Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 16, April 20, 2024
(a) If the parolee is in custody in another state, or in Federal custody, the Board may lodge its detainer but other matters may be deferred until the parolee has been returned to a State correctional facility in this Commonwealth.(b) In hearings conducted under this chapter, documentary evidence and reports, including, but not limited to, depositions, written interrogatories, affidavits, laboratory reports, business records, public records, official records and letters rogatory, may be utilized solely, if the panel or examiner is satisfied as to their authenticity, relevancy, accuracy and reliability.(c) In determining the period for conducting hearings under this chapter, there shall be excluded from the period, a delay in any stage of the proceedings which is directly or indirectly attributable to one of the following: (1) The unavailability of a parolee or counsel.(2) Continuances granted at the request of a parolee or counsel, in which case the Board is not required to reschedule the hearing until it receives a written request to reschedule the hearing from the parolee or counsel.(3) Reasonable or necessary continuances granted to, or occurrences related to, the Board or its employes.(4) A change of decision by a parolee either to waive the right to be heard by a panel after asserting it or to assert that right after waiving it. In this case, the hearing shall be held within 120 days of the last change of decision.(5) An event which could not be reasonably anticipated or controlled by the Board, including, but not limited to, illness, injury, acts of nature and prison or civil disorder.(d) The number of days set forth in this chapter shall be calculated as prescribed by 1 Pa.C.S. § 1908 (relating to computation of time).(e) Notwithstanding § 71.4 (relating to conviction for a new criminal offense), the Board may defer the revocation hearing until either partial or full service of a new sentence which a parolee receives.The provisions of this § 71.5 adopted August 4, 1972, effective 8/14/1972, 2 Pa.B. 1465; amended February 18, 1977, effective 3/1/1977, 7 Pa.B. 487; amended May 23, 1980, effective 5/24/1980, 10 Pa.B. 2049; amended September 17, 1982, effective 9/18/1982, 12 Pa.B. 3290; amended January 15, 1988, effective 1/16/1988, 18 Pa.B. 250.The provisions of this § 71.5 issued under: section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 186); and section 23 of the act of August 6, 1941 (P. L. 861, No. 323) (61 P. S. § 331.23); amended under: section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 186); and the act of August 6, 1941 (P. L. 861, No. 323) (61 P. S. § § 331.1-331.34).