Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › 124a(j)(1) - Revocation and Rescission of Parole › Section 54-124a(j)(1)-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in this regulation:
(1) "Board" means the Board of Pardons and
			 Paroles.
(2) "Chairperson" means
			 the Chairperson of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
(3) "Conditions of Parole" means the
			 conditions established for the release of an offender to the community and the
			 conditions established for the conduct of the offender while on
			 parole.
(4) " Discretionary Parole"
			 means conditional release from imprisonment before the end of a criminal
			 sentence granted in the discretion of the Board that allows the offender to
			 serve the remainder of the sentence in the community under supervision
			 following the conditions of parole.
(5) "Effective Parole Status" means that
			 status of an offender who has been voted to parole and is within thirty days of
			 the "On or after" release date or for whom a file review within sixty days of
			 the "On or after" release date has revealed no serious misconduct, no
			 significant adverse information and the existence of a suitable parole
			 plan.
(6) "Hearing Examiner" means
			 an employee of the Board who conducts preliminary and final revocation hearings
			 and rescission hearings.
(7)
			 "Notice of Parole Rescission" means the written notice to an offender of the
			 allegations of personal misconduct or other circumstances upon which the Board
			 intends to rescind its previous parole release decision.
(8) "Notice of Parole Violation" means the
			 written notice to an offender detailing the allegations of violation of parole
			 and the supporting or documenting evidence relied upon.
(9) "Offender" means a person convicted of a
			 crime and includes inmates of correctional facilities and persons granted
			 parole.
(10) "On or After Date"
			 means the earliest date an offender may be released on discretionary
			 parole.
(11) "Preliminary hearing"
			 means a hearing to determine whether there is probable cause to believe the
			 offender has committed an act in violation of the conditions of parole, whether
			 the act is serious enough to warrant revocation of parole, and whether
			 detention pending further proceedings is warranted.
(12) "Rescission of parole" means the
			 cancellation of scheduled release on discretionary parole before release for
			 serious misconduct, significant adverse information not available at the time
			 of granting of parole, or lack of a suitable release plan.
(13) "Rescission hearing" means a hearing to
			 determine whether the parole granted to an offender should be rescinded before
			 actual release.
(14) "Reinstate"
			 means restoration of parole as previously approved by a panel of the Board, the
			 Chairperson or designee.
(15)
			 "Remand to Actual Custody Order" means the written temporary legal authority
			 directed to any proper officer by which an offender is arrested, charged with
			 violation of parole and returned from parole status to actual
			 custody.
(16) "Remand to actual
			 custody" means the physical procedures used to arrest and return an offender to
			 actual custody.
(17) "Revocation of
			 parole" means the cancellation of the status of discretionary parole or special
			 parole for failure to comply with the conditions of parole.
(18) "Revocation hearing" means a hearing to
			 determine whether the offender is subject to conditions of parole; whether the
			 offender has violated the conditions of parole and, if so, whether the
			 violation merits revocation and to determine the appropriate
			 disposition.
(19) "Special Parole"
			 means that period of supervision of an offender ordered by the court to follow
			 a term of imprisonment, subject to conditions of parole set by the Board or by
			 the Chairperson, as provided by sections
			 53a-28(b)(9)
			 and
			 54-125e
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(20) "Technical Violation" means a violation
			 of terms and conditions of supervision other than the commission of a new
			 crime.
(21) "Voted to Parole
			 Status" means that status of an offender between the time discretionary parole
			 has been granted by the Board until thirty days before the "On or After Date",
			 which status and release are contingent upon continued good conduct, a suitable
			 release plan and the absence of significant adverse information not otherwise
			 available at the time the offender was voted to parole.
(22) "Warrant for Reimprisonment" means the
			 formal, continuing legal authority, issued by the Board, directed to a proper
			 officer and based on probable cause, to arrest, hold and confine a person for
			 violation of parole.