§ 2153. Powers and duties of commission
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureEffective: December 18, 2019
Effective: December 18, 2019
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 2153
Formerly cited as PA ST 71 P.S. § 720.204
§ 2153. Powers and duties of commission
(10) Collect systematically and disseminate information concerning parole dispositions and sentences actually imposed, including initial sentences and any subsequent modification of sentences or resentences following revocation or remand, and parole and reparole decisions by the board and any other parole authority.
(14) Establish a program to systematically monitor compliance with the guidelines, with the risk assessment instrument, with recommitment ranges and with mandatory sentencing laws to document eligibility for a release in accordance with a county reentry plan, to document eligibility for and imposition of recidivism risk reduction incentive minimum sentences and to document all parole and reparole decisions by the board and any other paroling authority by:
(i) Promulgating forms which document the application of sentencing, resentencing and parole guidelines, mandatory sentencing laws, risk assessment instrument, releases in accordance with a county reentry plan, recommitment ranges and recidivism risk reduction incentive minimum sentences and collecting information on all parole and reparole decisions by the board and any other paroling authority.
(iv) in consultation with the Office of the Budget and the Department of Corrections, implementation of short sentence parole under 61 Pa.C.S. § 6137.1 (relating to short sentence parole), use of the State Drug Treatment Program under 61 Pa.C.S. Ch. 41 (relating to State drug treatment program) and use of sanctions for technical parole violations under 61 Pa.C.S. § 6138(c)(1.2) (relating to violation of terms of parole); and
(v) evaluations of the effectiveness and cost-benefit of various criminal justice interventions and programming, including restrictive conditions of probation, recidivism risk reduction incentive programs, the State Drug Treatment Program, the State Motivational Boot Camp Program, pretrial diversion programs, prisoner treatment programs and prison reentry programs. For evaluations of the effectiveness and cost-benefit of a program in reducing recidivism, the commission shall report on:
(c) Additional powers and duties.--The commission shall have such other powers and duties and shall perform such other functions as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter or as may be provided under any other provision of State law and may delegate to any commissioner or designated person such powers as may be appropriate other than the power to establish general policies, guidelines, rules and factors under subsection (a)(1).
Credits
2019, Dec. 18, P.L. 776, No. 115, § 1, imd. effective.
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 2153, PA ST 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 2153
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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