Who sits on the Parole Board?
The Parole Board is made up of six part-time members appointed by the Governor to 3-year terms. They are selected in accordance with state law from various professionals and such as law enforcement, social work, medicine, and law. The seventh member is a full-time chairperson appointed to a two-year term. • Q: Why is an inmate eligible for parole so soon? A: A person convicted of a crime receives a sentence from the court based on the nature of the crime, any prior criminal record, and other factors presented to the court. That sentence represents the maximum amount of time the offender will fall within the jurisdiction of the correctional system. When an inmate arrives at the Adult Correctional Institution to serve part of his/her sentence, staff there use laws, regulations, and mathematical formulas to determine at what point an initial parole hearing should be scheduled. It is sometimes shocking for the public to learn that an inmate who may have received a 10-year sentence is sched
