Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-07-13
new RULES ADOPTED
BY PRISON BOARD
(Ry Associated Pressl

: FIdilkIoTt, NY, July III er-
! sons sentenced to life imprison-
! ment in the State refor1natory
: here or the State penitentiary at
Eddyville subsequent to January
l, 1922, will not be considered
for parole until after they have
served IL full years, according to
rules recently adopted by the
:, State Board of Charities and Cor
1ections and made public here to-
sday. Other life prisoners can be
considered for parole after serv-
ing 8 years.
| This rule will apply alike to
prisoners convicted of capital Of
fenses Or of being habitual Grim
inals.
| Copies of the rules will be
mailed soon to all circuit judges
and county attorneys of Ken
lucky. Among other rules rele-
want to the parole of prisoners
are the following:
No prisoner shall be considered
for parole who has not been in
the First Grade continuously
with clear record of six months
preceding such parole considera-
ton, but in the case of a man
serving a second or later SEN
tence, years continuous clear
record in the First Grade will be
E-required. Bad conduct on the
part of any prisoner following.
his recommendation for parole
and occurring before the execu-!
ton of parole is conslnnmated
will nullify the parole.
Prisoners without education
are expected to avail themselves
of the educational opportunities
accorded by the institution and
their failure to dc SO will affect
their parole consideration unfa-
vorably.
No prisoner will be given ia |
vorable parole consideration who
is suffering from any contagious
or infectious disease, unless with |
the approval of the State Board |
of Health. |!
All prisoners who have served |
previous jail or workhouse SEN
fences may. within the Boards |
discretion, have 6 months addi-
tional detention before becoming
eligible for parole consideration. !
For each previous conviction |
for a felony one years addition
al detention will be required be-
fore the prisoner becomes eigi- |
bic for parole consideration.
All prisoners are eligible for
parole consideration after they 4
shall have served one-half of the
sentence imposed by the court.
but in the case of life prisoners,
except those sentenced subse-
quent to January 1, 1922, the law
provides that the prisoner may
be considered for parole after he
shall have served eight years.
All prisoners sentenced for less
than life terms and for more
than 10 years have been and
shall be considered for parole af-
ter they shall have served eight
years, subject to the additional
time provided for on account of
previous convictions or jail or
workhouse sentences.
Any paroled prisoner returned
for violation of parole and after
investigation held as parole VIC
lator shall not be given furtherl'
parole reconsideration until he
shall have served at least one
year with a clear record in the
First Grade. a 81.
The inmates of the state re-
forInatory and state penltentlary
shall be graded according to con-
luct and industry All prisoners,
IS received, shall be assigned to
he first grade. When, because
If bad conduct or unsatisfactory
work, they are assigned to the
second or third grade, the follow
ng rules are to be enforced by +
he warden or superintendent:
Any prisoner transferred to q
he third grade shall forfeit all !
privileges and all or part of any
,ood time that may have been .
armed, subject to the order of 8
he superintendent or warden,
nd the approval of the Board,
nd he must remain in the third r
rrade with perfect record for 6
period of not less than 80 days G
nd no good time shall be cred i
ted to any prisoner while in said S
bird grade. a
Prisoners may be transferred 5
ON the third to the second t
rade, and shall remain in the Il