§ 13-8-23 - Agencies required to provide reports to parole board.
SECTION 13-8-23
§ 13-8-23 Agencies required to providereports to parole board. – Information concerning applicants for parole shall be provided by:
(1) The director of corrections, who shall submit a list ofall prisoners under his or her control who will be eligible for parole in agiven month, not later than the tenth day of the second month preceding. Thatlist shall identify the prisoner by name, offense, and date of commitment;
(2) The director of corrections, who shall secure reportsfrom prison officials who have had direct contact with the prisoner including,but not limited to, the director of corrections, the chaplain, the work detailofficer, the prison physician, and the classification officer. The directorshall transmit those reports, together with all pertinent classificationinformation, such as social history, etc., and any actions or recommendationsmade by a classification board or committee in the institution, to the boardnot later than the twentieth day of the month next preceding the month in whichthe individual is eligible to appear before the board;
(3) The attorney general's department, which shall supply tothe board a written report of its recommendation concerning the currentapplication for parole. The report shall set forth in detail the reason orreasons why the particular inmate, given his or her criminal history and thecircumstances surrounding his or her offense, should or should not be paroled.The department shall also consult the trial judge in the case to determine ifhe or she may wish to make any comment or recommendation; and if requested bythe board, the department shall have one of its attorneys present at the boardhearings to elaborate on the attorney general's recommendation as to parole ofthe inmate;
(4) The state psychiatrist, who shall examine the prisonerupon notice from the board and shall submit his or her findings andrecommendations to the board not later than the twentieth day of the month nextpreceding the month in which the prisoner is eligible to appear before theboard;
(5) The psychological services agency, which shall uponnotice from the board examine the prisoner and report its findings andrecommendations to the board not later than the twentieth day of the month nextpreceding the month in which the prisoner is eligible to appear before theboard; provided, no applicant for parole who is incarcerated for a crime ofviolence, as defined in § 11-47-2, shall be considered for parole unless apsychological examination of the applicant that included standardized nationalpsychological testing was completed within one year prior to the applicant'sparole hearing date or any continuance of the hearing;
(6) The department of corrections, which shall submit: (i) atranscript of the previous criminal record of the prisoner, including the dateof offenses, nature of offenses, and the disposition of each; (ii) a copy ofthe pre-sentence investigation; and (iii) a full summary of the contact of thedepartment with the prisoner during any prior period under supervision, eitherprobation or parole or both. The department shall make a written recommendationconcerning the current application for parole.