parole system generally, for administration, for Pennsylvania
Board of Probation and Parole, for board chairperson, for
board action, for meetings, for offices, for district
directors, for district office employees, for disciplinary
action, for political activities, for advisory committee, for
certain offenders residing in group-based homes, for general
powers of board, for specific powers of board, for probation
services, for sentencing court, for general criteria for
parole, for right of access to inmates, for parole power, for
violation of terms of parole, for parole procedure, for
victim statements, for general rules and special regulations,
for investigations for the board of pardons, for early parole
of inmates, for definitions, for status as peace officers and
for supervisory relationship; providing for supervision of
offenders and for agents; in county probation officers'
firearm education and training, further providing for
definitions, for county probation officers' firearm education
and training commission, for commission membership, for
powers and duties of commission, for training mandatory, for
requirements for program participation and for the County
Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Fund; in
Interstate Compacts, further providing for Interstate
Compacts, for deputization and for supervisions of persons
paroled by other states; conferring powers and imposing
duties on the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation;
and providing for the transfer of functions, powers and
duties.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) The parole system provides several benefits to the
criminal justice system, including the provision of adequate
supervision of the offender while protecting the public, the
opportunity for the offender to become a useful member of
society and the diversion of appropriate offenders from
prison.
(2) In providing these benefits to the criminal justice
system, any paroling entity should first and foremost seek to
protect the safety of the public. In addition to this goal,
the Pennsylvania Parole Board and any other paroling
authority should address input by crime victims, consider
any applicable guidelines established by the commission on
sentencing and shall ensure that parole proceedings are
administered in a timely and efficient manner.
(3) The current supervision of offenders released on
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