 years of your sentence, you may be eligible for early parole consideration under the Elderly Parole Program.[327] Among standard determinations about your risk for future violence, the Board will place special emphasis on your age, the length of time served, and whether your physical condition has diminished since you committed your crime.[328] People sentenced to death or life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) are excluded from the program, as are individuals serving a sentence for killing a police officer.[329]

  1. 327

    Cal. Pen. Code § 3055(a). ↑

  2. 328

    Cal. Pen. Code § 3055(c). ↑

  3. 329

    Cal. Pen. Code § 3055(g) and (h). ↑