West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 92 - Parole Board › Title 92 - PROCEDURAL RULE WEST VIRGINIA PAROLE BOARD › Series 92-01 - Procedural Rules of the West Virginia Parole Board Eligibility, Decisions and Discharge › Section 92-1-3 - General Provisions Relating to the Parole Board

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. The Parole Board is committed to
				discharging its responsibilities using contemporary, evidence based practices
				and strategies. It is committed to ongoing professional development and
				incorporating new evidence based practices in decision-making and in its
				interactions with offenders. Equally, it recognizes and supports ongoing
				professional development of Parole Board staff.
3.1.a. The Parole Board shall:
3.1.a.1. Be sensitive to the concerns of
				crime victims and the public by reducing the potential of future
				victimization;
3.1.a.2. Enhance
				public safety by making informed parole decisions by using parole guidelines
				consistent with evidence based practices, and exercise professional judgment to
				assess offenders' discrete, individual factors, to assess readiness for
				transition into the community;
3.1.a.3. Recognize that the Parole Board,
				while comprised of individual decision makers, is structured to vote as a
				"panel," and each panel shall act in the same manner and under the same
				authority, as the full Parole Board; therefore, the established principles
				should support decisional consistency;
3.1.a.4. Support the use of a transparent and
				clear decisional process, and are committed to ensuring that decision-making is
				carried out in a fair and consistent process through the use of parole
				guidelines;
3.1.a.5. Recognize that
				offender risk of reoffending can be reduced and that continued risk reduction
				can occur through imposing conditions of parole and the application of
				intermediate sanctioning that target the offender's criminogenic
				needs;
3.1.a.6. Value evidence
				based research, data and related decisional best practices by applying them to
				the decisions of parole, setting conditions, supporting intermediate sanctions,
				and making decisions to revoke parole;
3.1.a.7. Ascribe to the importance of
				treating correctional staff, offenders, victims, and the public with respect
				and dignity;
3.1.a.8. Understand
				the importance of the wise utilization of finite prison and community
				resources, through fiscal responsibility, by applying the principles of
				effective intervention and use of evidence based parole strategies for
				identifying and prioritizing supervision and treatment for those offenders who
				pose the greatest and most serious risk to the community;
3.1.a.9. Respond to parole violators by
				supporting compliance with parole conditions through the timely application of
				an evidence based graduated scale of sanctions, including a return to
				confinement;
3.1.a.10. Recognize
				that the Parole Board and the Division are two parts of one larger system;
				therefore, the Parole Board supports the order and safety within the Division;
				and
3.1.a.11. Defer to the
				sentencing court regarding the issue of appropriate punishment by recognizing
				that the sentencing court is the arbiter of just
				punishment.