Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 515 - Pardon and Parole Board
Chapter 25 - Parole Procedures
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 515:25-1-2 - Definitions
The following words and terms when used in this Chapter shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Administrative office" means the current main office for the Board, the address of which shall be posted to the Board's public website.
"Board" means Pardon and Parole Board.
"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Board.
"Inmate" means a person who is in the physical custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections or incarcerated in another jurisdiction under a judgement by an Oklahoma district court.
"Jacket Review" means the review of the investigative report for the offender, as well as other material sent to the members of the Board, and is applied to those offenders that do not meet personal appearance criteria as determined by the Policy and Procedures Manual.
"Legal representative for the Inmate" means a person or persons who is licensed to practice law and appointed or authorized to represent the Inmate.
"Non-violent" means any offense that is not enumerated in 57 O.S. § 571.
"Notice of Inmate Status Change" means a change in the Inmate's status that may affect parole eligibility such as a sentence commutation, amended judgment and sentence, or rebilling to a consecutive sentence.
"Parole" means the conditional release of an offender who has served part of the term for which they were sentenced to prison, provided that such may be revoked if the offender fails to observe and abide by the conditions.
"Victim" means any person against whom the criminal offense or delinquent act is committed or who is directly and proximately harmed by the commission of the offense or act.
"Victim representative" means a person who is a member of the immediate family of the Victim, including stepparents, stepbrothers, stepsisters, and stepchildren; or it means a representative that the victim chooses to speak on his or her behalf.
"Violent" means an offense that is enumerated in 57 O.S. § 571.