22-3701. Pardons and commutations; duties of prisoner review board; notification to victims. (a) The governor may pardon, or commute the sentence of, any person convicted of a crime in any court of this state upon such terms and conditions as prescribed in the order granting the pardon or commutation. (b) The prisoner review board, hereafter […]
22-3702. Form of pardon. A pardon shall be in writing, signed by the governor, attested by the great seal of the state and shall be authority for the release and discharge of the person named therein. History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3702; July 1.
22-3703. Report of pardons to legislature. The governor at each regular session of the legislature, shall communicate to both houses of the legislature a list of all persons pardoned by him during the preceding year, with a statement of the offense of which each was convicted, the time of imprisonment or amount of fine, and […]
22-3704. Reprieves in capital cases. In cases where the death penalty has been imposed the governor may order the postponement of the execution of the sentence for a limited time. At the expiration of such time the sentence of the court shall be carried out. History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3704; July 1.
22-3705. Commutation of sentence, reduction of penalty; restrictions. (a) The governor may, when the governor deems it proper or advisable, commute a sentence in any criminal case by reducing the penalty as follows: (1) If the sentence is death, to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole and not to any lesser sentence; (2) […]
22-3706. Person acting as agent or representative of individual seeking release; contingent fee prohibited; statement and affidavit. No person acting as agent or representative for an individual before the board for pardon, commutation of sentence, parole or revocation of parole, conditional release or postrelease supervision shall contract for or receive a fee contingent upon a […]
22-3709. Officers of board; panels authorized; vote required to parole certain inmates. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the prisoner review board shall be designated by the secretary of corrections. The chairperson of the board shall have the authority to organize and administer the activities of the board. The chairperson of the board may designate panels, […]
22-3710. Kansas prisoner review board; seal, orders, records, reports. The prisoner review board shall adopt an official seal of which the courts shall take judicial notice. The orders of the board shall not be reviewable except as to compliance with the terms of this act or other applicable laws of this state. The board shall […]
22-3711. Certain records privileged. The presentence report, the preparole report, the pre-postrelease supervision report and the supervision history, obtained in the discharge of official duty by any member or employee of the prisoner review board or any other employee of the department of corrections, shall be privileged and shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly […]
22-3712. Placement in diagnostic or treatment facility as condition of release. As a condition of probation, parole or postrelease supervision, a probationer, parolee or person on postrelease supervision may be placed in a diagnostic, or treatment facility by order of the court or prisoner review board. Placement in a diagnostic or treatment facility shall not […]
22-3713. Prisoner review board; hearings; personnel and accounting services. (a) The prisoner review board may authorize one or more of its members to conduct hearings on behalf of the board. (b) The secretary of corrections shall provide the prisoner review board with necessary personnel and accounting services. History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3713; L. […]
22-3716. Arrest for violating condition of probation, assignment to community corrections, suspension of sentence or nonprison sanction, procedure; time limitation on issuing warrant; limitations on serving sentence in department of corrections’ facility or serving period of postrelease supervision, exceptions. (a) At any time during probation, assignment to a community correctional services program, suspension of sentence […]
22-3717. Parole or postrelease supervision; eligibility; interviews, notices and hearings; rules and regulations; conditions of parole or postrelease supervision. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section; K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 21-4628, prior to its repeal; K.S.A. 21-4624, 21-4635 through 21-4638 and 21-4642, prior to their repeal; K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6617, 21-6620, 21-6623, 21-6624, 21-6625 and […]
22-3718. Conditional release; notice. Upon release, an inmate who has served the inmate’s maximum term or terms, less such work and good behavior credits as have been earned, shall be subject to such written rules and conditions as the prisoner review board may impose, until the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which […]
22-3719. Information from correctional institution officials. It shall be the duty of all correctional institution officials to grant to the members of the prisoner review board, or its properly accredited representatives, access at all reasonable times to any inmate, to provide for the board or such representative facilities for communicating with and observing such inmate, […]
22-3720. Subpoena power. The prisoner review board shall have power to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of any witnesses and the production of any records, books, papers and documents that it considers necessary for the investigation of the issues before it. Subpoenas may be signed and oaths administered by any member of the board. Subpoenas […]
22-3722. Service on parole, conditional release and postrelease supervision; discharge; restoration of civil rights. The period served on parole or conditional release shall be deemed service of the term of confinement, and, subject to the provisions contained in K.S.A. 75-5217, and amendments thereto, relating to an inmate who is a fugitive from or has fled […]
22-3723. Transfer of offenders under treaties. Whenever a treaty is in force between the United States and a foreign country providing for the transfer of offenders between the United States and such foreign country, the governor is authorized to give the approval of the state of Kansas to a transfer as provided in the treaty, […]
22-3725. Good time credits, crimes committed prior to July 1, 1993. (a) Except as otherwise provided for crimes committed by inmates on or after July 1, 1993, for the purpose of determining an inmate’s eligibility for parole or conditional release, regardless of when the inmate was sentenced or committed the crime for which sentenced, good […]
22-3726. Supervised furlough; crimes committed prior to July 1, 1993. The secretary of corrections may place, on a six-month supervised furlough, any inmate who is classified at a custody level not higher than minimum and who will be eligible for parole under K.S.A. 22-3717, and amendments thereto, by the end of the six-month period. If, […]
