Pennsylvania Code
Title 37 - LAW
Part II - Board of Probation and Parole
Chapter 61 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 61.1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 37 PA Code ยง 61.1
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

The following words and terms, when used in this part, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Backtime-The unserved part of a prison sentence which a convict would have been compelled to serve if the convict had not been paroled.

Detainer sentence-A sentence to which a convict is subject following release from a sentence which the convict is currently serving.

Detention hearing-A probable cause hearing held to determine whether a parolee should be detained or returned pending disposition of a new criminal charge.

Examiner-A Board member or a representative of the Board who conducts interviews or hearings on behalf of the Board.

Interested party-A parolee or a parolee's counsel.

Official verification-Actual receipt by a parolee's supervising parole agent of a direct written communication from a court in which a parolee was convicted of a new criminal charge attesting that the parolee was so convicted.

Panel-Two members of the Board, or a Board member and an examiner.

Parole supervision staff-Parole agents, their supervisors, deputy district directors and district directors.

Preliminary hearing-A hearing held to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that a parolee has committed a technical violation of parole.

Return or detain-Synonymous actions which indicate that a parolee should either be returned to, or continued in, custody pending disposition of outstanding criminal charges.

Revocation decision-A decision to recommit a parolee to prison after a revocation or violation hearing.

Revocation hearing-A hearing held to determine whether a parolee should be recommitted as a convicted violator.

Violation hearing-A hearing held to determine whether a parolee should be recommitted as a technical violator.

The provisions of this §61.1 amended under section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 186); and the act of August 6, 1941 (P. L. 861, No. 323) (61 P. S. § § 331.1-331.34).

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