Miss. Code § 47-7-6

Current through 6/1/2024
Section 47-7-6 - Parole Board to collect certain information and report semiannually to Oversight Task Force
(1) The Parole Board, with the assistance of the Department of Corrections, shall collect the following information:
(a) The number of offenders supervised on parole;
(b) The number of offenders released on parole;
(c) The number of parole hearings held;
(d) The parole grant rate for parolees released with and without a hearing;
(e) The average length of time offenders spend on parole;
(f) The number and percentage of parolees revoked for a technical violation and returned for a term of imprisonment in a technical violation center;
(g) The number and percentage of parolees revoked for a technical violation and returned for a term of imprisonment in another type of Department of Corrections' facility;
(h) The number and percentage of parolees who are convicted of a new offense and returned for a term of imprisonment on their current crime as well as the new crime;
(i) The number of parolees held on a violation in county jail awaiting a revocation hearing; and
(j) The average length of stay in a county jail for parolees awaiting a revocation hearing.
(2) The Parole Board shall semiannually report information required in subsection (1) to the Oversight Task Force, and upon request, shall report such information to the PEER Committee.

Miss. Code § 47-7-6

Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 67, eff. 7/1/2014.