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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 05. Probation Administration Act › Sec. 33.05.040. Duties of probation officers.

(a) A probation officer shall
(1) furnish to each probationer under the supervision of the officer a written statement of the conditions of probation and shall instruct the probationer regarding the same;
(2) keep informed concerning the conduct and condition of each probationer under the supervision of the officer and shall report on the probationer to the court placing that person on probation;
(3) use all suitable methods, not inconsistent with the conditions imposed by the court, to aid probationers and to bring about improvements in their conduct and condition;
(4) keep records of the probation work, including administrative sanctions and incentives the probation officer imposes under AS 33.05.020(g), keep accurate and complete accounts of all money collected from persons under the supervision of the officer, give receipts for money collected and make at least monthly returns of it, make the reports to the court and the commissioner required by them, and perform other duties the court may direct;
(5) perform duties with respect to persons on parole as the commissioner shall request, and in that service shall be termed a parole officer;
(6) use administrative sanctions and incentives developed under AS 33.05.020(g) to respond to a probationer's negative and positive behavior in a way that is intended to interrupt negative behavior in a swift, certain, and proportional manner and support progress with a recognition of positive behavior;
(7) upon determining that a probationer under the supervision of the officer meets the requirements of AS 12.55.090(g), consider recommending to the court that probation be terminated and the probationer be discharged from probation;
(8) for each probationer who owes restitution and who is under the supervision of the officer, create a restitution payment schedule based on the probationer's income and ability to pay if the court has not already set a restitution payment schedule;
(9) accommodate the diligent efforts of each probationer to secure and maintain steady employment or to participate in educational courses or training programs when prescribing the times at which a probationer shall report;
(10) permit each probationer to travel in the state to make diligent efforts to secure and maintain steady employment or to participate in educational courses or training programs if the travel is not inconsistent with other terms and conditions of probation;
(11) report on the probationer by making a recommendation to the court to revoke probation or to maintain existing probation conditions when a petition to revoke probation is filed.
(b) The caseload of a probation officer supervising probationers or the combined caseload of a probation officer or parole officer supervising probationers and persons on parole as provided for in (a)(5) of this section may not exceed an average of 75 persons, except in temporary or extraordinary circumstances approved by the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 05. Probation Administration Act › Sec. 33.05.050. Report of probation officer.

When directed by the court, the probation officer shall report to the court with a statement of the conduct of the probationer while on probation. Except as otherwise provided by law, the court may then discharge the probationer from further supervision and may terminate the proceedings against the probationer, or may extend the probation, as shall seem advisable.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 05. Probation Administration Act › Sec. 33.05.060. Transfer of jurisdiction over probationer.

Whenever during the period of probation, a probationer goes from the judicial district in which the probationer is being supervised to another judicial district, jurisdiction over the probationer may be transferred, in the discretion of the court, from the court for the district from which the probationer goes to the court for the other district, with the concurrence of the latter court. Thereupon the court for the district to which jurisdiction is transferred shall have all power with respect to the probationer that was previously possessed by the court for the district from which the transfer is made, except that the period of probation may not be changed without the consent of the sentencing court. This process under the same conditions may be repeated whenever during the period of probation the probationer goes from the district in which the probationer is being supervised to another district.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 05. Probation Administration Act › Sec. 33.05.070. Arrest of probationer.

(a) At any time within the probation period, the probation officer may for cause arrest the probationer whenever found, without a warrant. At any time within the probation period, or within the maximum probation period permitted by AS 12.55.080 and 12.55.090, the court for the district in which the probationer is being supervised or, if the probationer is no longer under supervision, the court for the district in which the probationer was last under supervision may issue a warrant for the probationer's arrest for violation of probation occurring during the probation period. The warrant may be executed in any district by the probation officer or any peace officer in the district in which the warrant was issued or of any district in which the probationer is found. If the probationer is arrested in any district other than that in which the probationer was last supervised, the probationer shall be returned to the district in which the warrant was issued, unless jurisdiction over the probationer is transferred as above provided to the district in which the probationer is found, and in that case the probationer shall be detained pending further proceedings in that district.
(b) As speedily as possible after arrest, the probationer shall be taken before the court for the district having jurisdiction over the probationer. Except as provided in AS 12.55.090(f), the court may revoke the probation and require the probationer to serve the sentence imposed or any lesser sentence and, if imposition of sentence was suspended, may impose any sentence that might originally have been imposed, subject to the limitation specified in AS 12.55.086(c).
(c) At any time within the probation period, a police officer certified by the Alaska Police Standards Council may detain a probationer if the police officer has reasonable suspicion that the probationer has recently violated or may imminently violate a probation condition relating to one of the topics set out in (d) of this section. The police officer may also arrest the probationer without a warrant if the police officer has probable cause to believe that the probationer has violated a probation condition relating to one of the topics set out in (d) of this section.
(d) The conditions that permit a police officer to detain or arrest a probationer or parolee without a warrant under AS 33.16.240 and (c) of this section are those conditions imposed by the court, or the parole board, relating to
(1) geographic limitations on the probationer's movements;
(2) possessing or consuming controlled substances under state or federal law;
(3) possessing firearms;
(4) possessing or consuming alcoholic beverages, or being in a place where they are sold or served;
(5) operating or driving a motor vehicle; or
(6) other conduct that creates an imminent public danger or threatens serious harm to persons or property.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 05. Probation Administration Act › Sec. 33.05.080. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) “administrative sanctions and incentives” means responses by a probation officer to a probationer's compliance with or violation of the conditions of probation under AS 33.05.020(g).
(2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of corrections or the designee of the commissioner;
(3) “probation,” except as authorized under AS 12.55.086, is a procedure under which a defendant, found guilty of a crime upon verdict or plea, is released by the superior court subject to conditions imposed by the court and subject to the supervision of the probation service as provided in this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 07. Pretrial Services Program › Sec. 33.07.010. Pretrial services program; establishment.

The commissioner shall establish and administer a pretrial services program that provides a pretrial risk assessment for all defendants detained in custody in a correctional facility following arrest and for any defendant for whom the prosecution requests to have a pretrial risk assessment at the next hearing or arraignment. The pretrial services program shall make recommendations to the court concerning pretrial release decisions and provide supervision of defendants released while awaiting trial as ordered by the court.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 07. Pretrial Services Program › Sec. 33.07.020. Duties of commissioner; pretrial services.

The commissioner shall
(1) appoint and make available to the superior court and district court qualified pretrial services officers;
(2) fix pretrial services officers' salaries;
(3) assign pretrial services officers to each judicial district;
(4) provide for the necessary supervision, training, expenses, including clerical services, and travel of pretrial services officers;
(5) approve a risk assessment instrument that is objective, standardized, and developed based on analysis of empirical data and risk factors relevant to pretrial failure, that evaluates the likelihood of failure to appear in court and the likelihood of rearrest during the pretrial period, and that is validated on the state's pretrial population; and
(6) adopt regulations in consultation with the Department of Law, the public defender, the Department of Public Safety, the office of victims' rights, and the Alaska Court System, consistent with this chapter and as necessary to implement the program; the regulations must include a process for pretrial services officers to make a recommendation to the court concerning a pretrial release decision and guidelines for pretrial diversion recommendations.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.010. Parole.

(a) A prisoner who is serving a term or terms of two years or more is eligible for mandatory parole.
(b) A prisoner who is eligible under AS 33.16.090 may be granted discretionary parole by the board of parole.
(c) Except as provided in (g) of this section, a prisoner who is not eligible for special medical or discretionary parole, or who is not released on special medical or discretionary parole, shall be released on mandatory parole for the term of good time deductions credited under AS 33.20, if the term or terms of imprisonment are two years or more.
(d) A prisoner released on special medical, discretionary, or mandatory parole is subject to the conditions of parole imposed under AS 33.16.150. Parole may be revoked under AS 33.16.220.
(e) A prisoner eligible under AS 33.16.085 may be released on special medical parole by the Parole Board.
(f) [Repealed, § 72 ch 1 4SSLA 2017.]
(g) A prisoner is not eligible for mandatory parole if the prisoner has been convicted of a crime under AS 11.41.100 or 11.41.110.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.020. Board of parole.

(a) There is in the Department of Corrections a board of parole consisting of five members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of members of the legislature in joint session.
(b) Members of the board serve for staggered terms of five years and until their successors are appointed.
(c) The governor shall choose the presiding officer of the board from among the membership.
(d) The governor shall make appointments to the board with due regard for representation on the board of the ethnic, racial, sexual, and cultural populations of the state.
(e) The governor shall appoint at least one member who resides in the First Judicial District, one member who resides in the Third Judicial District, and one member who resides in either the Second or Fourth Judicial District.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.030. Selection criteria for board members.

(a) The governor shall appoint board members on the basis of their qualifications to make decisions that are compatible with the welfare of the community and of individual offenders. The governor shall appoint members who are able to consider the character and background of offenders and the circumstances under which offenses were committed.
(b) At least one person appointed to the board must have experience in the field of criminal justice.
(c) Officers or employees of the state may not be appointed to the board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.040. Compensation and expenses.

A board member is entitled to compensation at an amount to be set by the governor for each day the member is participating in business of the board, and is also entitled to the per diem and travel allowances provided under AS 39.20.180.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.050. Meetings of the board.

(a) The board may meet as often as it considers necessary to carry out its responsibilities, but shall meet at least four times a year.
(b) Three members of the board constitute a quorum for the conduct of business.
(c) Except when a member of the board imposes special conditions of mandatory parole for the board under AS 33.16.150 and except as provided in (e) of this section, decisions and orders of the board require the affirmative votes of a majority of the members present.
(d) The board may conduct meetings by the use of teleconferencing facilities.
(e) A meeting of the board is not required for a decision or order setting special conditions of mandatory parole by a single member of the board under AS 33.16.150(b) and (e). If a prisoner or parolee who is aggrieved by the board member's decision or order applies to the full board under AS 33.16.150(e) and 33.16.160 for a change in parole conditions, the board shall meet to act on the application.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.060. Duties of the board.

(a) The board shall
(1) serve as the parole authority for the state;
(2) consider the suitability for parole of a prisoner who is eligible for discretionary parole or special medical parole if
(A) the prisoner had no disciplinary action imposed during incarceration; or
(B) the prisoner had disciplinary action imposed during incarceration and the prisoner filed an application with the board for discretionary or special medical parole;
(3) impose parole conditions on all prisoners released under special medical, discretionary, or mandatory parole;
(4) under AS 33.16.210, discharge a person from parole when custody is no longer required;
(5) maintain records of the meetings and proceedings of the board;
(6) recommend to the governor and the legislature changes in the law administered by the board;
(7) recommend to the governor or the commissioner changes in the practices of the department and of other departments of the executive branch necessary to facilitate the purposes and practices of parole;
(8) upon request of the governor, review and recommend applicants for executive clemency; and
(9) execute other responsibilities prescribed by law.
(b) The board shall adopt regulations under the Administrative Procedure Act (AS 44.62)
(1) establishing standards under which the suitability of a prisoner for special medical or discretionary parole shall be determined;
(2) providing for the supervision of parolees and for recommitment of parolees; and
(3) governing procedures of the board.
(c) The board shall establish a program for a parolee who has conditions of parole that include not consuming controlled substances or alcoholic beverages and who has been identified as being at moderate to high risk as identified by a risk-needs assessment. The program must
(1) include random testing for controlled substance and alcoholic beverage use;
(2) require that a parole officer file a parole violation report by the close of the next business day if a parolee
(A) fails to appear for an appointment as directed by the parole officer; or
(B) tests positive for the use of controlled substances or alcoholic beverages; and
(3) include a means to notify the board by the close of the next business day that a parole violation report has been filed on a parolee placed in the program by the board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.070. Process.

The board or a member of the board may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum in the performance of board duties under AS 33.16.060(a). Subpoenas issued under this section are enforceable in Superior Court.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.085. Special medical parole.

(a) Notwithstanding a presumptive, mandatory, or mandatory minimum term or sentence a prisoner may be serving or any restriction on parole eligibility under AS 12.55, a prisoner who is serving a term of at least 181 days may, upon application by the prisoner or the commissioner, be released by the board on special medical parole if the board determines that
(1) the prisoner has not been convicted of an offense under AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.425 or 11.41.434 - 11.41.438 and the prisoner is severely medically or cognitively disabled as certified in writing by a physician licensed under AS 08.64;
(2) a reasonable probability exists that
(A) the prisoner will live and remain at liberty without violating any laws or conditions imposed by the board;
(B) because of the prisoner's severe medical or cognitive disability, the prisoner will not pose a threat of harm to the public if released on parole; and
(C) release of the prisoner on parole would not diminish the seriousness of the crime;
(3) the prisoner
(A) was not suffering from the severe medical or cognitive disability at the time the prisoner committed the offense or parole or probation violation for which the prisoner is presently incarcerated; or
(B) was suffering from the severe medical or cognitive disability at the time the prisoner committed the offense or parole or probation violation for which the prisoner is presently incarcerated and the medical or cognitive disability has progressed so that the likelihood of the prisoner's committing the same or a similar offense is low;
(4) the care and supervision that the prisoner requires can be provided in a more medically appropriate or cost-effective manner than by the department;
(5) the prisoner is incapacitated to an extent that incarceration does not impose significant additional restrictions on the prisoner;
(6) the prisoner is likely to remain subject to the severe medical or cognitive disability throughout the entire period of parole or to die and there is no reasonable expectation that the prisoner's medical or cognitive disability will improve noticeably; and
(7) an appropriate discharge plan has been formulated that addresses basic life domains of the prisoner, including care coordination, housing, eligibility for public benefits, and health care, including necessary medication.
(b) If the board finds a change in circumstances or discovers new information concerning a prisoner who has been granted a special medical parole release date, the board may rescind or revise the previously granted parole release date.
(c) The board shall issue its decision to grant or deny special medical parole, or to rescind or revise the release date of a prisoner granted special medical parole, in writing and provide a basis for the decision. A copy of the decision shall be provided to the prisoner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.087. Rights of victims in connection with special medical parole.

(a) If the victim of a crime requests notice of a scheduled hearing to review or consider special medical parole for a prisoner convicted of that crime, the board shall send notice of the hearing to the victim at least 30 days before the hearing. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the prisoner's or commissioner's application for parole submitted under AS 33.16.085. The copy of the application sent to the victim must include the prisoner's proposed residence and employment addresses.
(b) A victim who requests notice under this section shall maintain a current, valid mailing address on file with the board. The board shall send the notice required by this section to the last known address of the victim. The victim's address may not be disclosed to the prisoner or the prisoner's attorney.
(c) The victim has a right to attend meetings of the parole board in which the status of the prisoner convicted of the crime against that victim is officially considered and to comment, in writing or in person, on the proposed action of the board. Copies of any written comments shall be provided to the prisoner and the prisoner's attorney before action by the board.
(d) The board shall consider the comments presented under (c) of this section in deciding whether to release the prisoner on special medical parole.
(e) If the victim requests, the board shall make every reasonable effort to notify the victim as soon as practicable in writing of its decision to grant or deny special medical parole. The notice under this subsection must include the expected date of the prisoner's release, the geographic area in which the prisoner is required to reside, and other pertinent information concerning the prisoner's conditions of parole that may affect the victim.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.100. Granting of discretionary parole.

(a) The board may authorize the release of a prisoner who is otherwise eligible under AS 12.55.115 and AS 33.16.090(a)(1) on discretionary parole if it determines a reasonable probability exists that
(1) the prisoner will live and remain at liberty without violating any laws or conditions imposed by the board;
(2) the prisoner's rehabilitation and reintegration into society will be furthered by release on parole;
(3) the prisoner will not pose a threat of harm to the public if released on parole; and
(4) release of the prisoner on parole would not diminish the seriousness of the crime.
(b) If the board finds a change in circumstances in a prisoner's preparole reports listed in AS 33.16.110(a), or discovers new information concerning a prisoner who has been granted a parole release date, the board may rescind or revise the previously granted parole release date. In reconsidering the release date, the procedures set out in AS 33.16.130 shall be followed.
(c) [Repealed, § 32 ch 2 SLA 2005.]
(d) [Repealed, § 32 ch 2 SLA 2005.]
(e) [Repealed, § 179 ch 36 SLA 2016.]
(f) [Repealed, § 138 ch 4 FSSLA 2019.]
(g) When considering a prisoner for release on discretionary parole under AS 33.16.090(a)(2), the board may release a prisoner if, taking into consideration the prisoner's likelihood of recidivism given the prisoner's age, criminal history, behavior in prison, participation in treatment, and plans for reentering the community, a reasonable probability exists that
(1) the prisoner will live and remain at liberty without violating any laws or conditions imposed by the board;
(2) the prisoner's rehabilitation and reintegration into society will be furthered by release on parole;
(3) the prisoner will not pose a threat of harm to the public if released on parole; and
(4) release of the prisoner on parole would not diminish the seriousness of the crime.
(h) If the board considers an application for discretionary parole and denies parole because the prisoner does not meet the standards in (a) or (g) of this section, the board may make the prisoner ineligible for further consideration of discretionary parole or require that additional time be served before the prisoner is again eligible for consideration for discretionary parole.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.110. Preparole reports.

(a) In determining whether a prisoner is suitable for discretionary parole, the board shall consider the preparole reports including
(1) the presentence report made to the sentencing court;
(2) the recommendations made by the sentencing court, by the prosecuting attorney, and by the defense attorney, and any statements made by the victim or the prisoner at sentencing;
(3) the prisoner's institutional conduct history while incarcerated;
(4) recommendations made by the staff of the correctional facilities in which the prisoner was incarcerated;
(5) reports of prior crimes, juvenile histories, and previous experiences of the prisoner on parole or probation;
(6) physical, mental, and psychiatric examinations of the prisoner;
(7) information submitted by the prisoner, the sentencing court, the victim of the crime, the prosecutor, or other persons having knowledge of the prisoner or the crime;
(8) information concerning an unjustified disparity in the sentence imposed on a prisoner in relation to other sentences imposed under similar circumstances;
(9) the case plan created under AS 33.30.011(a)(8) for the prisoner, including a compliance report on the case plan;
(10) a reentry plan created under AS 33.30.011(a)(9); and
(11) other relevant information that may be reasonably available.
(b) The board shall provide information available under (a)(3) and (a)(6) of this section when requesting comments on the discretionary parole of a prisoner from the sentencing court.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.130. Parole procedures.

(a) A prisoner eligible for discretionary parole may apply to the board for discretionary parole. As part of the application for parole, the prisoner shall submit to the board a parole release plan that includes information concerning the prisoner's plan for employment, residence, and rehabilitation if released on parole.
(b) Before the board determines a prisoner's suitability for discretionary parole, the prisoner is entitled to a hearing before the board. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall furnish to the prisoner a copy of the preparole reports listed in AS 33.16.110(a), and the prisoner shall be permitted access to all records that the board will consider in making its decision except those that are made confidential by law. The prisoner may also respond in writing to all materials the board considers, be present at the hearing, and present evidence to the board.
(c) If the board denies parole, the board shall state the reasons for the denial, identify all of the factors considered relevant to the denial, and provide a written plan for addressing all of the factors relevant to the denial. The board may schedule a subsequent parole hearing at the time of the denial or at a later date.
(d) The board shall issue its decision in writing and provide a copy of the decision to the prisoner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.140. Order for parole.

An order for parole issued by the board, setting out the conditions imposed under AS 33.16.150(a) and (b) and the date parole custody ends, shall be furnished to each prisoner released on special medical, discretionary, or mandatory parole.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.160. Change in parole conditions.

(a) Upon application of the state or the parolee, the board may change a condition of parole previously imposed under AS 33.16.150(b).
(b) If the proposed change in conditions of parole is more restrictive of a parolee's liberty, the parolee is entitled to notice of the proposed change, the reasons for the proposed change, a hearing before the board, and an opportunity to respond to the proposed change and to present evidence.
(c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, when a parole officer determines that an emergency situation requires an immediate change in a condition of parole, or the imposition of a new condition, the parole officer may impose the change or new condition immediately, without a hearing. The parole officer shall immediately notify the board of the imposition of the emergency change or new condition and shall provide a written report setting out the basis for the change or new condition and the nature of the emergency. The effective period of a change in condition or imposition of a new condition under this subsection may not exceed 15 working days.
(d) A condition of parole may be changed, a new condition of parole may be imposed, or a new or changed condition imposed under (c) of this section may be extended by a member of the board or the board's designee if, after a preliminary hearing, an emergency situation is found that requires a change in condition. The effective period of a change in condition under this subsection, the imposition of a new condition under this subsection, or the extension under this subsection of a new or changed condition imposed under (c) of this section may not exceed 90 days.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.170. Confidentiality of records and information.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the preparole reports listed in AS 33.16.110, and other information obtained and used by the board under this chapter, are confidential and may not be disclosed to anyone other than the board, the sentencing judge, the prosecuting and defense attorneys, the prisoner, the prisoner's attorney, the attorney for the board, the staff of the board, or others granted access to this information under this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section and AS 33.16.130(b), in a preparole proceeding under AS 33.16.130 the board may not disclose to the prisoner or the prisoner's attorney
(1) diagnostic opinions that, if made known to the eligible prisoner, could lead to serious disruption of the prisoner's institutional program;
(2) portions of a document that reveal sources of information obtained upon a promise of confidentiality; or
(3) other information that, if disclosed, may result in physical harm to any other person.
(c) When the board withholds information from a prisoner or the prisoner's attorney under (b) of this section, the board shall provide the prisoner with an excised copy of the material or summary of the material withheld containing as much specificity as the circumstances allow.
(d) Except for portions containing personal medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment information or information that is otherwise required to be kept confidential by state or federal law, decisions of the board, orders for parole, and parole conditions imposed by the board are not confidential. The board shall post all decisions, orders of parole, and conditions imposed on a publicly available Internet website with any confidential portions redacted.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.180. Duties of the commissioner.

The commissioner shall
(1) conduct investigations of prisoners eligible for discretionary parole, as requested by the board and as provided in this section;
(2) supervise the conduct of parolees;
(3) appoint and assign parole officers and personnel;
(4) notify the board and provide information on a prisoner 120 days before the prisoner's mandatory release date, if the prisoner is to be released on mandatory parole;
(5) maintain records, files, and accounts as requested by the board;
(6) prepare preparole reports under AS 33.16.110(a);
(7) notify the board in writing of a prisoner's compliance or noncompliance with the prisoner's case plan created under AS 33.30.011(a)(8) not less than 30 days before the prisoner's next parole eligibility date or the prisoner's parole hearing date, whichever is earlier;
(8) establish an administrative sanction and incentive program to facilitate a swift and certain response to a parolee's compliance with or violation of the of parole and shall adopt regulations to implement the program; at a minimum, the regulations must include
(A) a decision-making process to guide parole officers in determining the suitable response to positive and negative offender behavior that includes a list of sanctions for the most common types of negative behavior, including technical violations of conditions of parole, and a list of incentives for compliance with conditions and positive behavior that exceeds those conditions;
(B) policies and procedures that ensure
(i) a process for responding to negative behavior that includes a review of previous violations and sanctions;
(ii) that enhanced sanctions for certain negative conduct are approved by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee; and
(iii) that appropriate due process protections are included in the process, including notice of negative behavior, an opportunity to dispute the accusation and the sanction, and an opportunity to request a review of the accusation and the sanction;
(9) within 30 days after sentencing of an offender, provide the victim of a crime information on the earliest dates the offender could be released on furlough, probation, or parole, including deductions or reductions for good time or other good conduct incentives, and the process for release, including contact information for the decision-making bodies; and
(10) notify the board and the victim of a crime upon receiving notice that a parolee has filed a petition for a change of name under AS 09.55.010 or AS 25.24.165.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.190. Authority of parole, pretrial services, and probation officers.

An officer appointed by the commissioner under AS 33.05.020(a), AS 33.07, or this chapter, may discharge duties under AS 33.05, AS 33.07, or this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.200. Custody of parolee.

Except as provided in AS 33.16.210, the board retains custody of special medical, discretionary, and mandatory parolees until the expiration of the maximum term or terms of imprisonment to which the parolee is sentenced.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.210. Discharge of parolee.

(a) The board may unconditionally discharge a parolee from the jurisdiction and custody of the board after the parolee has completed one year of parole. A discretionary parolee with a residual period of probation may, after one year of parole, be discharged by the board to immediately begin serving the residual period of probation.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the board may unconditionally discharge a mandatory parolee before the parolee has completed one year of parole if the parolee is serving a concurrent period of residual probation under AS 33.20.040(c), and the period of residual probation and the period of suspended imprisonment each equal or exceed the period of mandatory parole.
(c) At the discretion of a parole officer, a parole officer may recommend to the board early discharge for a parolee who
(1) has completed at least one year on parole;
(2) has completed all treatment programs required as a condition of parole;
(3) is currently in compliance with all conditions of parole for all of the cases for which the person is on parole; and
(4) has not been convicted of
(A) an unclassified felony offense under AS 11;
(B) a sexual felony as defined in AS 12.55.185; or
(C) a crime involving domestic violence as defined in AS 18.66.990.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.230. Waiver of hearing.

A prisoner or parolee may waive the right to a hearing provided under AS 33.16.130, 33.16.160, or 33.16.220 by submitting a written waiver to the board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.240. Arrest of parole violator.

(a) A parolee may be arrested, with or without a warrant, for a violation of parole.
(b) A warrant for the arrest of a parolee who is charged with a violation of parole may be issued by the board, or a member of the board, based on probable cause that a violation has occurred.
(c) In addition to the powers granted to a police officer under (g) of this section, a parole officer may, without a warrant, arrest a parolee for a violation of parole only if there is danger to the public, if there is a likelihood that the parolee will flee, or if the parolee committed a crime in the presence of the parole officer.
(d) If a parolee is arrested without a warrant, the parole officer shall notify the board no later than the working day immediately following the arrest. The parole officer shall, within five working days after the arrest, provide the board with a written report setting out the alleged violation and circumstances that required immediate arrest of the parolee.
(e) A parolee arrested for violation of parole is not entitled to bail.
(f) Time spent in custody pending revocation proceedings shall be credited toward the unexpired term of imprisonment of the parolee; however, the time the parolee was at liberty on parole does not alter the time the parolee was sentenced to serve.
(g) At any time within the period of parole supervision, a police officer certified by the Alaska Police Standards Council may detain a parolee if the officer has reasonable suspicion that the person has recently violated or may imminently violate a parole condition relating to one of the topics set out in AS 33.05.070(d). The officer may also arrest the parolee without a warrant if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has violated a parole condition relating to one of the topics set out in AS 33.05.070(d).
(h) [Repealed, § 138 ch 4 FSSLA 2019.]
(i) The board or its designee may impose additional conditions necessary to ensure the parolee's appearance at a hearing held under AS 33.16.220(h).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.250. Execution of warrant for arrest of parolee.

(a) A parole officer, or a peace officer acting at the request of a parole officer, shall execute a warrant issued under AS 33.16.240 by arresting the parolee and confining the parolee in a correctional facility designated by the commissioner.
(b) The parole officer or peace officer shall immediately notify the board or a member of the board of an arrest under (a) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.260. Designation of victims' representative.

If more than one person who qualifies as a victim under AS 12.55.185 requests notice under this chapter, the commissioner shall designate one person for purposes of receiving the notice required and exercising the rights granted by this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.270. Earned compliance credits.

(a) The commissioner shall establish by regulation a program allowing parolees to earn credits for complying with the conditions of parole. The earned compliance credits reduce the period of parole. Nothing in this section prohibits the department from recommending to the board the early discharge of the parolee as provided in this chapter. At a minimum, the regulations must
(1) require that a parolee earn a credit of 10 days for each 30-day period served in which the parolee complied with the conditions of parole;
(2) include policies and procedures for
(A) calculating and tracking credits earned by parolees;
(B) reducing the parolee's period of parole based on credits earned by the parolee and notifying a victim under AS 33.30.013;
(3) require that a parolee convicted of a crime involving domestic violence complete all treatment programs required as a condition of parole before discharge based on credits earned under this section.
(b) A parolee may not earn credits under (a) of this section if the parolee is on parole for
(1) an unclassified felony;
(2) a sex offense as defined in AS 12.63.100;
(3) a felony crime against a person under AS 11.41;
(4) a crime involving domestic violence, as defined in AS 18.66.990, that is an offense under AS 11.41.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 16. Parole Administration › Sec. 33.16.900. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) [Repealed, § 72,ch. 1, 4SSLA 2017.]
(2) “administrative sanctions and incentives” means responses by a parole officer to a parolee's compliance with or violation of the conditions of parole under AS 33.16.180.
(3) “board” means the board of parole;
(4) “commissioner” means the commissioner of corrections;
(5) “controlled substance” means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor included in the schedules set out in AS 11.71.140 - 11.71.190;
(6) “crime against a person” has the meaning given in AS 33.30.901;
(7) “crime involving domestic violence” and “domestic violence” have the meanings given in AS 18.66.990;
(8) “department” means the Department of Corrections;
(9) “discretionary parole” means the release of a prisoner by the board before the expiration of a term, subject to conditions imposed by the board and subject to its custody and jurisdiction; “discretionary parole” does not include “special medical parole”;
(10) “mandatory parole” means the release of a prisoner who was sentenced to one or more terms of imprisonment of two years or more, for the period of good time credited under AS 33.20, subject to conditions imposed by the board and subject to its custody and jurisdiction;
(11) “parolee” means a prisoner, sentenced to one or more terms of imprisonment exceeding 180 days in the case of discretionary parole and of two years or more in the case of mandatory parole, released by the board or by operation of law before the expiration of the term, subject to the custody and jurisdiction of the board;
(12) “prisoner” means an offender confined for a violation of state law, but does not include a person confined under AS 47;
(13) “severely medically or cognitively disabled” means that a person has a medical condition, or a cognitive condition, that substantially reduces the ability to commit an offense similar to the offense for which the person was convicted or to commit an offense in violation of AS 11.41 that is punishable as a felony, and the person is likely to
(A) remain subject to the severe medical or cognitive condition throughout the entire period of parole; or
(B) die from the medical or cognitive condition;
(14) “special medical parole” means the release by the board before the expiration of a term, subject to conditions imposed by the board and subject to its custody and jurisdiction, of a prisoner who is severely medically or cognitively disabled;
(15) “victim” has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 20. Remission of Sentences; Executive Pardons and Clemency › Article 1. Remission of Sentences. › Sec. 33.20.010. Computation of good time.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 12.55.125(f)(3) and 12.55.125(g)(3), a prisoner convicted of an offense against the state or a political subdivision of the state and sentenced to a term of imprisonment that exceeds three days is entitled to a deduction of one-third of the term of imprisonment rounded off to the nearest day if the prisoner follows the rules of the correctional facility in which the prisoner is confined. A prisoner is not eligible for a good time deduction if the prisoner has been sentenced
(1) to a mandatory 99-year term of imprisonment under AS 12.55.125(a) after June 27, 1996;
(2) to a definite term under AS 12.55.125(l);
(3) for a sexual felony under AS 12.55.125(i)
(A) and has one or more prior sexual felony convictions as determined under AS 12.55.145(a)(4); or
(B) that is an unclassified or a class A felony; or
(4) for an unclassified felony under AS 11.41.100 or 11.41.110.
(b) [Repealed, § 15 ch 7 SLA 1996.]
(c) A prisoner may not be awarded a good time deduction under (a) of this section for any period spent in a treatment program, in a private residence, or on electronic monitoring.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 20. Remission of Sentences; Executive Pardons and Clemency › Article 1. Remission of Sentences. › Sec. 33.20.030. Discharge.

A prisoner shall be released at the expiration of the term of sentence less the time deducted for good conduct. A certificate of deduction shall be entered on the commitment by the warden, keeper, or the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 20. Remission of Sentences; Executive Pardons and Clemency › Article 1. Remission of Sentences. › Sec. 33.20.040. Released prisoner.

(a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a prisoner released under AS 33.20.030 shall be released on mandatory parole to the custody and jurisdiction of the parole board under AS 33.16, until the expiration of the maximum term to which the prisoner was sentenced, if the term or terms of imprisonment are two years or more. However, a prisoner released on mandatory parole may be discharged under AS 33.16.210 before the expiration of the term. A prisoner who was sentenced to a term or terms of imprisonment of less than two years shall be unconditionally discharged from mandatory parole.
(b) This section does not prevent delivery of a prisoner to the authorities of a state or the United States entitled to the custody of the prisoner.
(c) If a prisoner's sentence includes a residual period of probation, the probationary period shall run concurrently with a period of mandatory parole for that sentence and the prisoner shall be under the concurrent jurisdiction of the court and the parole board. Nothing in this section precludes both the court and the parole board from revoking the prisoner's probation and mandatory parole for the same conduct. A period of imprisonment resulting from the revocation of probation or mandatory parole may be imposed consecutively in the discretion of the court or the parole board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners › Chapter 20. Remission of Sentences; Executive Pardons and Clemency › Article 1. Remission of Sentences. › Sec. 33.20.050. Forfeiture for offense.

If during the term of imprisonment a prisoner commits an offense or violates the rules of the correctional facility, all or part of the prisoner's good time may be forfeited under regulations adopted by the commissioner of corrections. The amount of good time forfeited shall be related to the severity of the offense or rule violation.