Discretionary and Mandatory Release from Parole

9 GCA § 80.88 — under Disposition of Offenders.

9 GCA § 80.88

(a) The board may, by written order, relieve a prisoner on parole from making further report to his parole officer, and may, in writing, permit such prisoner to leave Guam and reside elsewhere if satisfied that such change of residence is for the best interest of society and the welfare of the prisoner. Any such permission may be revoked by the board in its discretion. (b) Any person serving a parole term may, in the discretion of the board, be given a complete discharge from parole prior to the expiration of his maximum parole term, provided that he has completed at least one (1) year of satisfactory adjustment while on parole.

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(c) A parolee’s discharge from parole or from recommitment for violation of parole becomes mandatory upon completion of the maximum parole term. SOURCE: GC § 39114; *N.J.S. 30:4-123.30. COMMENT: Subsection (a) is new Subsection while Subsections (b) and (c) are consistent with the former law. 2018 NOTE: Reference to “Territory” removed and/or altered to “Guam” pursuant to 1 GCA § 420.

ARTICLE 6 ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE

SOURCE: Article added by P.L. 16-051:1 (Dec. 12, 1981).