Title 28, Title 28: Public Institutions and Corrections

§ 452. Official seal; records (a) The Board shall adopt an official seal of which the courts shall take judicial notice. (b) The Board shall keep a record of its acts and shall notify each correctional facility of its decisions relating to persons confined in that facility. (c) […

§ 453. Advisory board for pardons On request of the Governor, the Board shall act as an advisory board to assist or act for him or her in investigating or hearing matters pertaining to pardons, and may make recommendations to him or her regarding such matters. (Added 1971, No. 19…

§ 454. Finality of Parole Board determinations The determinations of the Parole Board shall not be reviewable except as to compliance with the provisions of this chapter. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)

§ 455. Director (a) The position of Parole Board Director is created. The Director shall be appointed by the Governor after consultation with the Board. (b) The Director shall serve for a term of four years commencing on March 1 and continuing until his or her successor is appoin…

§ 456. Parole Board independence (a) The Parole Board shall be an independent and impartial body. (b) In a pending parole revocation hearing, the Parole Board shall not be counseled by: (1) Assistant Attorneys General; and (2) any attorney employed by the Department of Correction…

§ 501. Eligibility for parole consideration An inmate who is serving a sentence of imprisonment who is not eligible for presumptive parole pursuant to section 501a of this title shall be eligible for parole consideration as follows: (1) If the inmate’s sentence has no minimum ter…

§ 501a. Presumptive parole An inmate who is serving a sentence of imprisonment shall be eligible for presumptive release in accordance with subsection 502a(e) of this title at the expiration of the inmate’s minimum or aggregate minimum term of imprisonment if the inmate: (1) has …

§ 502. Parole interviews and reviews (a) The Board shall interview each inmate eligible for parole consideration under section 501 of this title before ordering the inmate released on parole. The Board shall consider all pertinent information regarding an inmate in order to deter…

§ 502a. Release on parole (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and section 501 of this title, no inmate serving a sentence with a minimum term shall be released on parole until the inmate has served the minimum term of the sentence, less any reductio…

§ 502b. Terms and conditions of parole (a) When an inmate is paroled, the Parole Board shall establish terms and conditions of parole that it deems reasonably necessary to ensure that the inmate will lead a law-abiding life and that will assist the inmate to do so. Such terms and…

§ 502c. Parole agreement (a) When an inmate is paroled, the Parole Board shall issue a parole agreement, which shall set forth the name of the inmate paroled, the crime the inmate was convicted of, the date and place of trial, the sentence, and the terms and conditions of the par…

§ 503. Adoption of rules The Board may adopt such rules, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, as it considers proper or necessary regarding the eligibility of inmates for parole, the conduct of parole interviews and reviews, or the conditions to be applied to inmates r…

§ 504. Witnesses; production of records (a) The Board may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of any witnesses and the production of any records, books, papers, and documents as it may consider necessary for investigation of the case of any person before it. Subpoenas may be…

§ 505. Cooperation of correctional facility officials (a) The Board shall adopt rules regarding and shall direct, control, and supervise the administration of a system of paroles from any appropriate correctional facility. (b) Officials in charge of correctional facilities shall …

§ 506. Termination and discharge (a) If warranted by the conduct of the parolee and the ends of justice, the Board may terminate the period of parole supervision and discharge the parolee from parole supervision. Supervision of a parolee serving a life sentence may be terminated …

§ 507. Notification to victim and opportunity to testify (a) At least 30 days prior to a parole eligibility hearing, the victim of a listed crime as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 5301(7), shall be notified as to the time and location of the hearing. Such notification may be waived by th…

§ 551. Issuance of warrant; arrest without a warrant; confinement pending hearing; authority of correctional officers and law enforcement officers (a) Parole Board warrant. The Board may issue a warrant for the arrest of a parolee, or may issue an order, to be served personally u…

§ 551a. Law enforcement powers of correctional officers; training requirements (a) The Commissioner of Corrections shall establish training requirements necessary for a correctional officer to be authorized to exercise the power to arrest a person on probation under section 301 o…

§ 552. Notification of Board; hearing (a) Upon the arrest and detention of a parolee, the parole officer shall notify the Board immediately and shall submit in writing a report describing the alleged violation of a condition or conditions of the inmate’s parole. (b) Upon receipt …

§ 553. Ineligibility for future parole An inmate who has been re-confined following parole may be reparoled by the Board. No person having been found guilty of more than two violations of parole by the commission of any offense whose maximum term of imprisonment is more than two …

§ 554. Service of term for additional crime The Board may permit any parolee who commits a crime while on parole and who is convicted and sentenced therefor to serve the sentence concurrently with the term under which he or she is paroled. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.…