Title 54, Title 54: Criminal Procedure

Sec. 54-126. Rules and regulations concerning parole. Enforcement. Said Board of Pardons and Paroles may establish such rules and regulations as it deems necessary, upon which such convict may go upon parole, and the panel for the particular case may establish special provisions …

Sec. 54-126a. Testimony of crime victim at parole hearing. Notification to victim. (a) For the purposes of this section, “victim” means a person who is a victim of a crime, the legal representative of such person, a member of a deceased victim's immediate family or a person desig…

Sec. 54-127. Rearrest. The request of the Commissioner of Correction or any officer of the Department of Correction so designated by the commissioner, or of the Board of Pardons and Paroles or its chairman shall be sufficient warrant to authorize any officer of the Department of …

Sec. 54-127a. Parole revocation and rescission hearings. All parole revocation and rescission hearings shall be conducted by an employee of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. The parole of a person who has been allowed to go on parole in accordance with subsection (a) of section 5…

Sec. 54-127b. Petition re parolee or person serving probation who poses a serious threat to public safety. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any peace officer who is a sworn member of a law enforcement agency or any prosecutorial official who is aware of any …

Sec. 54-128. Period of confinement in correctional institution after parole violation. (a) Any paroled inmate who has been returned to any institution of the Department of Correction for violation of such inmate's parole may be retained in a correctional institution for a period …

Sec. 54-129. Discharge of paroled prisoner. (a) If it appears to the appropriate panel of the Board of Pardons and Paroles that any person on parole or inmate eligible for parole or any person serving a period of special parole will lead an orderly life, the panel, by a unanimous…

Sec. 54-129a. Termination of special parole determination. Notification to victim. Statement of victim. Prior to the Board of Pardons and Paroles terminating a person's period of special parole pursuant to section 54-129, (1) the Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Depa…

Sec. 54-130. State Prison for Women not covered. Section 54-130 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 461, S. 7; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 56.)

Sec. 54-130a. (Formerly Sec. 18-26). Jurisdiction and authority of board to grant commutations of punishment, releases, pardons and certificates of rehabilitation. (a) Jurisdiction over the granting of, and the authority to grant, commutations of punishment or releases, condition…

Sec. 54-130b. (Formerly Sec. 18-26a). Commutation of punishment and deportation of inmates who are aliens. (a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall enter into an agreement with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service for the deportation of persons incarcerated …

Sec. 54-130c. (Formerly Sec. 18-30). Information about prisoner. Said board may institute inquiries by correspondence or otherwise as to the previous history or character of any prisoner, and each prosecuting officer, judge, police officer or other person shall give said board, u…

Sec. 54-130d. (Formerly Sec. 18-27a). Testimony of crime victim at session of board. Notification of Office of Victim Services of board's action. (a) For the purposes of this section, “victim” means a person who is a victim of a crime, the legal representative of such person or a…

Sec. 54-130e. Provisional pardons. Certificates of rehabilitation. (a) For the purposes of this section and sections 31-51i, 46a-80, 54-108f, 54-130a and 54-301: (1) “Barrier” means a denial of employment or a license based on an eligible offender's conviction of a crime without …

Sec. 54-130f. Pardon eligibility notice. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Board of Pardons and Paroles shall develop a pardon eligibility notice containing written explanatory text of the pardons process set forth in this chapter. The board, in conjunction with the Judicial De…

Sec. 54-130g. Pardon for violation of certain provisions of section 53a-61aa or 53a-62. Criteria. The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall grant an absolute pardon to any person who applies for such pardon with respect to a conviction of a violation of subdivision (4) of subsection…

Sec. 54-131. Employment of paroled or discharged prisoners. Interviews. Community Partners in Action and the Commissioner of Correction shall make all reasonable efforts to secure employment and provide directly or by contract other necessary services for any convict or inmate pa…

Sec. 54-131a. Release of inmate on medical parole. The Board of Pardons and Paroles may determine, in accordance with sections 54-131a to 54-131g, inclusive, when and under what conditions an inmate serving any sentence of imprisonment may be released on medical parole. (P.A. 89-…

Sec. 54-131b. Eligibility for medical parole. The Board of Pardons and Paroles may release on medical parole any inmate serving any sentence of imprisonment, except an inmate convicted of a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, …

Sec. 54-131c. Medical diagnosis. A diagnosis that an inmate is suffering from a terminal condition, disease or syndrome shall be made by a physician licensed under chapter 370 and shall include but need not be limited to (1) a description of such terminal condition, disease or sy…

Sec. 54-131d. Conditions of release on medical parole. (a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall require as a condition of release on medical parole that the parolee agree to placement and that he is able to be placed for a definite or indefinite period of time in a hospital or …

Sec. 54-131e. Requests for medical diagnosis. A request for a medical diagnosis in order to determine eligibility for medical parole under sections 54-131a to 54-131g, inclusive, may be made by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Commissioner of Correction, or a correctional in…

Sec. 54-131f. Special panel. Emergency review. The Board of Pardons and Paroles may appoint a special panel to implement the provisions of sections 54-131a to 54-131g, inclusive. The board or special panel shall review and decide requests for medical parole under said sections on…

Sec. 54-131g. Effect on parole or other release. The provisions of sections 54-131a to 54-131f, inclusive, shall not affect an inmate's eligibility for any other form of parole or release provided by law. (P.A. 89-383, S. 12, 16.)

Sec. 54-131k. Compassionate parole release. (a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles may grant a compassionate parole release to any inmate serving any sentence of imprisonment, except an inmate convicted of a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to …

Sec. 54-132. Definitions. Section 54-132 is repealed, effective June 19, 2002.* (1951, S. 3346d; 1957, P.A. 340; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 78; P.A. 00-185, S. 4, 5.) *Note: P.A. 00-185 repealed this section effective “July 1, 2001, or upon enactment of the Interstate Compact for Adult O…

Sec. 54-133. Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I PURPOSE …

Sec. 54-133a. Motor vehicle violation deemed a criminal offense for purposes of Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. For the purposes of section 54-133, a motor vehicle violation for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment of more than one year may be imposed sha…

Secs. 54-134 to 54-138b. Designation of “Compact Institutions”. Transfers to other correctional institutions. Incarceration in receiving state not to affect rights in sending state. Reimbursement for expenses. Ratification; regulations. Retaking of parolee. Unauthorized residency…

Secs. 54-139 to 54-141. Transferred to Chapter 961, Secs. 54-82c to 54-82e, inclusive.

Sec. 54-142. Destruction of notes received for unpaid fines. Section 54-142 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8823; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 80; P.A. 76-336, S. 10.)

Sec. 54-142a. (Formerly Sec. 54-90). Erasure of criminal records. (a) Whenever in any criminal case, on or after October 1, 1969, the accused, by a final judgment, is found not guilty of the charge or the charge is dismissed, all police and court records and records of any state'…

Sec. 54-142b. (Formerly Sec. 54-90a). Erasure of record of girl found guilty of being in manifest danger. Any person who has been found guilty under section 17-379 or any statute predecessor thereto, if she has been convicted of no other offense prior to her twenty-first birthday…

Sec. 54-142c. Disclosure of erased records. (a) The clerk of the court or any person charged with retention and control of erased records by the Chief Court Administrator or any criminal justice agency having information contained in such erased records shall not disclose to anyo…

Sec. 54-142d. Erasure of record of decriminalized offense. Exceptions. Whenever any person has been convicted of an offense in any court in this state and such offense has been decriminalized subsequent to the date of such conviction, such person may file a petition with the Supe…

Sec. 54-142e. Judicial Department or criminal justice agency to make available information to identify erased records. Duty of consumer reporting agency or background screening provider to update and delete erased criminal records. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection…

Sec. 54-142f. Council on the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Record. Established. Membership. Chairpersons. Administrative staff. Report. (a) There is established a Council on the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Record, which shall be part of the Legislative Departmen…

Sec. 54-142g. Definitions. For purposes of this part and sections 29-11 and 54-142c, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Criminal history record information” means court records and information compiled by criminal justice agencies for purposes of identifying criminal off…

Sec. 54-142h. Data collection; audit; maintenance of records and log. (a) All criminal justice agencies that collect, store or disseminate criminal history record information shall institute a process of data collection, entry, storage and systematic audit that will minimize the …

Sec. 54-142i. Duties of criminal justice agencies re collection, storage and dissemination of criminal history record information. All criminal justice agencies which collect, store or disseminate criminal history record information shall: (1) Screen and have the right to reject …

Sec. 54-142j. Adoption of regulations and procedures. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt regulations to establish procedures for criminal justice agencies to query the central repository prior to dissemination of any criminal history disposit…

Sec. 54-142k. Availability of conviction information and nonconviction information. (a) Each person or agency holding conviction information or nonconviction information shall establish reasonable hours and places of inspection of such information. (b) Each person or agency holdi…

Sec. 54-142l. Challenge to completeness or accuracy of record. (a) A person may challenge the completeness and accuracy of such information by giving written notice of his challenge to the State Bureau of Identification and to the agency at which he inspected the information, if …

Sec. 54-142m. Disclosure of nonconviction information by criminal justice agency. (a) A criminal justice agency holding nonconviction information may disclose it to persons or agencies not otherwise authorized (1) for the purposes of research, evaluation or statistical analysis, …

Sec. 54-142n. Further provisions for disclosure of nonconviction information. Nonconviction information other than erased information may be disclosed only to: (1) Criminal justice agencies in this and other states and the federal government; (2) agencies and persons which requir…

Sec. 54-142o. Dissemination of nonconviction information to noncriminal justice agencies. (a) Nonconviction information disseminated to noncriminal justice agencies shall be used by such agencies only for the purpose for which it was given and shall not be redisseminated. (b) No …