37 Pa. Code § 61.1

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 61.1 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this part, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Backtime-The unserved part of a prison sentence which a convict would have been compelled to serve if the convict had not been paroled.

Detainer sentence-A sentence to which a convict is subject following release from a sentence which the convict is currently serving.

Detention hearing-A probable cause hearing held to determine whether a parolee should be detained or returned pending disposition of a new criminal charge.

Examiner-A Board member or a representative of the Board who conducts interviews or hearings on behalf of the Board.

Interested party-A parolee or a parolee's counsel.

Official verification-Actual receipt by a parolee's supervising parole agent of a direct written communication from a court in which a parolee was convicted of a new criminal charge attesting that the parolee was so convicted.

Panel-Two members of the Board, or a Board member and an examiner.

Parole supervision staff-Parole agents, their supervisors, deputy district directors and district directors.

Preliminary hearing-A hearing held to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that a parolee has committed a technical violation of parole.

Return or detain-Synonymous actions which indicate that a parolee should either be returned to, or continued in, custody pending disposition of outstanding criminal charges.

Revocation decision-A decision to recommit a parolee to prison after a revocation or violation hearing.

Revocation hearing-A hearing held to determine whether a parolee should be recommitted as a convicted violator.

Violation hearing-A hearing held to determine whether a parolee should be recommitted as a technical violator.

37 Pa. Code § 61.1

The provisions of this § 61.1 amended January 15, 1988, effective 1/16/1988, 18 Pa.B. 250.

The provisions of this § 61.1 amended under section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 186); and the act of August 6, 1941 (P. L. 861, No. 323) (61 P. S. § § 331.1-331.34).