24-15A-57. Factors for consideration in determining grant or denial of compassionate parole.
The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall consider the following factors in determining the grant or denial of a compassionate parole:
(1)The inmate's assessed risk level;
(2)The inmate's conduct in prison;
(3)The inmate's conduct while on extended confinement, if applicable;
(4)Sentence served and sentence remaining;
(5)Offense and chronicity of criminal behavior;
(6)Prognosis and incapacitation level;
(7)The inmate's compliance with health care ordered by a health care provider;
(8)Release plan including provisions for health care;
(9)Input, if any, of the sentencing judge, the prosecuting attorney, and the victim;
(10)If the care and supervision that the inmate requires and is anticipated to require can be provided in a more medically appropriate or cost effective manner than the Department of Corrections;
(11)Allowing a geriatric or terminally ill person to live at a location outside of prison prior to death; and
(12)The ability to adequately monitor the inmate, after release, to ensure public safety.
Source: SL 2018, ch 154, §3.