Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law multiple bills paroling seriously ill and medical frail prisoners in order to receive medical care outside prison facilities. In a press release, Whitmer announced that the bill package will reduce costs to taxpayers and address the elderly prison population more adequately.
The first bill in the package is House Bill 4129. The bill, which describes the main initiative of paroling medically ill prisoners, details those prisoners who can qualify. Parole is not extended to those convicted of any crime punishable by life without parole or first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
