Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 54 - Criminal Procedure
124a(j)(1) - Revocation and Rescission of Parole
Section 54-124a(j)(1)-1 - Definitions
Current through March 14, 2024
As used in this regulation:
(1) "Board" means the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
(2) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
(3) "Conditions of Parole" means the conditions established for the release of an offender to the community and the conditions established for the conduct of the offender while on parole.
(4) " Discretionary Parole" means conditional release from imprisonment before the end of a criminal sentence granted in the discretion of the Board that allows the offender to serve the remainder of the sentence in the community under supervision following the conditions of parole.
(5) "Effective Parole Status" means that status of an offender who has been voted to parole and is within thirty days of the "On or after" release date or for whom a file review within sixty days of the "On or after" release date has revealed no serious misconduct, no significant adverse information and the existence of a suitable parole plan.
(6) "Hearing Examiner" means an employee of the Board who conducts preliminary and final revocation hearings and rescission hearings.
(7) "Notice of Parole Rescission" means the written notice to an offender of the allegations of personal misconduct or other circumstances upon which the Board intends to rescind its previous parole release decision.
(8) "Notice of Parole Violation" means the written notice to an offender detailing the allegations of violation of parole and the supporting or documenting evidence relied upon.
(9) "Offender" means a person convicted of a crime and includes inmates of correctional facilities and persons granted parole.
(10) "On or After Date" means the earliest date an offender may be released on discretionary parole.
(11) "Preliminary hearing" means a hearing to determine whether there is probable cause to believe the offender has committed an act in violation of the conditions of parole, whether the act is serious enough to warrant revocation of parole, and whether detention pending further proceedings is warranted.
(12) "Rescission of parole" means the cancellation of scheduled release on discretionary parole before release for serious misconduct, significant adverse information not available at the time of granting of parole, or lack of a suitable release plan.
(13) "Rescission hearing" means a hearing to determine whether the parole granted to an offender should be rescinded before actual release.
(14) "Reinstate" means restoration of parole as previously approved by a panel of the Board, the Chairperson or designee.
(15) "Remand to Actual Custody Order" means the written temporary legal authority directed to any proper officer by which an offender is arrested, charged with violation of parole and returned from parole status to actual custody.
(16) "Remand to actual custody" means the physical procedures used to arrest and return an offender to actual custody.
(17) "Revocation of parole" means the cancellation of the status of discretionary parole or special parole for failure to comply with the conditions of parole.
(18) "Revocation hearing" means a hearing to determine whether the offender is subject to conditions of parole; whether the offender has violated the conditions of parole and, if so, whether the violation merits revocation and to determine the appropriate disposition.
(19) "Special Parole" means that period of supervision of an offender ordered by the court to follow a term of imprisonment, subject to conditions of parole set by the Board or by the Chairperson, as provided by sections 53a-28(b)(9) and 54-125e of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(20) "Technical Violation" means a violation of terms and conditions of supervision other than the commission of a new crime.
(21) "Voted to Parole Status" means that status of an offender between the time discretionary parole has been granted by the Board until thirty days before the "On or After Date", which status and release are contingent upon continued good conduct, a suitable release plan and the absence of significant adverse information not otherwise available at the time the offender was voted to parole.
(22) "Warrant for Reimprisonment" means the formal, continuing legal authority, issued by the Board, directed to a proper officer and based on probable cause, to arrest, hold and confine a person for violation of parole.
