Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1100 - Board of Paroles
Chapter 1100-01-01 - Conduct of Parole Proceedings
Section 1100-01-01-.06 - PAROLE HEARINGS

(1) The Board will conduct hearings concerning matters of parole release and parole violations. The times, locations, and dockets of such hearings will be announced to the appropriate institutional and parole staff, the inmates or offenders, Judges, Sheriffs, and District Attorneys General of the county in which the person was convicted, and any other interested parties who have requested to be notified.

(2) At least thirty (30) days prior to a scheduled parole hearing and three (3) days prior to a parole revocation hearing, the Board shall send notice of the date and place of the hearing to the following individuals:

(3) A victim of a crime or a victim's representative may submit a victim impact statement.

(4) No later than thirty (30) days after a parole hearing decision has been finalized, the Board shall send notice of its decision to those required to receive notice under subsection (2), together with notice that any victim whom the Board failed to notify as required in subsection (2) has the opportunity to have a written impact statement considered by the Board.

(5) Subject to applicable provisions of law, it is the sole duty of the Board to determine which inmates serving a sentence in state prisons, county workhouses, and/or jails may be released on parole, when they may be released, and under what conditions.

(6) In granting parole, the Board may impose any conditions and limitations that the Board deems necessary, including consent by the offender to submit to search by TDOC staff or law enforcement. Pre-release conditions may only be mandated in accordance with treatment recommendations of the Department of Correction based on a validated risk and needs assessment.