For the purposes of this article, when any inmate has been committed under several convictions with separate sentences, the department shall construe all sentences as one continuous sentence. Source: L. 84: Entire article R&RE, p. 517, § 1, effective July 1.
When any person is sentenced to any correctional facility, that person shall be deemed to be in the custody of the executive director or his designee and shall begin serving his sentence on the date of sentencing. Source: L. 84: Entire article R&RE, p. 517, § 1, effective July 1.
The purposes of this article with respect to parole are: To further all purposes of sentencing and improve public safety by reducing the incidence of crime and technical parole violations committed by people on parole; To prepare, select, and assist people who, after serving a statutorily defined period of incarceration, will be transitioned and returned […]
No inmate shall be discharged from the department until he has remained the full term for which he was sentenced, to be computed on and after the day on which he was received into the same and excluding any time the inmate may have been at large by reason of escape therefrom, unless he is […]
Any inmate in the custody of the department may be allowed to go on parole in accordance with section 17-22.5-403, subject to the provisions and conditions contained in this article and article 2 of this title. No inmate imprisoned under a life sentence for a crime committed before July 1, 1977, shall be paroled until […]
The provisions of this part 1 shall apply to all offenders sentenced to the department. Source: L. 84: Entire article R&RE, p. 518, § 1, effective July 1.
The division of criminal justice in the department of public safety, in consultation with the state board of parole, shall develop an administrative release guideline instrument for use by the board in evaluating applications for parole. The administrative release guideline instrument shall be used to provide the state board of parole with consistent and comprehensive […]
