§ 13-8-1. Parole board — Appointment and terms of members. Within the department of corrections there shall be a parole board consisting of seven (7) qualified electors of the state appointed by the governor. In the month of January in each year, the governor shall appoint one or more members of the board to serve […]
§ 13-8-10. Prisoners subject to more than one sentence. (a) If a prisoner is confined upon more than one sentence, a parole permit may be issued whenever he or she has served a term equal to one-third (⅓) of the aggregate time which he or she shall be liable to serve under his or her […]
§ 13-8-11. Good conduct, industrial, and meritorious service time. (a) In computing the one-third (⅓) of any term of sentence for the purpose of §§ 13-8-9 — 13-8-14, the time a prisoner shall have earned pursuant to §§ 42-56-24 and 42-56-26 shall be considered by the parole board to reduce inmate overcrowding when directed by […]
§ 13-8-12. Repealed.
§ 13-8-13. Life prisoners and prisoners with lengthy sentences. (a) In the case of a prisoner sentenced to imprisonment for life, a parole permit may be issued at any time after the prisoner has served not less than ten (10) years’ imprisonment; provided that: (1) In the case of a prisoner serving a sentence or […]
§ 13-8-14. Release criteria. (a) A permit shall not be issued to any prisoner under the authority of §§ 13-8-9 -13-8-13 unless it shall appear to the parole board: (1) That the prisoner has substantially observed the rules of the institution in which confined, as evidenced by reports submitted to the board by the director […]
§ 13-8-14.1. Parole standards. (a) At least once each calendar year the parole board shall adopt standards to be utilized by the board in evaluating applications for parole of persons convicted of a criminal offense and sentenced to the adult correctional institutions. These standards shall establish, with the range of parole eligibility set by statute, […]
§ 13-8-14.2. Special parole consideration for persons convicted as juveniles. (a) When a person who is serving a sentence imposed as the result of an offense or offenses committed when he or she was less than eighteen years of age becomes eligible for parole pursuant to applicable provisions of law, the parole board shall ensure […]
§ 13-8-15. [Obsolete.]
§ 13-8-16. Terms of parole. (a) Every permit issued by the parole board under this chapter shall entitle the prisoner to whom it is issued to be at liberty upon parole during the remainder of the term which he or she is under sentence to serve, upon any terms and conditions that the board may […]
§ 13-8-16.1. Terms of parole — Certain drug offenses. Every person who shall be placed on parole for a violation of any section of chapter 28 of title 21 prohibiting the unlawful sale, distribution, manufacturing, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, or deliver any controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II […]
§ 13-8-17. Reports and control by division of field services. (a) For the duration of the prisoner’s parole, the assistant director of field services or his or her designee shall report on the adjustment of the parolee to the parole board at the end of each six (6) months of parole. (b) If at any […]
§ 13-8-18. Revocation of parole — Hearing. The parole board may, by a majority vote of all of its members, revoke, in accordance with the provisions of § 13-8-18.1, any permit issued by it to any prisoner under the provisions of this chapter or revoke any permit issued by another state or jurisdiction where the […]
§ 13-8-18.1. Preliminary parole violation hearing. (a) As soon as is practicable after a detention for an alleged violation of parole, the parole board shall afford the alleged parole violator a preliminary parole revocation hearing before a hearing officer designated by the board. The hearing officer shall not have had any prior supervisory involvement over […]
§ 13-8-19. Arrest and return to institution on revocation of parole. (a) Whenever the permit of a prisoner is revoked, in accordance with the provisions of § 13-8-18.1 the parole board shall order the prisoner to be returned to the adult correctional institutions or to the women’s division of the adult correctional institutions, as the […]
§ 13-8-2. Qualifications of board members. The seven (7) electors to be named by the governor shall have the following qualifications: (1)(i) One of the qualified electors shall be a psychologist or a physician who is professionally qualified in the field of psychiatry or neurology; (ii) One shall be a member in good standing of […]
§ 13-8-20. Service of original sentence by parolee committing offense while on parole. If a prisoner, at the time the prisoner’s permit is revoked, is confined in any penal institution on any criminal process or under sentence for any offense committed while the prisoner was at liberty upon parole, the order of the parole board […]
§ 13-8-21. Signature and sealing of instruments — Recognition by officers. All permits and orders of the parole board issued under the authority of this chapter shall be signed by the chairperson and one other member of the board. The board shall have a seal which shall be affixed to all permits and orders issued […]
§ 13-8-22. Manner of obtaining information by parole board. The parole board, in the discharge of its duties under this chapter, shall not be required to receive or consider any petition, and it may secure the information upon which it exercises its authority, or upon which it makes its findings in any case, in any […]
§ 13-8-23. Parties required to provide reports to parole board. Information concerning applicants for parole shall be provided by: (1) The director of corrections, who shall submit a list of all prisoners under his or her control who will be eligible for parole in a given month, not later than the tenth day of the […]
