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KS Stat § 22-3709 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3709 Officers of board; panels authorized; vote required to parole certain inmates.

22-3709. Officers of board; panels authorized; vote required to parole certain inmates. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the prisoner review board shall be designated by the secretary of corrections. The chairperson of the board shall have the authority to organize and administer the activities of the board. The chairperson of the board may designate panels, consisting of two members of the board, which shall have the full authority and power of the board to order the denial, grant or revocation of an inmate's parole or conditional release, or for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, grant parole for off-grid crimes or revocation of postrelease supervision or to order the revocation of an inmate's conditional release, upon hearing by one or more members of the panel, and by a majority vote of the board.History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3709; L. 1972, ch. 317, § 82; L. 1973, ch. 339, § 62; L. 1988, ch. 115, § 13; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 266; L. 1997, ch. 23, § 3; L. 2003, ch. 142, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 66, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3710 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3710 Kansas prisoner review board; seal, orders, records, reports.

22-3710. Kansas prisoner review board; seal, orders, records, reports. The prisoner review board shall adopt an official seal of which the courts shall take judicial notice. The orders of the board shall not be reviewable except as to compliance with the terms of this act or other applicable laws of this state. The board shall keep a record of its acts and shall notify each institution and the secretary of corrections of its decisions relating to the persons who are or have been confined therein. At the close of each fiscal year, the board shall submit to the governor and to the legislature a report with statistical and other data of its work, including research studies which it may make of probation, sentencing, parole, postrelease supervision or related functions. Such report may be part of the annual report of the department of corrections, so long as such information is presented separately and distinctly.History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3710; L. 1972, ch. 317, § 83; L. 1973, ch. 339, § 63; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 16; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 267; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3711 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3711 Certain records privileged.

22-3711. Certain records privileged. The presentence report, the preparole report, the pre-postrelease supervision report and the supervision history, obtained in the discharge of official duty by any member or employee of the prisoner review board or any other employee of the department of corrections, shall be privileged and shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone other than the prisoner review board, the judge, the attorney general or others entitled to receive the information, except that the board, secretary of corrections or court may permit the inspection of the report or parts of it by the defendant, inmate, defendant's or inmate's attorney or other person having a proper interest in it, whenever the best interest or welfare of a particular defendant or inmate makes the action desirable or helpful.History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3711; L. 1972, ch. 317, § 84; L. 1973, ch. 339, § 64; L. 1984, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 17; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 268; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 12; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3712 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3712 Placement in diagnostic or treatment facility as condition of release.

22-3712. Placement in diagnostic or treatment facility as condition of release. As a condition of probation, parole or postrelease supervision, a probationer, parolee or person on postrelease supervision may be placed in a diagnostic, or treatment facility by order of the court or prisoner review board. Placement in a diagnostic or treatment facility shall not exceed 90 days or the maximum period of the prison sentence that could be imposed, but may be renewed for further ninety-day periods on certificates presented to the court by the director of such facility.History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3712; L. 1972, ch. 317, § 85; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 18; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 269; L. 1997, ch. 23, § 4; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 13; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3713 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3713 Prisoner review board; hearings; personnel and accounting services.

22-3713. Prisoner review board; hearings; personnel and accounting services. (a) The prisoner review board may authorize one or more of its members to conduct hearings on behalf of the board.(b) The secretary of corrections shall provide the prisoner review board with necessary personnel and accounting services.History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3713; L. 1972, ch. 317, § 86; L. 1973, ch. 339, § 65; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 19; L. 1996, ch. 32, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 14; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3718 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3718 Conditional release; notice.

22-3718. Conditional release; notice. Upon release, an inmate who has served the inmate's maximum term or terms, less such work and good behavior credits as have been earned, shall be subject to such written rules and conditions as the prisoner review board may impose, until the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which the inmate was sentenced or until the inmate is otherwise discharged. If the court which sentenced an inmate specified at the time of sentencing the amount and the recipient of any restitution ordered as a condition of release pursuant to this section, the board may set aside restitution as a condition of release payment of restitution, if the board finds compelling circumstances which would render a plan of restitution unworkable. If the court which sentenced an inmate specified reimbursement of all or part of the expenditures by the state board of indigents' defense services as a condition of release, the board may set aside such reimbursement, if the board finds compelling circumstances which would render a plan of reimbursement unworkable. Prior to the release of any inmate on parole, conditional release or expiration of sentence, if an inmate is released into the community under a program under the supervision of the secretary of corrections, the secretary shall give written notice of such release to any victim or victim's family as provided in K.S.A. 22-3727, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3718; L. 1972, ch. 317, § 91; L. 1986, ch. 128, § 4; L. 1989, ch. 103, § 2; L. 1993, ch. 166, § 8; L. 1995, ch. 257, § 4; L. 1997, ch. 23, § 6; L. 1997, ch. 181, § 21; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 16; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3719 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3719 Information from correctional institution officials.

22-3719. Information from correctional institution officials. It shall be the duty of all correctional institution officials to grant to the members of the prisoner review board, or its properly accredited representatives, access at all reasonable times to any inmate, to provide for the board or such representative facilities for communicating with and observing such inmate, and to furnish to the board such reports as the board shall require concerning the conduct and character of any inmate in their custody and any other facts deemed by the board to be pertinent in determining any issue before the board.History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3719; L. 1972, ch. 317, § 92; L. 1973, ch. 339, § 66; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 20; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 17; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3720 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3720 Subpoena power.

22-3720. Subpoena power. The prisoner review board shall have power to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of any witnesses and the production of any records, books, papers and documents that it considers necessary for the investigation of the issues before it. Subpoenas may be signed and oaths administered by any member of the board. Subpoenas so issued may be served by any law enforcement officer, in the same manner as similar process in the district court. Any person who testifies falsely, fails to appear when subpoenaed or fails or refuses to produce material pursuant to the subpoena shall be subject to the same orders and penalties to which a person before a court is subject. Any district court of this state, upon application of the board, may in its discretion compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of material and the giving of testimony before the board, by an attachment for contempt or otherwise in the same manner as production of evidence may be compelled before the district court.History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3720; L. 1972, ch. 317, § 93; L. 1973, ch. 339, § 67; L. 1984, ch. 112, § 10; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 21; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 18; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3722 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3722 Service on parole, conditional release and postrelease supervision; discharge; restoration of civil rights.

22-3722. Service on parole, conditional release and postrelease supervision; discharge; restoration of civil rights. The period served on parole or conditional release shall be deemed service of the term of confinement, and, subject to the provisions contained in K.S.A. 75-5217, and amendments thereto, relating to an inmate who is a fugitive from or has fled from justice, the total time served may not exceed the maximum term or sentence. The period served on postrelease supervision shall vest in and be subject to the provisions contained in K.S.A. 75-5217, and amendments thereto, relating to an inmate who is a fugitive from or has fled from justice. The total time served shall not exceed the postrelease supervision period established at sentencing.When an inmate on parole or conditional release has performed the obligations of the release for such time as shall satisfy the prisoner review board that final release is not incompatible with the best interest of society and the welfare of the individual, the board may make a final order of discharge and issue a certificate of discharge to the inmate but no such order of discharge shall be made in any case within a period of less than one year after the date of release except where the sentence expires earlier thereto. When an inmate has reached the end of the postrelease supervision period, the board shall issue a certificate of discharge to the releasee. Such discharge, and the discharge of an inmate who has served the inmate's term of imprisonment, shall have the effect of restoring all civil rights lost by operation of law upon commitment, and the certification of discharge shall so state. Nothing herein contained shall be held to impair the power of the governor to grant a pardon or commutation of sentence in any case.History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3722; L. 1972, ch. 317, § 95; L. 1973, ch. 339, § 68; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 22; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 271; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 19; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3723 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3723 Transfer of offenders under treaties.

22-3723. Transfer of offenders under treaties. Whenever a treaty is in force between the United States and a foreign country providing for the transfer of offenders between the United States and such foreign country, the governor is authorized to give the approval of the state of Kansas to a transfer as provided in the treaty, upon the application of a person under the jurisdiction of the secretary of corrections or the secretary for aging and disability services.History: L. 1980, ch. 258, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 27; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3725 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3725 Good time credits, crimes committed prior to July 1, 1993.

22-3725. Good time credits, crimes committed prior to July 1, 1993. (a) Except as otherwise provided for crimes committed by inmates on or after July 1, 1993, for the purpose of determining an inmate's eligibility for parole or conditional release, regardless of when the inmate was sentenced or committed the crime for which sentenced, good time credits shall be allocated as follows:GOOD TIME TABLE(Assumed 360-Day Years, 30-Day Months)SENTENCEMinimum (or) MaximumGOOD TIME EARNEDYears  MonthsMUST SERVEYears  Months1040821010316164202052626630307363684040946461050501156561260601366661470701576761680801786861890901996962010010021106106221101102311611624120120251261262613013027136136281401402914614630150150311561563216016033166166341701703517617636180180371861863819019039196196402002004120620642210210432162164422022045226226462302304723623648240240492462465025025051256256522602605326626654270270552762765628028057286286582902905929629660300300613063066231031063316316643203206532632666330330673363366834034069346346703503507135635672360360733663667437037075376376763803807738638678390390793963968040040081406406824104108341641684420420854264268643043087436436884404408944644690450450914564569246046093466466944704709547647696480480974864869849049099496496100500500(b) Maximum good time credits for sentences of less than two years shall be computed as follows: One day for every two days served and one month for every year served.(c) Maximum good time credits for sentences two years or greater shall be computed as follows: One-half of the sentence.(d) Good time credits shall be awarded on an earned basis pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of corrections.(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to crimes committed by inmates on or after July 1, 1993. Good time calculations for such crimes shall be as provided in K.S.A. 21-4722, prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6821, and amendments thereto.(f) An inmate shall not be awarded good time credits pursuant to this section for any review period established by the secretary of corrections in which a court finds that the inmate has done any of the following while in the custody of the secretary of corrections:(1) Filed a false or malicious action or claim with the court;(2) brought an action or claim with the court solely or primarily for delay or harassment;(3) testified falsely or otherwise submitted false evidence or information to the court;(4) attempted to create or obtain a false affidavit, testimony or evidence; or(5) abused the discovery process in any judicial action or proceeding.History: L. 1988, ch. 115, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 92, § 28; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 272; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 199; L. 1996, ch. 148, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 137; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3726 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3726 Supervised furlough; crimes committed prior to July 1, 1993.

22-3726. Supervised furlough; crimes committed prior to July 1, 1993. The secretary of corrections may place, on a six-month supervised furlough, any inmate who is classified at a custody level not higher than minimum and who will be eligible for parole under K.S.A. 22-3717, and amendments thereto, by the end of the six-month period. If, at the end of the six-month period, the secretary determines that the inmate has successfully completed the furlough, the secretary shall certify that fact to the prisoner review board, which shall promptly order the inmate's release on parole, without hearing, under the level of supervision specified by the secretary and subject to such conditions as imposed by the board. The provisions of this section shall not apply to crimes committed by inmates on or after July 1, 1993.History: L. 1988, ch. 115, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 273; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 20; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3727 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3727 Secretary of corrections; notification to victims prior to release of certain inmates.

22-3727. Secretary of corrections; notification to victims prior to release of certain inmates. (a) Prior to the release of any inmate on parole, conditional release, expiration of sentence or postrelease supervision, if an inmate is released into the community under a program under the supervision of the secretary of corrections, or after the escape of an inmate or death of an inmate while in the secretary of corrections' custody, the secretary of corrections shall give written notice of such release, escape or death to any victim of the inmate's crime who is alive and whose address is known to the secretary or, if the victim is deceased, to the victim's family if the family's address is known to the secretary. Such notice shall be required to be given to the victim or the victim's family only if the inmate was convicted of any crime in article 33, 34, 35 or 36 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, prior to their repeal, or articles 53, 54, 55 or 56 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, or K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6104, 21-6325, 21-6326 or 21-6418 through 21-6422, and amendments thereto. Except for notifications of releases due to a court order, escape or death, notification shall be given at least 14 working days prior to the release of such inmate. Failure to notify the victim or the victim's family as provided in this section shall not be a reason for postponement of parole, conditional release or other forms of release.(b) As used in this section, "victim's family" means a spouse, surviving spouse, children, parents, legal guardian, siblings, stepparents or grandparents.History: L. 1993, ch. 166, § 7; L. 2010, ch. 61, § 8; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 138; L. 2014, ch. 5, § 7; L. 2015, ch. 94, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3727a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3727a County or district attorney; notification to victims of the escape or death of certain committed defendants or inmates.

22-3727a. County or district attorney; notification to victims of the escape or death of certain committed defendants or inmates. (a) The county or district attorney shall, as soon as practicable, provide notification as provided in K.S.A. 22-3303, 22-3305, 22-3428, 22-3428a, 22-3430 and 22-3431, and amendments thereto, and upon the escape or death of a committed defendant while in the custody of the secretary for aging and disability services, to any victim of the defendant's crime whose address is known to the county or district attorney, and the victim's family, if so requested and the family's addresses are known to the county or district attorney. Such notice shall be required to be given only if the defendant was charged with any crime in article 33, 34, 35 or 36 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, prior to their repeal, or articles 53, 54, 55 or 56 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, or K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6104, 21-6325, 21-6326 or 21-6418 through 21-6422, and amendments thereto.(b) As used in this section, "victim's family" means a spouse, surviving spouse, children, parents, legal guardian, siblings, stepparents or grandparents.History: L. 2010, ch. 61, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 139; L. 2014, ch. 5, § 8; L. 2015, ch. 94, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3730 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 37 - Release Procedures|22-3730 Community parenting release; duties and authority of secretary of corrections.

22-3730. Community parenting release; duties and authority of secretary of corrections. (a) The secretary of corrections may transfer an offender from a correctional facility to home detention in the community if the secretary determines that community parenting release is an appropriate placement and:(1) The offender is serving a current sentence for a nondrug severity level 4 through 10 felony or a drug severity level 3 through 5 felony and is determined to be low, low-moderate or moderate risk on a standardized risk assessment tool;(2) the offender has no prior or current conviction for a sex offense or an inherently dangerous felony as defined in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5402, and amendments thereto, not including a drug severity level 3 through 5 felony;(3) the offender has not been found by the United States attorney general to be subject to a deportation detainer or order;(4) the offender signs any release of information waivers required to allow information regarding current or prior child in need of care cases involving the offender to be shared with the department of corrections;(5) the offender had physical custody of such offender's minor child or was a legal guardian or custodian with physical custody of a minor child at the time the offense for which the offender is serving a sentence was committed;(6) the offender has 12 months or less remaining of the offender's sentence; and(7) the secretary of corrections determines that such placement is in the best interests of the child.(b) Prior to transferring an offender from a correctional facility to home detention pursuant to this section, the secretary of corrections shall obtain information from the department for children and families regarding any child in need of care case involving the offender. Such information shall be used by the secretary of corrections in determining whether placing an offender in community parenting release is in the best interests of the child.(c) Offenders placed on community parenting release shall provide to the secretary of corrections an approved residence and living arrangement prior to transfer to home detention.(d) The secretary of corrections shall:(1) Require offenders placed on community parenting release to:(A) Comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 21-6609, and amendments thereto; and(B) participate in programming and treatment that the secretary determines is needed; and(2) assign a parole officer to monitor the offender's compliance with conditions of community parenting release.(e) The secretary of corrections has the authority to return any offender serving the remainder of such offender's sentence on community parenting release to a correctional facility if the offender is not complying with community parenting release requirements.History: L. 2016, ch. 87, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3801 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 38 - Costs In Criminal Cases|22-3801 Liability for costs.

22-3801. Liability for costs. (a) If the defendant in a criminal case is convicted, the court costs shall be taxed against the defendant and shall be a judgment against the defendant which may be enforced as judgments for payment of money in civil cases.(b) Jury fees are not court costs and shall be paid by the county in all criminal cases.(c) The county shall not be reimbursed for the cost of employing a special prosecutor.History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3801; L. 1978, ch. 128, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 116, § 4; L. 2007, ch. 51, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 22-3802 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure|Article 38 - Costs In Criminal Cases|22-3802 When costs taxed to complaining witness.

22-3802. When costs taxed to complaining witness. If it appears to the court that the prosecution was instituted without probable cause and from malicious motives, the court may require the complaining witness or other person instituting the prosecution to appear and answer concerning his motives for instituting the prosecution. If, upon hearing, the court determines that the prosecution was instituted without probable cause and from malicious motives all costs in the case shall be taxed against the complaining witness or other person initiating the prosecution.History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3802; July 1.