§ 6171. Powers and duties of department
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 61 Pa.C.S.A. Prisons and ParoleEffective: June 30, 2021
Effective: June 30, 2021
61 Pa.C.S.A. § 6171
§ 6171. Powers and duties of department
(1) To first and foremost seek to protect the safety of the public, to supervise any offender released on parole by order of the board and to arrest, to detain in a department facility and to report to the board for a determination whether to revoke parole and recommit an offender who fails to comply with the conditions of supervision, including, but not limited to, the alleged commission of a new crime.
(2) To enforce the conditions of supervision established by the board as well as the power to impose and enforce additional conditions of supervision on an offender and the power to, with the consent of the board, amend or terminate mandatory conditions of suspension established by the board. Conditions not designated as mandatory by the board do not require consent of the board.
(4) To supervise any offender placed on parole, when sentenced to a maximum period of less than two years, by any judge of a court having criminal jurisdiction, when the court may by special order direct supervision by the department, in which case the parole case shall be known as a special case and the authority of the department with regard thereto shall be the same as provided in this chapter with regard to parole cases within one of the classifications set forth in this chapter.
(5) To furnish to the board no fewer than 90 days prior to a scheduled parole interview, or if such interview is scheduled to be held within fewer than 90 days, as quickly as possible after the department is informed of such interview, reports concerning the conduct of offenders under the department's supervision or in its custody together with any other facts deemed pertinent in aiding the board to determine whether such offenders shall be paroled.
(6) To pay the costs of preparole drug screening tests for offenders subject to the parole release jurisdiction of the board. The department shall establish rules and regulations for the payment of these costs and may limit the types and costs of these screening tests that would be subject to payment by the department.
(vi) The standards for the qualifications of probation personnel shall only apply to probation personnel appointed after the date the standards are established. Should any probation personnel appointed prior to the date the standards were established fail to meet the standards, the court having jurisdiction of such personnel may request the department to establish in-service training for them in accordance with the standards.
(1) An eligible offender shall be placed on administrative parole one year after release on parole and until the maximum sentence date if the department's supervision staff1 determines that there is no substantial information indicating dangerousness or that placement on administrative parole would compromise public safety or that continued supervision would otherwise benefit the offender and:
(2) An eligible offender placed on administrative parole shall continue to be subject to recommitment at the board's discretion and shall be subject to the board's power to recommit and reparole, recommit and review or otherwise impose sanctions at its discretion until the eligible offender's maximum sentence date.
Credits
2021, June 30, P.L. 260, No. 59, § 24, imd. effective.
Footnotes
Reference to “supervision staff” deemed to be reference to an agent as defined in 61 Pa.C.S.A. § 6101, pursuant to 2021, June 30, P.L. 260, No. 59, § 28, imd. effective.
61 Pa.C.S.A. § 6171, PA ST 61 Pa.C.S.A. § 6171
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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