22-3722. Service on parole, conditional release and postrelease supervision; discharge; restoration of civil rights.
22-3722
22-3722. Service on parole, conditional release and postreleasesupervision; discharge; restoration of civil rights.The period served on parole or conditional release shall be deemedservice of the term of confinement, and, subject to the provisionscontained in K.S.A. 75-5217 and amendments theretorelating to an inmate whois a fugitive from or has fled from justice, the total time served maynot exceed the maximum term or sentence.The period served on postrelease supervision shall vest in and be subject totheprovisions contained in K.S.A. 75-5217 and amendments thereto relating to aninmate who is a fugitive from or has fled from justice. The total time servedshall not exceed the postrelease supervision period established atsentencing.
When an inmate on parole or conditional release has performed theobligations of the release for such time as shall satisfy the Kansas paroleboard that final release is not incompatible with the best interest of societyand the welfare of the individual, the parole board may make afinal order of discharge and issue a certificate of discharge to theinmate but no such order of discharge shall be made in any case within aperiod of less than one year after the date of release except where thesentence expires earlier thereto.When an inmate has reached the end of the postrelease supervision period, theparole board shall issue a certificate of discharge to the releasee.Such discharge, and the discharge ofan inmate who has served the inmate's term of imprisonment,shall have the effectof restoring all civil rights lost by operation of law upon commitment,and the certification of discharge shall so state. Nothing hereincontained shall be held to impair the power of the governor to grant apardon or commutation of sentence in any case.
History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3722;L. 1972, ch. 317, § 95;L. 1973, ch. 339, § 68;L. 1990, ch. 309, § 22;L. 1992, ch. 239, § 271; July 1, 1993.