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57 OK Stat § 57-332.1B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-332.1B. Pardon and Parole Board – Member eligibility.

|A. To be eligible for appointment as a Pardon and Parole Board member, a person shall possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and have at least five (5) years of experience in one or more of the following fields: |1. Criminal justice;2. Parole;3. Probation;4. Corrections;5. Criminal law;6. Law enforcement;7. Mental health services;8. Substance abuse services; or9. Social work.B. At least two members of the Pardon and Parole Board shall have five (5) years of training or experience in mental health services, substance abuse services or social work.Added by Laws 2011, c. 218, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2011. Amended by Laws 2018, c. 263, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
57 OK Stat § 57-332.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-332.4. Selection of Chairman - Compensation and expenses.

|A. The Chair of the Pardon and Parole Board shall be selected by the Board. The Chair of the Pardon and Parole Board shall receive Twenty-four Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($24,800.00) per annum, payable monthly, in the following allotment: |1. Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for preparation for said meeting; and2. One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars ($1,667.00) for the regular monthly Board meeting.B. The members of the Board shall receive Twenty-two Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($22,800.00) per annum, payable monthly in the following allotment:1. Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for preparation for said meeting; and2. One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for the regular monthly Board meeting.C. 1. Failure of any member to attend one Board meeting in any calendar year, except for justifiable excuse as determined by the Chair pursuant to written policy established by the Board, shall preclude the right of the member to receive his or her monthly compensation established by subsection A or B of this section.2. In addition, any member who fails to attend two or more Board meetings in any calendar year except for extraordinary circumstances as determined by the Chair pursuant to written policy established by the Board shall be deemed to have committed official misconduct as such term is defined by Section 93 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. To initiate a removal from office pursuant to this paragraph, the Board shall pass a resolution by a majority of the members of the Board detailing the alleged misconduct. Such removal shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 3 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.3. Failure to attend meetings of the Board, pursuant to the policy established by the Board, shall constitute cause for removal pursuant to Section 10 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution.Added by Laws 1945, p. 185, § 1. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 211, § 1, emerg. eff. April 22, 1968; Laws 1973, c. 172, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973; Laws 1975, c. 233, § 5, emerg. eff. May 30, 1975; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 31, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1980, c. 243, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1980; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 25, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1988, c. 257, § 3, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 293, § 2, emerg. eff. May 25, 1992; Laws 1998, c. 51, § 7, emerg. eff. April 2, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 415, § 16, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 292, § 17, emerg. eff. May 31, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 7, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 15, 2002.NOTE: Laws 2001, c. 433, § 75 repealed by Laws 2002, c. 7, § 4, emerg. eff. Feb. 15, 2002.
57 OK Stat § 57-332.4a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-332.4a. Pardon and Parole Board - Reimbursements.

|The Chair and members of the Pardon and Parole Board shall receive reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses, according to the State Travel Reimbursement Act, while attending and going to and from meetings of the Board and in performing their official duties. Such compensation shall be paid by the State Treasurer by state warrant drawn against funds appropriated for such purpose by the Legislature. Hours worked by Board members shall be exempt from full-time-equivalent employee limits. |Added by Laws 2002, c. 7, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 15, 2002.
57 OK Stat § 57-332.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-332.6. Administration of oaths.

|The Chairman and members of the Pardon and Parole Board and the Executive Revocation Hearing Officers shall have the authority, and are empowered, to administer oaths to witnesses appearing before the Pardon and Parole Board at any meeting of said Board or any executive parole revocation hearing. |Added by Laws 1945, p. 186, § 3. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 156, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
57 OK Stat § 57-332.7a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-332.7a. Crimes related to controlled dangerous substances - Reporting procedures - Consideration by Board.

|A. The Department of Corrections shall establish procedures for obtaining drug-related information, pursuant to Section 1 of this act, and shall establish a method of reporting such information in relation to any person convicted and incarcerated in the State Penitentiary or placed on probation or parole. |B. The Pardon and Parole Board shall be provided any drug-related information on any person eligible for parole by the Department of Corrections prior to such person's consideration.C. The Pardon and Parole Board shall consider the nature and relationship of the offense and offender to any controlled dangerous substance.Added by Laws 1989, c. 361, § 2, emerg. eff. June 2, 1989.
57 OK Stat § 57-332.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-332.8. Conditions for parole - Employment and residence assistance.

|No recommendations to the Governor for parole shall be made nor any paroles granted by the Board in relation to any inmate in a penal institution in the State of Oklahoma unless the Pardon and Parole Board considers the victim impact statements if presented to the jury, or the judge in the event a jury was waived, at the time of sentencing and, in every appropriate case, as a condition of parole, monetary restitution of economic loss as defined by Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, incurred by a victim of the crime for which the inmate was imprisoned. In every case, the Pardon and Parole Board shall first consider the number of previous felony convictions and the type of criminal violations leading to any such felony convictions, then shall consider either suitable employment or a suitable residence, and finally shall mandate participation in education programs to achieve the proficiency level established in Section 510.7 of this title or, at the discretion of the Board require the attainment of a general education diploma, as a condition for release on parole. The Board shall consider the availability of programs and the waiting period for such programs in setting conditions of parole release. The Board may require any program to be completed after the inmate is released on parole as a condition of parole. A facsimile signature of the inmate on parole papers that is transmitted to the Board shall be an accepted means of acknowledgement of parole conditions. The probation and parole officer shall render reasonable assistance to any person making application for parole, in helping to obtain suitable employment or enrollment in an education program or a suitable residence. Any inmate who fails to satisfactorily attend and make satisfactory progress in the educational program in which the inmate has been required to participate as a condition of parole, may have his or her parole revoked. If an inmate's parole is revoked, such inmate shall be returned to confinement in the custody of the Department of Corrections. |Added by Laws 1947, p. 343, § 2. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 73, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1979; Laws 1983, c. 38, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 1983; Laws 1992, c. 136, § 6, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 325, § 22, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 2, § 19, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 27, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 13, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 437, § 28, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2013, c. 124, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.NOTE: Laws 1993, c. 125, § 6 repealed by Laws 1994, c. 2, § 34, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 27 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
57 OK Stat § 57-332.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-332.15. Board members not to represent inmates - Voting prohibited in certain cases.

|A. From and after the effective date of this act, no member of the Pardon and Parole Board and/or their law firm or law partners or associate may represent in a legal capacity any inmate incarcerated in any state penal institution. If a member of the Pardon and Parole Board, or his law partners or associate or any member of his law firm undertakes the representation of an inmate in violation of this prohibition the member of the Board shall forfeit his office. In any case in which an inmate requesting a pardon or parole was represented in a legal capacity by any member of the Pardon and Parole Board and/or their law firm or law partners or associate prior to imposition of a prison term, the Board member who represented such inmate shall be disqualified from voting on such inmate's request for a pardon or parole. |B. A member of the Pardon and Parole Board shall uphold and promote the independence, impartiality, fairness, and integrity of the Board, and should avoid impropriety or the appearance of impropriety.C. If any Pardon and Parole Board member determines circumstances would cause a reasonable person with knowledge of all the relevant facts to question his or her impartiality in a specific matter, or creates the appearance of impropriety, the Pardon and Parole Board member shall disclose any potential conflict of interest and shall withdraw from participation in the matter.Added by Laws 1975, c. 49, § 1. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 339, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
57 OK Stat § 57-332.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-332.19. Action by Governor on application for pardon.

|Within thirty (30) days after approval of an application for pardon, the Pardon and Parole Board shall forward all relevant documentation to the Governor. Upon receipt, the Governor shall have ninety (90) days to grant or deny the application for pardon. If an application for pardon is not approved by the Pardon and Parole Board, the application for pardon shall be deemed denied. If no action is taken by the Governor, the application shall be deemed denied. The Pardon and Parole Board shall notify the person making application for pardon of all actions taken by the Pardon and Parole Board or the Governor regarding the application for pardon. |Added by Laws 1995, c. 115, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
57 OK Stat § 57-332.20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-332.20. Two-stage parole consideration process - Tracking effects - Data collection.

|The Department of Corrections, in conjunction with the Pardon and Parole Board, shall implement a method for tracking the success and recidivism of persons who are required to have a two-stage parole consideration process pursuant to subsection C of Section 332.7 of this title for the first three (3) years following their individual release from incarceration or release to parole. Included in the annual and cumulative data to be collected for this category of offenders shall be offender demographics and statistics including: |1. Offense type;2. Sentence length;3. Release information, indicating parole including the offense to which parole applied and whether multiple offenses or concurrent offenses were reviewed for purposes of parole or timed-out sentence and the percent of sentence served;4. Number of persons by offense type eligible for parole consideration in the first and second stages of parole consideration in the calendar year;5. Number of persons by offense type actually recommended for parole in the calendar year;6. Number of persons by offense type granted parole by the Governor in the calendar year;7. Rearrest data in the calendar year and cumulatively over the offender’s three-year data collection period;8. Reincarceration data in the calendar year and cumulatively over the offender’s three-year data collection period;9. Employment data for the calendar year cumulatively over the offender’s three-year data collection period; and10. Other information deemed beneficial to analyzing the success and recidivism of this category of offenders annually and cumulatively over the offender’s three-year data collection period.The information collected shall be made available to the members of the Legislature, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Governor, by the Department of Corrections or the Pardon and Parole Board annually upon request, but not later than March 1 following the first data collection period.Added by Laws 2007, c. 149, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 178, § 12.
57 OK Stat § 57-332.21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-332.21. Power of Board to parole certain prisoners.

|A. The Pardon and Parole Board is empowered to parole a prisoner who: |1. Is sixty (60) years of age or older;2. Has served, in actual custody, the shorter of ten (10) years of the term or terms of imprisonment, or one-third (1/3) of the total term or terms of imprisonment;3. Poses minimal public safety risks warranting continued imprisonment;4. Is not imprisoned for a crime enumerated in Section 13.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and5. Has not been convicted of a crime that would require the person to be subject to the registration requirements of the Sex Offenders Registration Act.B. The authority to grant parole under Section 332.2 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall rest with the Pardon and Parole Board.C. The Pardon and Parole Board shall use an evidence-based risk-assessment instrument to assess the public safety risk posed by aging prisoners upon release.D. Unless eligible for release at an earlier date, an aging prisoner who has been committed to the Department of Corrections for a term or terms of imprisonment shall have the ability to request a parole hearing before the Pardon and Parole Board if the prisoner has served, in actual custody, the shorter of:1. Ten (10) years of the term or terms of actual imprisonment; or2. One-third (1/3) of the total term or terms of imprisonment.E. Once a prisoner requests a parole hearing under subsection A of this section, the Pardon and Parole Board may place the prisoner on the next available docket.F. The Pardon and Parole Board may grant parole to a prisoner if the Board finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the prisoner, if released, can live and remain at liberty without posing a substantial risk to public safety.G. The Pardon and Parole Board may use the selected evidence-based risk-assessment instrument to make the determination provided for in subsection F of this section.H. The Pardon and Parole Board may provide the prisoner the opportunity to speak on his or her own behalf and the option of having counsel present at the parole hearing.I. For purposes of this section:1. "Aging prisoner" means any person imprisoned by the Department of Corrections who is sixty (60) years of age or older; and2. "Evidence-based" means programs or practices that have been scientifically tested in controlled studies and proven to be effective.Added by Laws 2018, c. 117, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
57 OK Stat § 57-348 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-348. Partial invalidity.

|If any section, sentence, subdivision or clause of this act is for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. |Added by Laws 1945, p. 187, § 2.
57 OK Stat § 57-349 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-349. Short title.

|This act may be cited as the Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parolee Supervision. |Added by Laws 1945, p. 187, § 3.
57 OK Stat § 57-349.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-349.1. Notification to sending state as to need for retaking or reincarceration - Hearing - Reports - Detention prior to hearing.

|Where supervision of a parolee or probationer is being administered pursuant to the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers, appropriate judicial or administrative authorities in this state shall notify the Compact Administrator of the sending state whenever, in their view, consideration should be given to retaking or reincarceration for a parole or probation violation. Prior to the giving of any such notification, a hearing shall be held in accordance with this act within a reasonable time, unless such hearing is waived by the parolee or probationer. The appropriate officer or officers of this state shall, as soon as practicable following termination of any such hearing, report to the sending state, furnish a copy of the hearing record and make recommendations regarding the disposition to be made of the parolee or probationer by the sending state. Pending any proceeding pursuant to this section, the appropriate officers of this state may take custody of and detain the parolee or probationer involved for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing and, if it appears to the hearing officer or officers that retaking or reincarceration is likely to follow, for such reasonable period after the hearing or waiver as may be necessary to arrange for the retaking or reincarceration. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 191, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1973.
57 OK Stat § 57-349.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-349.2. Hearing officer.

|Any hearing pursuant to this act may be before the Administrator of the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers, a deputy of such Administrator or any other person authorized pursuant to the laws of this state to hear cases of alleged parole or probation violation, except that no hearing officer shall be the person making the allegation of violation. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 191, § 2, emerg. eff. May 17, 1973.
57 OK Stat § 57-349.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-349.3. Rights of parolee or probationer.

|With respect to any hearing pursuant to this act, the parolee or probationer: |1. Shall have reasonable notice in writing of the nature and content of the allegations to be made, including notice that its purpose is to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that he has committed a violation that may lead to a revocation of parole or probation;2. Shall be permitted to advise with any persons whose assistance he reasonably desires, prior to the hearing;3. Shall have the right to confront and examine any persons who have made allegations against him, unless the hearing officer determines that such confrontation would present a substantial present or subsequent danger of harm to such person or persons; and4. May admit, deny or explain the violation alleged and may present proof, including affidavits and other evidence, in support of his contentions. A record of the proceedings shall be made and preserved.Added by Laws 1973, c. 191, § 3, emerg. eff. May 17, 1973.
57 OK Stat § 57-349.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-349.4. Hearings held in other states - Effect.

|In any case of alleged parole or probation violation by a person being supervised in another state pursuant to the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers, any appropriate judicial or administrative officer or agency in another state is authorized to hold a hearing on the alleged violation. Upon receipt of the record of a parole or probation violation hearing held in another state pursuant to a statute substantially similar to this act, such record shall have the same standing and effect as though the proceeding of which it is a record was had before the appropriate officer or officers in this state, and any recommendations contained in or accompanying the record shall be fully considered by the appropriate officer or officers of this state in making disposition of the matter. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 191, § 4, emerg. eff. May 17, 1973.
57 OK Stat § 57-350 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-350. Deduction from sentence of time spent on parole - Revocation of parole.

|A. Every person, hereinafter referred to as "convict", who has been or who in the future may be sentenced to imprisonment in any state penal institution shall, in addition to any other deductions provided for by law, be entitled to a deduction from his sentence for all time during which he has been or may be on parole. The provisions of this section are hereby declared to be both retroactive and prospective, and to apply to convicts who are on parole on the effective date of this act as well as to convicts who may be paroled thereafter; and shall at the discretion of the paroling authority apply to time on a parole which has been or shall be revoked. |B. Beginning November 1, 1987, the paroling authority also shall have the discretion to revoke all or any portion of the parole.Added by Laws 1959, p. 22, § 1. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 84, § 1; Laws 1987, c. 156, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
57 OK Stat § 57-353.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-353.1. Minimum and maximum terms of confinement – Assessment of terms by jury.

|In all cases where a sentence of imprisonment in the State Penitentiary is imposed, the court, in assessing the term of the confinement, may fix a minimum and a maximum term, both of which shall be within the limits now or hereafter provided by law as the penalty for conviction of the offense. The minimum term may be less than, but shall not be more than, one-third (1/3) of the maximum sentence imposed by the court. Provided, however, that the terms of this section shall not limit or alter the right in trials in which a jury is used for the jury to assess the penalty of confinement and fix a minimum and maximum term of confinement, so long as the maximum confinement be not in excess of the maximum term of confinement provided by law for conviction of the offense. |Added by Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 450, eff. July 1, 1999.
57 OK Stat § 57-354 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-354. Continuing study of prisoner by pardon and parole board - Hearings - Recommendations.

|Upon the commitment to imprisonment of any prisoner, the Pardon and Parole Board shall cause a continuing study to be made of the prisoner. When the prisoner has served the minimum sentence imposed, or as soon thereafter as he or she can be heard, the Pardon and Parole Board shall hear the application of the prisoner for parole, and shall make such recommendation to the Governor as, in its discretion, the public interest requires. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 78, § 2. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 124, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
57 OK Stat § 57-355 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-355. Rules and regulations.

|The Pardon and Parole Board shall make and promulgate such rules and regulations for the study, hearings, recommendations, and supervision of all parolees as necessary to carry out the intent of this act. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 78, § 3. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 156, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.