La. Admin. Code tit. 22 § XI-511

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XI-511 - Panel Action

A. The chairman shall schedule public hearings. A copy of the schedule shall be available for public inspection at the committee office.

1. The panel may consider the following actions with the inmate present:

a. parole;

b. revocation; and

c. recommendations for transitional work program.

2. The panel may consider the following actions without the inmate present:

a. to consider rehearing requests;

b. cases where the inmate is housed in a medical treatment facility or facility in another jurisdiction (such hearings conducted in absentia shall observe the same safeguards as hearings where the inmate is present); and

c. to consider those matters referred by a member from single-member action (see §513, Single Member Action); the member who makes such a referral may not serve on the panel.

C. Inmates incarcerated in a parish jail or parish correctional center may be interviewed by a single member of the Committee on Parole prior to a public parole hearing. The interviewing member will then present the case to the full parole panel for parole release consideration during the public parole hearing. Due to transport considerations, the inmate will not be present during the public hearing.

However, the public hearing will be conducted in a manner which allows for observation and input by members of the public.

D. Generally, public hearings shall be conducted via videoconferencing, with the committee members participating from the committee's headquarters in Baton Rouge and inmates appearing before the committee via videoconferencing at the designated prison facility.

1. In the event the inmate is unable to appear before the board due to a medical condition, a medical professional shall be made available to the parole panel to provide information about the inmate's medical condition. The hearing will occur in absentia

2. In the case of videoconferencing, the family, friends, and attorney of the inmate are strongly encouraged to be at the location of the inmate.

3. In the case of videoconferencing, the victim(s) may appear in person before the parole panel, through other electronic means, or at the office of the district attorney

La. Admin. Code tit. 22, § XI-511

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Board of Parole, LR 24:2299 (December 1998), amended LR 28:1597 (July 2002), amended by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services, LR 36:2872 (December 2010), amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Pardons, Committee on Parole, LR 39:2263 (August 2013), amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Pardons, LR 40:57 (January 2014), Amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Pardons, Committee on Parole, LR 4145 (1/1/2015), Amended by LR 461232 (9/1/2020), Amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Pardons, Committee on Parole, LR 47361 (3/1/2021), Amended LR 501269 (9/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:574.2 et seq., R.S. 15:535 et seq., and R.S. 15:540 et seq.