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V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4506 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 401 - Bureau of Corrections|§ 4506. Diagnostic facilities and services

 The Bureau shall provide diagnostic facilities to make social, medical, psychological and other appropriate studies of persons committed to its care. At the request of any sentencing court, and in accordance with standards established by the Bureau, diagnostic services shall be provided for any person who has been convicted, is before the court for sentencing, and is subject to commitment to the Bureau. A report of the findings shall be furnished to the court. To the maximum extent feasible, diagnostic services shall be made available in community-based institutions.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4507 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 401 - Bureau of Corrections|§ 4507. Transfer of mentally ill and mentally retarded inmates

 The Director of Corrections may arrange for the transfer of an inmate for observation and diagnosis to appropriate departments or institutions, provided that he has obtained the prior consent of the administrators of the agencies involved. If the inmate is found, upon appropriate examination, to be in need of civil commitment for psychosis or other mental illness, or mental retardation, the Director of Corrections shall initiate legal proceedings for the commitment. While the inmate is in another institution his sentence shall continue to run. When, in the judgment of the administrator of the institution to which an inmate has been transferred, he has recovered from the condition which occasioned the transfer, the administrator shall provide for his return to the Bureau, unless his sentence has expired.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4508 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 401 - Bureau of Corrections|§ 4508. Classification, treatment and discipline

 (a) Persons committed to the institutional care of the Bureau shall be dealt with humanely, with efforts directed to their rehabilitation and return to the community as safely and promptly as practicable. For these purposes, the Director of Corrections shall establish programs of classification and diagnosis, education, casework, counseling and psychotherapy, vocational training and guidance, work, library and other rehabilitation services; he may establish religious programs; and he shall institute procedures for the study and classification of inmates. The Director of Corrections shall maintain a comprehensive record of the behavior of each inmate reflecting accomplishments and progress toward rehabilitation as well as charges of infractions of rules and regulations, punishments imposed and medical inspections made. (b) The Director of Corrections shall establish and prescribe standards for health, medical and dental services for each institution, including preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic measures on both an outpatient and a hospital basis, for all types of patients. An inmate may be taken, when necessary, to a medical facility outside the institution. (c) Under rules prescribed by the Bureau, heads of institutions may authorize visits and correspondence, under reasonable conditions, between inmates and appropriate friends, relatives and others. (d) The Director of Corrections shall promulgate regulations under which inmates, as part of a program looking to their release from the custody of the Bureau, or their treatment, may be granted temporary furloughs from an institution to visit their families or to be interviewed by prospective employers. (e) The Director of Corrections shall prescribe rules and regulations for the maintenance of good order and discipline in institutions, including procedures for dealing with violations. A copy of the rules shall be provided to each inmate.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4511 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 401 - Bureau of Corrections|§ 4511. Board of Parole

 Continuation  (a) The Board of Parole in the Virgin Islands is established within the Bureau of Corrections. Composition; appointment and qualifications of members  (b) The Board shall be composed of eight members, as follows: (1) The Attorney General of the Virgin Islands, who shall serve as a member ex officio, without vote; and (2) Seven members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature. Of the seven members appointed by the Governor, at least three shall be citizens residing in the area comprising St. Thomas and St. John, and at least three shall be citizens residing in St. Croix. No officer or employee of the Judicial Branch of the Government or any division, bureau, or other unit within the Department having supervision, direction or management of the Police Force shall be appointed as a member of the Board. Terms of members; vacancies  (c) All members shall serve for a period of two years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term. Each member shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his successor. Chairman  (d) The Board shall elect annually one of its members to serve as its Chairman. Removal of members  (e) The members may be removed by the Governor for cause. Additional functions of Board  (f) In addition to the performance of its functions prescribed by law, the Board shall perform such functions as the Commissioner prescribes, or as required by Federal law. [Clerical help]  (g) The Board is authorized to employ such clerical help as needed to carry out its functions as required by law. [Per diem]  (h) In addition to necessary travel expenses, each appointed member of the Board shall receive $50 for each day, or part thereof, on which the Board meets.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4511a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 401 - Bureau of Corrections|§ 4511a. Expeditious filling of vacancies

 For the purposes of promoting effective management of the Board of Parole and the faithful execution of the laws of the Virgin Islands, the Governor of the Virgin Islands shall act expeditiously to submit to the Legislature the appointments of members to fill vacancies in the membership of the said Board resulting from expiration of term or other cause.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4512 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 401 - Bureau of Corrections|§ 4512. Designation of correctional facility reservations

 (a) The Director of Corrections, whenever he deems it necessary in the public interest, may designate a certain area immediately adjacent to any correctional facility as a reservation into which entrance is restricted to authorized persons. Any area so designated shall be clearly defined as such in rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of Corrections. (b) Any area designated a restricted reservation pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be posted with warning signs sufficiently spaced to give reasonable notice that unauthorized entry into the area is a crime. Each sign shall, at a minimum, have printed thereon in large letters information that the area is restricted, that the area is a Correctional Facility Reservation, and that unauthorized entry is a crime under Virgin Islands Law.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4513 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 401 - Bureau of Corrections|§ 4513. Arrests for trespass in restricted area

 Any peace officer or any person employed as a watchman, guard, correctional officer, or in a supervisory capacity at any correctional facility in the Virgin Islands is authorized to stop, frisk and question any person found in any area designated and posted as restricted pursuant to section 4512 of this chapter. If any person so stopped and questioned fails to demonstrate to his examiner's satisfaction that he or she is authorized to be in the restricted area, the examiner, if he is a peace officer, may arrest such person without a warrant on the charge of trespass.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4571 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 405 - Good Conduct Allowances|§ 4571. Computation of good conduct allowances

 (a) Each prisoner confined in a prison or jail in the Virgin Islands for a definite term other than for life, whose record of conduct shows that he has faithfully observed all the rules and has not been subjected to punishment, shall be entitled to a deduction from the term of his sentence beginning with the day on which the sentence commences to run, to be credited as earned and computed monthly as follows: Six days for each month of time served. (b) A person convicted and sentenced to confinement for more than one year shall receive a reduction of sentence as follows: (1)  (A) If the person has not graduated from an accredited high school and obtained a high school diploma or has not obtained a General Educational Development Certificate (GED) before being confined, upon successful completion of a GED while confined, evidenced by a certificate from a recognized GED program, the person’s sentence must be reduced by three months. (B) For obtaining a two year degree (Associate Degree) from an accredited college or university the person’s sentence must be reduced by six months. (C) For obtaining a four-year degree (Bachelors Degree) from an accredited college or university the person’s sentence must he reduced by twelve months. (D) For completion of drug and rehabilitation programs offered by the confining institution his sentence shall be reduced be three weeks. (E) For a technical or vocational certificate from a recognized institution approved by the confining institution his sentence may be reduced for not more than eight months at the discretion of the institution and approval of the parole board. (F) A person confined to an institution by a court of the Virgin Islands for ten years or more and the person has worked outside of the institution performing duties for a government department or agency for more than one year and has no administrative infractions outside of the institution or disciplinary charges inside of the institution, may be reduced for not more than six months at the discretion of the institution and approval of the parole board. (2) The reductions in sentence under this subsection are separate and apart from those in subsection (a) and once earned, may not be forfeited except for the commission of a noted disciplinary infraction while confined.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4572 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 405 - Good Conduct Allowances|§ 4572. Discharge

 A prisoner shall be released at the expiration of his term of sentence less the time deducted for good conduct. A certificate of such deduction shall be entered on the commitment by the officer in charge of the prison or jail.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4573 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 405 - Good Conduct Allowances|§ 4573. Released prisoner as parolee

 A prisoner having served his term or terms less good time deductions shall, upon release, be deemed as if released on parole until the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced less 180 days.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4574 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 405 - Good Conduct Allowances|§ 4574. Forfeiture and restoration of good conduct allowances

 (a) If during the term of imprisonment a prisoner commits any offense or violates the rules of the institution, all or any part of his earned good time may be forfeited. (b) The Police Commissioner may restore any forfeited good time or such portion thereof as he deems proper.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4601 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 407 - Parole|§ 4601. Eligibility for parole

 Except for a prisoner sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without parole, every prisoner confined in any penitentiary, jail or prison for a violation of the Virgin Islands law for a definite term or terms of over 180 days or for the term of his natural life, whose record of conduct shows that he has observed the rules of the institution in which he is confined, upon recommendation of the Director of the Bureau of Corrections supported by the recommendation of a psychiatrist and/or psychologist, may be released on parole after serving one-half of such term or terms or after serving 15 years of a life sentence or of a sentence of 30 years or more or after serving the minimum sentence required by law, whichever is greater; Provided, however, That the Board of Parole, in its discretion by at least a two-thirds affirmative vote of all its members, upon recommendation by the Directors of the Bureau of Corrections, supported by the recommendation of a psychiatrist and/or psychologist, is authorized to fix an earlier eligibility date for the release of a prisoner on parole after serving one-third of his term or terms or after serving 10 years of a life sentence or of a sentence of 30 years or more.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4602 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 407 - Parole|§ 4602. Meetings of Board of Parole

 The Board of Parole provided for in section 256 of Title 3 shall meet semiannually, at Richmond Penitentiary, during the first week in June and the first week in December of each year. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time by the Chairman. The Board shall elect its own officers other than the Chairman. The Secretary of the Board shall keep a full and correct record of the proceedings of each meeting of the Board. The affirmative votes of three members of the Board shall be necessary to authorize any action of the Board and the names of the members so voting shall be entered on the record of the proceedings of the Board.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4603 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 407 - Parole|§ 4603. Application for parole

 Application for parole shall be made in writing. No application shall be considered unless the prison records show that the applicant's conduct has been uniformly excellent for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the date of such application and that the applicant has served the minimum time fixed by section 4601 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4604 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 407 - Parole|§ 4604. Conditions of parole

 If it appears to the Board of Parole from a report by the proper officers of the penitentiary, prison or jail or upon application by a prisoner for release on parole that there is a reasonable probability that such applicant will live and remain at liberty without violating the laws and if in the opinion of the Board such release is not incompatible with the welfare of society, the Board may, in its discretion, authorize the release of such applicant on parole. The parolee shall be allowed to go outside of the penitentiary, prison or jail, upon such terms and conditions, as the Board of Parole prescribes. The Board of Parole shall issue findings in support of its decision concerning the grant of parole, to include the terms and conditions of release. While on parole, the parolee shall not depart from the Virgin Islands except on written permission from the Board, and upon such conditions as it may prescribe. A parolee shall not frequent places where intoxicating liquors are sold; shall not associate with persons of bad repute; shall conduct himself honorably and work diligently; and shall not violate any laws.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4605 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 407 - Parole|§ 4605. Violation of parole; arrest; hearing

 (a) Violation of any of the conditions of parole shall subject the parolee to arrest upon a warrant issued by the Police Commissioner, any member of the Board of Parole or the Chief Probation and Parole Officer of the Virgin Islands; Provided, however, That a parole officer is authorized to arrest a parolee without a warrant in cases where a parole violation is committed in his presence. (b) Any parolee arrested pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be given an opportunity to appear before the Board of Parole by submitting a written request therefor to the Police Commissioner, who shall request the Board to conduct a hearing at the next regular or special meeting of the Board. The Board may, after any such hearing, discharge the parolee from custody, revoke the order of parole, or release the parolee on such terms and conditions as the Board shall prescribe. (c) For the purpose of conducting hearings provided for in subsection (b) of this section, any member of the Board of Parole or the Police Commissioner or his designee shall be authorized to administer oaths and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents relating to the investigation of parole violations. (d) If the order of parole is revoked, the parolee shall continue to serve the remainder of the sentence originally imposed, and the time that the parolee was out on parole shall not be taken into account to reduce the time for which he was sentenced; Provided, however, That a parolee who has been recommitted may be reparoled at the discretion of the Board of Parole.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4606 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 407 - Parole|§ 4606. Restitution and notification of victims

 (a) Whenever the Territorial Parole Board shall order the parole of an inmate, the Board, unless it finds compelling circumstances which would render a plan of restitution unworkable, shall order as a condition of parole that the parolee make restitution to the victim for the damage or loss caused by the parolee's crime, in an amount and manner specified in the Journal entry of the court that sentenced the inmate. (b) Unless waived by the victim the Territorial Parole Board shall with at least 30 days prior notice advise the victim of the following: (1) that an inmate is being considered for parole; (2) the date of the parole hearing; and (3) the victim’s right to submit documents to and provide testimony before the board at the hearing. (c) The Territorial Parole Board shall notify the victim at least 24 hours prior to an inmate being paroled.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4611 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 408 - Community Oriented Correctional Programs|§ 4611. Declaration of purposes

 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the interests of protecting society and rehabilitating individuals charged with violating criminal laws can best be served by creating new and innovative alternatives for treatment and supervision within the community; that in many cases, society can best be served by diverting the accused to a voluntary community oriented correctional program; that such diversion can be accomplished in appropriate cases without losing the general deterrent effect of the criminal justice system; that the retention of the deferred charges will serve both as a deterrent to committing further offenses and as an incentive to complete rehabilitative efforts; and that alternatives to institutionalization which provide for the educational, vocational and social needs of the accused will equip him to lead a lawful and useful life.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4612 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 408 - Community Oriented Correctional Programs|§ 4612. Diversion of selected offenders

 The district and superior courts shall have jurisdiction to divert to a program of community supervision and services, any person who is charged with any offense or offenses against the Government of the Virgin Islands, except murder, kidnapping, assault in the first or second degree, rape in the first degree and arson in the first degree, for which a term of incarceration may be imposed and over which the district or superior courts may exercise final jurisdiction, specifically limited to those who: (a) have not previously been convicted of a violation of any law of the Virgin Islands or of any other territory or state of the United States in any criminal court proceeding after having reached the age of seventeen years, except for minor traffic violations for which no term of incarceration may have been imposed; (b) do not have any outstanding warrants, continuances, appeals, or criminal cases pending before any courts of the Territory or of any other territory or state of the United States; (c) receive a recommendation from a program of community supervision and services that they would, in light of the capacities of and guidelines governing it, benefit from participation in such a program. (d) A defendant diverted to the Superior Court's Pretrial Intervention Program shall pay an administrative fee for monitoring and supervising services in the amount of $200.00.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4613 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 408 - Community Oriented Correctional Programs|§ 4613. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, subject to the provisions of section 4612 of this chapter, the term— (1) “eligible individual” means any person who is charged with an offense against the Government of the Virgin Islands, except murder, kidnapping, assault in the first or second degree, rape in the first degree and arson in the first degree, over which the district or Superior Courts may exercise final jurisdiction, and who is recommended for participation in a program of community supervision and services by a director thereof and the Attorney General or U.S. Attorney; (2) “program of community supervision and services” may include, but is not limited to medical, educational, vocational, social and psychological services, correctional and preventive guidance, training, counseling, provision for residence in a halfway house or rehabilitative service designed to other suitable place, and other rehabilitative services designed to protect the public and benefit the individual; (3) “plan” includes those elements of the program which an individual needs to assure that he will lead a lawful life style; (4) “committing officer” means any judge of the Virgin Islands authorized to commit any person on a criminal charge; and (5) “director” means a person designated by the Chief Judge of the district court and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as chief administrator of a program of community supervision and services in accordance with section 4619 of this chapter.