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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 83A - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (§§ 1433 — 1446) › § 1437 - Interstate Commission—Powers and duties

The Interstate Commission has the following powers:
(a) To adopt a seal and the pertinent bylaws for governing the administration and operation of the Interstate Commission.
(b) To promulgate rules that have the force and effect of law and are binding in the Compacting States to the extent and in the manner provided in this Compact.
(c) To oversee, supervise, and coordinate the Interstate movement of adult offenders subject to the terms of this Compact and any bylaws and rules adopted by the Compact Commission.
(d) To enforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact and the rules and bylaws of the Interstate Commission, using all necessary and proper means, including, but not limited to, the use of judicial process.
(e) To establish and maintain offices.
(f) To acquire and maintain insurance and bonds.
(g) To borrow, accept, or contract for the services of human resources, including, but not limited to, members and their staffs.
(h) To establish and appoint committees and hire staff it deems necessary to carry out its functions, including, but not limited to, an Executive Committee as required by § 1435 of this title,which has the power to act on behalf of the Interstate Commission in carrying out its powers and duties established under this Compact.
(i) To elect or appoint officers, attorneys, employees, agents, or consultants, and to fix their compensation, define their duties, and determine their qualifications, and to establish the Interstate Commission’s personnel policies and programs relating to, among other things, conflicts of interest, rates of compensation, and qualifications of personnel.
(j) To accept any and all donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services and receive, use and dispose of the same.
(k) To lease, purchase, accept contributions or donations of any property, or otherwise to own, hold, improve, or use any property, be it real, personal or mixed.
(l) To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or otherwise dispose of any property, be it real, personal or mixed.
(m) To establish a budget, incur expenditures and levy fees as provided in § 1442 of this title.
(n) To sue and be sued.
(o) To provide for dispute resolution among Compacting States.
(p) To perform functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Compact.
(q) To report annually to the legislatures, governors, judiciary, and state councils of the Compacting States concerning the activities of the Interstate Commission during the preceding year. Reports must also include any recommendations that may have been adopted by the Interstate Commission.
(r) To coordinate education, training, and public awareness regarding the Interstate movement of offenders for officials involved in such activity.
(s) To establish uniform standards for the reporting, collecting, and exchanging of data.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 208, § 1, art. 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 83A - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (§§ 1433 — 1446) › § 1441 - Interstate Commission—Oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution

(a) Oversight. — The Interstate Commission shall oversee the interstate movement of adult offenders in the Compacting States and shall monitor those activities being administered in Non-Compacting States which may significantly affect Compacting States.
The courts and executive agencies in each compacting state shall enforce this Compact and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the Compact’s purposes and intent. In any judicial or administrative proceeding conducted in a compacting state pertaining to the subject matter of this Compact which may affect the powers, responsibilities, or actions of the Interstate Commission, the Interstate Commission is entitled to receive all service of process in any such proceeding and has standing to intervene in the proceeding for all purposes.
(b) Resolution of disputes. — The Compacting States shall report to the Interstate Commission on issues or activities of concern to them and cooperate with and support the Interstate Commission in the discharge of its duties and responsibilities.
The Interstate Commission shall attempt to resolve any dispute or other issues concerning the Compact and which may arise among compacting states and non-compacting states.
The Interstate Commission shall adopt bylaws or a rule for establishing a mediation and final and binding dispute resolution process among the compacting states.
(c) Compliance. — The Interstate Commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce compliance with the provisions of this Compact using any or all means set forth in § 1444(b) of this title.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 208, § 1, art. 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 83A - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (§§ 1433 — 1446) › § 1442 - Interstate Commission—Finance

The Interstate Commission shall pay or provide for the payment of any reasonable expenses for its establishment, organization, and ongoing activities.
The Interstate Commission shall levy and collect an annual fee from each compacting state to cover the cost of the internal operations and activities of the Interstate Commission and its staff, which must be in a total amount sufficient to cover the Interstate Commission’s annual budget as approved each year. The amount of the aggregate annual fee shall be allocated on the basis of a formula to be determined by the Interstate Commission, taking into consideration the population of the state and the volume of Interstate movement of offenders in each compacting state. The Interstate Commission shall adopt a rule binding upon all Compacting States to govern said fee.
The Interstate Commission may not incur any obligation of any kind before securing the funds needed to meet the obligation, nor may the Interstate Commission pledge the credit of any of the Compacting States, except by and with the authority of the compacting state.
The Interstate Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all revenues and disbursements. The revenues and disbursements of the Interstate Commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. However, all revenues and disbursements of funds handled by the Interstate Commission must be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the Interstate Commission.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 208, § 1, art. 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 83A - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (§§ 1433 — 1446) › § 1443 - Compacting States, effective date and amendment

Any state, as defined in § 1434 of this title, is eligible to become a compacting state. The Compact shall become effective and binding upon the legislative approval of the same by at least thirty-five (35) states. The initial effective date shall be July 1, 2001, or upon enactment into law by the thirty-fifth (35th) state. Thereafter, the Compact becomes effective and binding, in relation to any other compacting state, upon enactment of the Compact into law by that state. The governors of Non-Compacting States or their designees shall be invited to participate in Interstate Commission activities on a nonvoting basis before adoption of the Compact by all states and territories of the United States.
Amendments to the Compact may be proposed by the Interstate Commission for enactment by the Compacting States. No amendment becomes effective and binding upon the Interstate Commission and the Compacting States unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the Compacting States.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 208, § 1, art. 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 83A - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (§§ 1433 — 1446) › § 1445 - Severability and construction

The provisions of this Compact shall be separable and if it is determined that any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is unenforceable or is declared unconstitutional by any compacting state or territory or by the United States, the validity of the remainder of this Compact and its applicability to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected. The Compact shall remain in effect regarding other states and territories and in relation to the affected state or territory all remaining parts shall have full force and effect.
The provisions of this Compact shall be liberally construed so that its purposes may be achieved.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 208, § 1, art. 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 83A - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (§§ 1433 — 1446) › § 1446 - Binding effect of the Compact and other laws

(a) Other laws. — Nothing of what has been herein established shall prevent compliance with any other law of a compacting state which is consistent with this Compact.
Any law of the Compacting States in conflict with this Compact shall be superseded to the extent of the conflict.
(b) Binding effect of the Compact. — All lawful actions of the Interstate Commission, including all Rules and bylaws adopted by the Interstate Commission, are binding upon the Compacting States.
All agreements between the Interstate Commission and the Compacting States are binding in accordance with their terms.
At the request of a party to a conflict over the meaning or interpretation of Interstate Commission actions, and with the majority vote of the Compacting States, the Interstate Commission may issue advisory opinions regarding said meaning or interpretation.
In the event any provision of this Compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any Compacting State, the obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction sought to be conferred by the provision upon the Interstate Commission shall be ineffective and said obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction shall remain in the compacting state and must be exercised by the agency to which the obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction are delegated by law in effect at the time this Compact becomes effective.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 208, § 1, art. 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1502 - Removal of Board members

The Governor may remove any member of the Board for incapacity, inefficiency, negligence, or improper conduct in the discharge of his duties, upon the preferment and notice of charges, in writing giving the member an opportunity to defend himself, personally or through attorney, before the Secretary of Justice, or any officer designated by the latter. The charges shall be heard within thirty (30) days after notice to respondent and the evidence and recommendations of the Secretary of Justice in connection with the charges shall be submitted to the Governor for final action.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 2, retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1503a - Definition of the term “crime victim”

For the purposes of this chapter, the term “crime victim” means:
(a) Any natural person against whom any crime typified in the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the United States is committed or attempted to be committed, or
(b) the legal tutor or guardian, surviving spouse or relative up to the third degree of consanguinity of such a person, when the former is deceased, whether a minor, or physically or mentally incompetent to appear to testify.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, added as § 3-A on July 27, 1995, No. 90, § 1; July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 4; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1503c - Requests for privilege of parole

An inmate in a penal institution in Puerto Rico or in any Diversion Program who meets the requirements established by the Board through regulations, or in this chapter, who shows a high degree of rehabilitation and does not represent a risk to society may formally request the privilege of freedom under parole within the jurisdiction of the Board through the mechanisms provided for the same as well as through regulations. The request of the inmate shall entail his/her the consent for the Board to be able to review and obtain copies of all the files on said person that are held by the Corrections Administration, in order for said person to be considered for the granting of the privileges considered in this chapter.
Upon receipt of the request, the Board shall refer the evaluation thereof to one of the Panels for the corresponding processing and adjudication.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, added as § 3-C on July 27, 1995, No. 90, § 1; July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 6; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1503d - Eligibility to parole programs

The Board shall be empowered to grant the privilege of parole to inmates in a penal institution in Puerto Rico, taking into consideration the following criteria:
(1) The nature and circumstances of the crime or crimes for which the inmate is in prison.
(2) The number of times the inmate has been convicted and sentenced.
(3) A list of execution of the sentence or sentences served by the inmate.
(4) The complete penal and social records, and the medical and mental health professional reports of the inmate.
(5) The record of institutional adjustment and the social and psychological record of the inmate, prepared by the Corrections Administration and the medical and psychiatric record prepared by the Correctional Health Services of the Department of Health.
(6) The age of the inmate.
(7) The treatment or treatments for health conditions received by the inmate.
(8) The opinion of the victim.
(9) The plans for studies, vocational training or for work and study of the inmates.
(10) Place where the inmate plans to reside if parole is granted and the attitude of said community.
(11) Any other worthy consideration that the Board may have provided through regulations. The Board shall have discretion to consider the abovementioned criteria as it deems convenient and shall issue a written resolution with its findings of fact and conclusions of law.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, added as § 3-D on July 27, 1995, No. 90, § 1; July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 7; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1503e - Notice of hearing to the crime victim

The Board shall be responsible for notifying the victim in writing of the hearing for the modification, reconsideration, follow-up and investigation of the parole privilege hearings, not less than fifteen (15) working days in advance. In absence of a reply by the victim, if he/she chooses not to appear at the hearing, or if it is proved that the Board is unable to locate the victim, the procedures shall continue without his/her participation.
Said notification shall be sent to the last known mailing address of the victim and shall include:
(1) Date, time and place where the hearing shall be held;
(2) brief explanation of the reasons for the hearing, including a mention of the crime or crimes for which the inmate was convicted;
(3) a list of the applicable provisions of law or regulations for the participation of the victim in the procedure, and
(4) the address and telephone number of the office or official that the victim may contact to receive more information regarding his/her participation in the hearing.
The Board shall exert every effort within its reach to locate and notify the crime victim, keeping evidence thereof in the case file.
If necessary, and after exhausting every available recourse, the Board may publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation. In the event that the victim waives the right to appear at the modification, reconsideration, follow-up and investigation of the parole privilege hearings, he/she must state it in writing on the document provided by the Board. A copy of said waiver shall be remitted to the corrections system, and eventually to the Parole Board, which shall, in turn, keep a file of the waivers signed by the victims.
In the event of an express waiver, the wishes of the victim shall be respected and the notice provided by law shall not proceed.
Failure to comply with the provisions of §§ 1503a—1503f of this title shall constitute an impediment for the Board to exercise its jurisdiction in the specific case. The provisions of this section shall apply to convicts for any crime, even if it is not required by the note under § 972h of Title 25.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, added as § 3-E on July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 8; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1503f - Hearing-related procedures

The modification, reconsideration, follow-up and investigation or repeal of parole hearings shall be taped and of public record, but the Board may limit the number of deponents for security reasons. Nevertheless, said hearings may be kept closed to the public in order to receive relevant oral information or testimony from the parolee or from the victim when they so request. The Board may provide that the hearing on the modification, reconsideration, follow-up and investigation or revoking of parole, shall be private for the protection of an ongoing criminal investigation when the Secretary of Justice so requests it by a writ to such effect.
All victims of a crime shall be notified by certified mail with return receipt requested or served personally of the Board’s decision, if the Board chooses to grant the parole privilege, if so requested at the hearing in which their opinion regarding the consideration of parole privileges was heard. The victim shall also be notified of the date on which the convict shall be reinstated to the free society.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, added as § 3-F on July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 9; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1503g - Register of victims

It shall be the obligation of the Department of Justice to keep a confidential registry of the persons who have been victims of crime, including their postal and residential address. This registry shall consist of a separate file for each case that shall be attached to the convict’s file. Said registry containing information on the victim shall be kept sealed for the exclusive use of the officials charged with notifying the former of his/her participation in the various criminal justice procedures. It shall be the responsibility of the authorized officials to reseal said file immediately after being used for the purpose of notifying the victim. The convict, be it directly or through his/her legal representative, shall have no access for any reason whatsoever to information regarding the victim. Under no circumstances shall the Department of Justice keep a directory containing the name, physical, postal or e-mail address and telephone number, or any other information of a personal nature of the victim and his/her relatives. Any person who discloses, without due authorization, any confidential information contained in said Registry shall incur a felony in the fourth degree.
In those cases in which the victim waives his/her right to being notified, he/she may likewise petition to have his/her name eliminated from the Registry.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part. 1, p. 540, added as § 3-G on July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 10; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, §§ 8, 16; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 316, § 2, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1504 - Jurisdiction as to parole cases

The eligibility of cases to be considered by the Board concerning the parole of any person confined in any of the penal institutions of Puerto Rico who has been or is to be convicted of crimes committed prior to the effective date of the law which established the Fixed Sentence System in Puerto Rico, shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of the law which establishes the undetermined sentence in Puerto Rico. In the cases of fixed sentences for misdemeanors, the Board, at its discretion, shall acquire jurisdiction when the inmate has served a reasonable portion of his/her present term of imprisonment.
In the case of persons convicted pursuant to the Penal Code of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico now in effect, the eligibility of the cases for the consideration of the Board shall be determined according to the classification indicating the seriousness of the crime and the conditions for granting the same established in the aforementioned legal body.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 4; June 4, 1980, No. 104, p. 340, § 1; July 6, 2000, No, 114, § 11; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 16; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 316, § 3, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1506 - Oaths, summons of witnesses and production of evidence

The Board members and the Examiners designated by the Board are empowered:
(a) To issue summons for the presence of witnesses and the production of books, registers, documents and objects pertinent to investigations carried out in the performance of their official duties.
(b) To take oaths and receive testimony, data or information or any other evidence pertinent to any case or matter pending determination by the Board itself.
If a summons issued by any member of the Board or the examiners designated thereby is not duly obeyed, the board may appear before any part of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico to request the Court to order compliance of the summons. The Court of First Instance shall be authorized to issue orders making compulsory the appearance of witnesses or the production of books, papers, registers, documents or other objects that have been required from the witness.
Any person may be prosecuted and sentenced for perjury in giving testimony before any member of the Board, or before the Examiners designated thereby.
(c) Hold hearings for the investigation, concession or revoking of parole.
(d) Take or have depositions taken.
(e) Hold and preside over preliminary conferences to clarify and simplify matters in controversy.
(f) Attend to procedural pleas or similar matters.
(g) It shall be the duty of the Examining Officials once the hearing is held, to draft a report with their recommendations. The report shall contain a summary of all evidence received, a statement of their findings of fact and conclusions of law, pursuant to the evidence received, the facts, and applicable law. Said report shall be submitted to the Board within a term that shall not exceed fifteen (15) days after the hearing is held, except under exceptional circumstances.
It may also punish the disobedience of any order thus issued, for contempt.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 6; Nov. 17, 1992, No. 92, § 3; July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 13; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1507 - Confidential information

All information obtained by the Board or by any of its officials or employees in the discharge of their official duties, shall be confidential in nature and shall in no way be disclosed, revealing the name of the inmate in any manner, except for purposes directly related to the administration of justice in criminal cases, or when, once it is proven by the Board that there is a legitimate interest in the information requested, there is the voluntary written consent of the inmate or person on parole affected by the disclosure, or that of the person who has the legal custody of the inmate or the person on parole due to his/her incapacity to give said consent.
Any person who discloses confidential information contained in the record of the offender or uses said information for a purpose other than that for what it was requested, shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 7; July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 14; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 9; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 316, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1508 - Official seal

The Board shall adopt an official seal of which judicial cognizance shall be taken.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 8, retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1509 - Duties of officers and employees of Correctional Administration toward the Board

It shall be the duty of the Correctional Administrator to permit the Parole Board, or any of its members or representatives to have access at all times to any inmate over which the Board has jurisdiction and provide him with facilities to communicate with and observe said inmate. The Correctional Administrator shall also give the Board any information the latter deems to be necessary for a better compliance with the provisions herein.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 9; July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 15; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1510 - Transfers—Property, records, etc. of former Board

All property or any interest therein; records, files and documents; funds already appropriated or to be available in the future, including superavits; shares, assets and credits of any kind; obligations and contracts of any type; rights and privileges of any nature; licenses, permits and authorizations and any other belongings of the Parole Board created by Act No. 59 of June 19, 1965 are hereby transferred to the Parole Board herein created.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 10, retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1511 - Transfers—Secretary to determine transfers

The Correctional Administrator shall make the following determinations:
(a) Shall determine which of the present positions of the Board that should be retained therein to perform the functions assigned to it by this chapter.
(b) To determine what part of the personnel of the Board should be transferred to the Correctional Administration to perform the work assigned to them in said agency, pursuant to their academic background or the former functions performed on the Board.
(c) To determine the facilities, property, records or other material that shall be transferred from the Board to the Correctional Administration in relation to the phases of the programs retained by said Administration by virtue of the approval of this chapter.
(d) To make any other determination to ensure the normal development of the parole programs as restructured in this chapter.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 11; July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 17; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1512 - Transfers—Rights of transferred personnel

Personnel transferred by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, according to the authority that is granted by this chapter, shall keep all the vested rights on the date on which the transfer decreed by this chapter takes effect, as well as the rights, privileges, obligations and status regarding to any existing pension, retirement or savings and loan fund system or systems to which they may be affiliated.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 12, July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 18; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1513 - Transfers—Regulations, continuation in force

All the regulations that govern the operation of the functions and programs of the Board, in force at the time of the effectiveness of the transfer and which are compatible with this chapter and with the organic act of the Corrections Administration, shall continue in force until substituted, amended or repealed by the Board or by the Corrections Administration, as the case may be, pursuant to the restructuring of functions established in this chapter and the powers of the Corrections Administration according to its organic statute and the other laws applicable thereto.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 13; July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 19; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1514 - Proceedings under former Board

All the proceedings in which the Board abolished by this chapter may be taking part shall be assumed and continued until their final solution by the Board created herein.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 14, retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1515 - Members of present Board

All the positions of the members of the current Parole Board created by Act No. 114 of July 6, 2000, as amended, whose appointments were made after the approval of said Act are hereby abolished. Notwithstanding the above, a transition period of 90 days is hereby established, counting from the date this act takes effect to allow the parole petitions assigned for evaluation to the members of the Board whose positions are abolished, may be duly reassigned and to expedite the restructuring of the panels that had been working pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 114, mentioned above. Provided, That in the case of the appointment of the Executive Director of the Parole Board, said office is hereby abolished, for which a transition period of sixty (60) days counting from the effective date of this act, is hereby established.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 15; July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 20; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 85 - Parole (§§ 1501 — 1516) › § 1516 - Injunction

No injunction shall be issued to enjoin the application of this chapter or of any of its provisions.
History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, § 16, retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1521 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings stated below:
(a) Corporation.— Means the Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation.
(b) Executive Director or Director.— Means the person who is responsible for the general administration of the Corporation.
(c) Governor.— Means the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) Governing Board or Board.— Means the Governing Board of the Corporation.
(e) Participants.— Means the beneficiaries of the Corporation’s programs and activities.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 2; Jan. 4, 2010, No. 4, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1522 - Corporation—Creation

The Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation is hereby created, which shall be the government dependency responsible for exercising the functions and powers directed to providing training, entrepreneurial development, with special emphasis on cooperative organizations, and employment experiences for the clients of the correctional system, to wit, of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the agencies attached thereto, following the procedures established in this chapter.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 3; Sept. 28, 2007, No. 133, § 1; Jan. 4, 2010, No. 4, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1523 - Corporation—General objectives

The Corporation shall be charged with establishing the programs and activities authorized by this chapter, to the extent its resources allow, in benefit of the following persons:
(a) Clients who are imprisoned by virtue of a sentence or order, in the facilities and institutions of the Correctional Administration or Juvenile Institutions Administration, subject to compliance with the constitutional and legal provisions that forbid the imprisonment and the transfer of minors together with adult convicts.
(b) Transgressing minors and convicts who are in the free community under any suspended sentence, parole, probation, rehabilitation or reeducation treatment, or half-way house programs.
(c) Any adult or minor who is in the free community after having served his/her sentence or court order, or has been pardoned.
(d) Any minor or adult who is participating in a prevention, training or rehabilitation program of the Administration of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or a duly-licensed private institution.
For the attainment of these objectives, the Corporation shall establish the systems and projects that will improve the productivity and competitivity of these programs, and the real capacity to integrate the persons who have completed their programs and services to the socioeconomic system of our country, in order to ameliorate the problem or the high level of unemployment faced by the convicts and transgressing minors and those who have been discharged from juvenile institutions.
The Corporation shall have the task of innovatively planning and diversifying the training, entrepreneurial development, [preferably in the cooperative sphere], and employment activities of these clients for the purpose of developing in all participants a positive attitude towards work as well as their self-esteem and a sense of self-improvement, leadership and good citizenship. In this manner, the most effective means for allowing the participants of these programs to contribute with their efforts or work to cover the expenses for their support and that of their families, give retribution to the victims of their crimes, encourage saving for the moment when the inmates and transgressing minors in custody are returned to the free community and contribute to cover the expenses of the programs of the Corporation and those of the corrections and juvenile justice systems.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 4; Sept. 28, 2007, No. 133, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1526 - Executive Director—Appointment

The Executive Director is the person who is responsible for the general management of the Corporation and shall be appointed by the Governing Board, which shall fix his/her compensation, taking into consideration the salary earned by other officials of similar rank and nature and shall establish any other working conditions. The Executive Director shall hold office at the will of the Governing Board. He/she shall have ample experience and knowledge as a business administrator or manager in government or the private sector.
The Director shall be the chief executive of the Corporation and shall represent it in all acts and contracts that must be executed. Said official shall execute all duties and powers that are conferred on the Corporation as well as those responsibilities, faculties and authority conferred on him/her by this [chapter], or any other statute.
The Director may appoint a Deputy Director and fix the corresponding remuneration pursuant to the customary practice for positions of a like or similar nature. The Deputy Director shall perform the functions, duties and responsibilities assigned by the Director, and shall act as his/her substitute in case of his/her absence, illness or temporary disability.
If perchance the Director dies, resigns or is removed or separated from office, the Deputy Director shall assume his/her functions, responsibilities, powers and duties as Acting Director until a successor is appointed and takes office.
The Director may avail him/herself of the benefits of §§ 761 et seq. and 862 et seq. of Title 3.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 7; Jan. 4, 2010, No. 4, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1528 - Promotion of private capital

The Corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to promote, persuade and induce private capital to initiate and keep in operation, and otherwise promote the establishing and operation of any kind of commercial operations, special employee-owned corporations, partnerships, or any other service, industrial, agricultural cattle-raising, agro-industrial, and artisanal entity to achieve the objectives of this chapter and for the benefit of the participants. It may likewise initiate any activitiy or program covered by this chapter, on its own, or in conjuction with other private or government entities.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 9, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1529 - Granting of loans

The Corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to promote and collaborate in the concession and granting of loans through the Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico and the Economic Develpment Bank for Puerto Rico, when the total amount of said loans is to be used in promoting the purposes of this chapter. In granting such loans, preference and priority shall be given to government enterprises, to those governed by cooperative organizations, and the special employee-owned corporations, to nonprofit organizations, and those that produce the highest yield in terms of the greater opportunities and benefits that they offer to the participants of the Corporation’s activities and programs.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 10, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1530 - Participants of programs and services—Working day; distribution and remuneration

The Corporation shall determine the participants’ work day and shall fix the compensation to be received by those who are under the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, taking into account the nature of the work and the way it is performed. The compensation system and other training and employment conditions shall provide sufficient incentives so as to stimulate the participants to excel and improve themselves, as well as to deter the violation of the norms and conditions to which they are subject.
In fixing compensation, the Corporation may enter into agreements with the participants subject to the regulations adopted by the Corporation, in order to separate and distribute part of the compensation that they are due, to pay, in whole or in part, for the support of their family or dependents, for child support, for penalties or restitution to crime victims, or any other personal or family obligations, and for savings. The Governing Board shall also determine the reasonable portion of their compensation that the participants shall contribute to the Correctional Fund created by virtue of this chapter.
In the event the participants are under the custody of the Correctional Administration, the amount they are entitled to shall be covered into the bank accounts that are provided for them pursuant to the provisions of § 1231 of this title, part of the Organic Act of the Correctional Administration. If the transgressors are minors, the Corporation shall establish the methods and procedures to deposit moneys belonging to the minors who participate in the Corporation’s programs in bank accounts in their behalf, by means of an agreement with the Juvenile Institutions Administration.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 11; Jan. 4, 2010, No. 4, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1532 - Participants of programs and services—Labor relations; interference prohibited

Any agreement entered into by the Corporation with government agencies, corporations and public instrumentalities, municipalities, or private for profit persons or entities, shall not interfere with labor-management relations nor with collective bargaining agreements, nor shall they affect the conditions of the respective employees and officials.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 13, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1533 - Participants of programs and services—Custody and safety

The responsibility for the custody and safety of inmates and transgressing minors who are participants in the Corporation’s programs and activities, shall rest on the Correctional Administration and the Juvenile Institutions Administration, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the above, the Correctional Administration and the Juvenile Institutions Administration may, by request of the Corporation, enter into agreements with agencies, municipalities, and private for profit or nonprofit persons and entities that are developing some program or activity together with the Corporation, to help them in performing this duty, either through the assignment of personnel or the total or partial payment of their cost. The Correctional Administration or the Juvenile Institutions Administration shall provide custodial officers when required by the case.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 14, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1534 - Participants of programs and services—Periodic evaluations

The corporation shall periodically evaluate the way the participants perform in the Corporation’s programs and activities in order to orient, retrain, or refer them to other jobs or educational programs sponsored by the Corporation or other government agencies, corporations and public instrumentalities, municipalities, or private for profit or nonprofit persons or entities, in case it is necessary.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 15, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1535 - Sale of products, goods and services—Power

The Corporation shall have the authority to sell its products, goods and services to the institutions of the Correctional Administration or the Juvenile Institutions Administration, or to the departments, agencies, corporations and instrumentalities of the Government of Puerto Rico, as well as to the municipalities, federal agencies and any state of the United States of America.
It may also extend the sale of its products, goods and services to juridical persons such as organizations, associations, partnerships, churches, private schools, groups, entities and nonprofit institutions, and to other natural and juridical persons, in the manner that is most beneficial to the Corporation’s interests and the public interest.
The Corporation may make use of §§ 2301 et seq. of Title 3, known as “Act to Establish a Prompt Payment System for Purveyors of Goods and Services to the Government”, in the sale of its products, goods or services to departments, agencies, corporations and instrumentalities of the Government of Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 16, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FOUR - Judiciary (§§ 1-3 — 2166) › PART V - Correction and Parole (§§ 1101 — 1646) › Chapter 87 - Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation (§§ 1521 — 1544) › § 1536 - Sale of products, goods and services—Preferential transactions with the Government

All departments, agencies, and public instrumentalities and corporations, as well as the municipalities, shall purchase preferentially and directly, those products, goods and services generated by the activities and programs whose establishment is hereby authorized, if they reasonably meet the requirements with regard to specifications and quality, if they are available for delivery in a reasonable time, if the funds needed for their acquisition are available, and if the prices compare reasonably with the current market prices.
When purchases are made from the Corporation, the departments, agencies, and public instrumentalities and corporations of the Government and the municipalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall not be bound to comply wth the public bidding requirement.
In the direct preferential purchases from the Corporation by the departments, agencies, and public instrumentalities and corporations whose expense budget comes from the General Fund, the Office of the Management and Budget shall establish a line item for the payment of the purchasing services offered by the Corporation to these agencies.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 17, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1991.