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California's New Non-revocable Parole Program

By Neil Shous, Esq.

In an effort to improve parole supervision, relieve California?s over-crowded prisons, and reduce recidivism (that is, the number of people who are released from prison and go on to commit new crimes), the California Department of Corrections recently launched a new program?non-revocable parole. When a parolee allegedly violates his/her parole conditions, he/she is entitled to a California parole revocation hearing. At that hearing, the hearing commissioner determines whether there is enough evidence to revoke the parolee?s status and return him/her to the California state prison. However, under the non-revocable parole program, certain parolees will not attend California parole revocation hearings. Individuals who are placed on non-revocable parole will only be returned to prison if they are arrested for a new offense?and only if they are convicted of that offense in the same manner as any other criminal defendant...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on March 12, 2010 (boomark / email).