Milford chronicle., 1923-02-16
MAIN PROVISIONS
OF PAROLE BILL
Manner in Which it Would Operate
in the Event of it Becoming a Law

Dat1On OIlCer Il. AlDerL OllV0r LndL
when it shall appear to the Board of
Parole from the report of the warden
of the workhouse, and upon hearing
an application for parole, that pris-
Oner who is eligible for release on
parole has reformed an dthat there is
a reasonable probability that said
prisoner will not violate the laws of
the State and that the release of such
prisoner will be compatible with the
welfare of the society, then the Board
of Parole may order the release of
such prisoner and the said prisoner
shall be released from confinement in
the New Castle County Workhouse
subject to the terms and conditions
imposed by the board, of which writ
ten copy shall be given to the prison
er, but such terms and conditions may
at any future meeting of the board be
altered as they may see fit and of
such alteration the prisoner shall re-
ceive written copy.
The terms of release on parole shall
| include person reports to the board
whenever and as required and direct
ed by the board and the adequate SUI
perVision of the prisoner by an officer
of the board and shall require con-
tinued good conduct and association
satisfactory to the board and shall de-
fine the limits of residence beyond
which the prisoner shall not be allow
ed to go without the written permis-
sion of the board. The prisoner at
liberty under parole shall be deemed
to be still in the legal custody and
under the control of the trustees of
the New Castle County WorkhOuse,
subject to the conditions OF, release
granted by the Board of Parole; until
the expiration of the term or terms
specified in his or her sentence and
the prisoner shall be liable to return
to the workhouse for violation of the
terms of the release on parole.
In determining the fitness of pris-
oner for release on parole the board
shall examine the prisoner personally,
investigate and consider the previous
record of the prisoner, the history OF
the case for which sentence is being
served, the record of the prisoner
while in the workhOuse, the physical
and mental condition of the prisoner
and the probability of self-suppOrt and
Shall Keep d I6COlu VI lA4CAA AhhlAASS
and verdict in each case.
The commutatiOn of sentence for
good conduct in prison, which is or
may be provided by the laws of the
State, shall be allowed also to pris-
oner while on parole, and the fulfil
ment of the conditions of parole shall
be regarded as equivalent to good
conduct in the wOrkhouse for which
a reduction of the term of the SEN
tence shall be granted; but the vio-
latiOn of the terms of parole such as
shall require the return of the pris-
oner to the wOrkhOuse by order of
the Board of Parole shall upon the
order of the board cause the forfeit
ure of all the good time previously
allowed in reduction of the term of
sentence for good conduct. {SF
Subject to the control and 'direc-
ton of the Board of Parole, it shall be
the duty of the parole officer to aid
prisoners released on parole to secure
employment, to visit and exercise su-
pervision over them while on parole,
to see that they fulfill the conditions
of their release on parole and to per-
form such other duties as the Board
of Parole may determine. The parole
officers shall be vested with all the
powers of a State constable.
When the parole officer has salts |
factory evidence that a prisoner on
parole has violated his or her condi-
tions of release on parole, it shall be
his duty to arrest and return the pris- |
oner to the New Castle County Work
house, or when evidence shall be pro-
duced to the president of the Board of
Parole that such a violation has taken |
place he shall issue an order for the |
arrest and return of the prisoner to
the workhouse, end such an order |
shall be sufficient warrant to any OIL (
Ger authorized to serve processes in
the State to arrest and return the pris-
oner to the workhouse as though the
prisoner had unlawfully escaped.
At the next meeting of the Board of
Parole held after the return of any
prisoner to the New Castle County
for alleged violation of the
conditions of parole the prisoner shall
be given the opportunity of appearing
before the board, and in case the pris-
Oner can establish his or her innO-
cence of violating the terms of parole,
or in case the board finds there is
doubt of such violation,
the original order for release on pa
role shall again become effective and
the prisoner shall be continued on pa
role with any change of conditions
that the board may deem advisable,
but if the prisoner shall be deemed
guilty he or she shall be returned to
the wOrkhouse for the unexpired por-
lion of the sentence to be served.
A prisoner who has violated parole
and been returned to the workhouse
nay after a period of three months be
again on parole, but no pris-
oner who has twice violated parole
shall again become eligible for parole
and shall serve the balance of his
,erm in the workhouse. A prisoner
who fails to report to the Board Of
Parole as required and changes his or
1er place of residence so as not to be
found by the parole officer shall be
to the next meeting of the
board by the parole officer and shall
be declared to be delinquent and sub
ect to arrest wherever and whenever
'ound as a prisoner who has unlaw-
'uIly escaped, and no part of the time
rom the date Of declared delinquency
% the date of arrest and return to the
shall be counted as part of
he time to be served under the SEN
.ence, but the date of the termination
If the sentence shall be extended so
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