Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 22 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Part XI - Committee on Parole
Chapter 1 - Administration
Section XI-102 - Powers and Duties of the Committee
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XI-102
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The Louisiana Committee on Parole shall:
1. make parole, release and revocation
decisions under
R.S.
15:574.2;
2. evaluate any application filed pursuant to
R.S.
15:308 and taking into consideration the risk
of danger the applicant would pose to society if released from confinement,
shall make recommendations to the Board of Pardons as to whether the applicant
is eligible for a reduction in sentence pursuant to
R.S.
15:308;
3. adopt rules not inconsistent with law as
it deems necessary and proper with respect to the eligibility of offenders for
parole and the conditions imposed upon offenders who are released on
parole;
4. keep records of its
official actions and make them accessible according to law;
5. collect, develop, and maintain statistical
information concerning its services and decisions;
6. notify the district attorney of the parish
where the conviction occurred:
a. the district
attorney of the parish where the conviction occurred shall be allowed to review
the record of the offender since incarceration, including but not limited to
any educational or vocational training, rehabilitative program participation,
disciplinary conduct and risk assessment score. The district attorney shall be
allowed to present testimony to the committee and submit information relevant
to the proceedings.;
7.
notify the victim, or the spouse, or next of kin of a deceased victim, when the
offender is scheduled for a parole hearing;
8. when requested to do so, notify, in
writing at least seven days prior to the offenders release on parole, the chief
of police, sheriff, or district attorney of the parish where the offender will
reside and where the conviction(s) occurred;
9. submit an annual report on its performance
to the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections on or
before February 1 each year for the previous calendar year. This report shall
include statistical and other data with respect to the work committee may make
of sentencing, parole, or related functions, and may include recommendations
for changes considered necessary to improve its effectiveness.
B. The Louisiana Committee on Parole may:
1. apply to a district court to
issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of
books, papers, and other documents pertinent to the subject of its
inquiry;
2. take testimony under
oath, either at a hearing or by deposition;
3. sanction an offender's disorderly,
threatening, or insolent behavior, or use of insulting, abusive, or obscene
language at a hearing or in written communications with the offender's parole
application, notice for which shall be provided to the offender at, or prior
to, the commencement of proceedings.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:574.2 et seq., R.S. 15:535 et seq., and R.S. 15:540 et seq.
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