Alaska Administrative Code
Title 22 - Department of Corrections
Chapter 20 - Alaska Board of Parole
Article 2 - Attendance and Appearance at Parole Board Hearings
22 AAC 20.095 - Attendance at hearings

(a) Except as provided in this chapter, parole board hearings are closed to the public. Any person, group, or agency may submit written information to the board for consideration.

(b) The members and staff of the board, the prisoner or parolee, attorneys for the prisoner or parolee and for the state, department employees responsible for the case, the victim of a crime, and security staff considered necessary by the board may attend board hearings.

(c) Upon written request, the board will, in its discretion, permit other government employees or other persons having a legitimate interest in a board hearing, to attend and observe a hearing. A request to attend a hearing must be made to the board before the hearing.

(d) The board will terminate the oral comments of a prisoner, a parolee, a victim, a witness, or an attorney if, in the opinion of the board those comments are irrelevant, repetitious, or argumentative. The board may establish time constraints for presentation of oral comments to the board.

(e) A person attending a parole board hearing is subject to security screening and may be required to leave the hearing for failing to follow the instructions of the board.

(f) Only members and staff of the board may be present when the board deliberates on a case.

(g) Parole board hearings may be conducted in person, telephonically, by electronic videoconferencing or teleconferencing, or through any combination of these formats. The board will give equal consideration to testimony or arguments presented at board hearings through any of these methods.