Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 24-15A-57 - Factors for consideration in determining grant or denial of compassionate paroleThe Board of Pardons and Paroles shall consider the following factors in determining the grant or denial of a compassionate parole:
(1) The inmate's assessed risk level;(2) The inmate's conduct in prison;(3) The inmate's conduct while on extended confinement, if applicable;(4) Sentence served and sentence remaining;(5) Offense and chronicity of criminal behavior;(6) Prognosis and incapacitation level;(7) The inmate's compliance with health care ordered by a health care provider;(8) Release plan including provisions for health care;(9) Input, if any, of the sentencing judge, the prosecuting attorney, and the victim;(10) If the care and supervision that the inmate requires and is anticipated to require can be provided in a more medically appropriate or cost effective manner than the Department of Corrections;(11) Allowing a geriatric or terminally ill person to live at a location outside of prison prior to death; and(12) The ability to adequately monitor the inmate, after release, to ensure public safety.Added by S.L. 2018, ch. 154,s. 3, eff. 7/1/2018.