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.
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