Alaska Administrative Code › Title 22 - Department of Corrections › Chapter 20 - Alaska Board of Parole › Article 4 - Discretionary Parole Release Hearings › 22 AAC 20.160 - Department's responsibilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon request of
				a prisoner, the department shall provide the prisoner with a parole application
				furnished by the board. The department shall advise the prisoner of the
				scheduled board hearing.
(b) The
				department shall solicit comments regarding the prisoner's application for
				discretionary parole from the prosecuting attorney, the defense attorney, the
				sentencing court, and the victim of the crime who has requested notification
				under 22 AAC 20.105 and
				22 AAC 20.155. The department
				shall provide these comments to the board and to the prisoner.
(c) The department shall provide to a victim
				who requests notification under
				AS
				33.16.120 a copy of the prisoner's
				application for parole without the prisoner's proposed residence or employment
				addresses.
(d) The department shall
				provide to the board a comprehensive parole progress report on the prisoner at
				least two weeks before the week of the scheduled hearing.
(e) The department shall provide to the
				prisoner a copy of the parole progress report and attachments at least two
				weeks before the week of the scheduled hearing, and allow the prisoner access
				to other records considered by the board under
				AS
				33.16.170, subject to
				22 AAC 20.125(c).
(f) The department shall inform the prisoner
				that the board will, in its discretion, set supplemental mandatory parole
				conditions if the prisoner is subject to mandatory parole.
(g) The department may not disclose the
				parole progress report to anyone other than the prisoner, prisoner's attorney,
				prosecuting attorney, state's attorney, and the sentencing court.
(h) The department shall make the applicant's
				entire file available to the board for review at the parole release
				hearing.
(i) The department shall
				distribute paperwork to the applicant from the board as directed.
(j) Within 10 working days after a board
				decision to grant parole, the department shall provide a copy of the parole
				progress report and informational copy of the parole order to the field parole
				officer for investigation of the proposed release plan. However, if the parole
				release date is more than three months after the board decision, the department
				shall provide the material to the field parole officer at least 30 days before
				the parole release date.
(k) The
				department shall provide to the board a copy of the order of parole signed by
				the prisoner and a copy of the certificate of good time award, for each
				prisoner released on parole. The department shall provide a copy of the order
				and certificate to the prisoner.
(l) The department shall
(1) notify the victim of the crime who has
				requested notification of the prisoner's application for parole under
				22 AAC 20.105 and
				22 AAC 20.155;
(2) provide the victim who has requested
				notification with a copy of the board's decision on the applicant, with a copy
				of the conditions of parole without the parolee's address, with information on
				the proposed geographic area of residence of the parolee, and with the expected
				date of release of the parolee.