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STATE PRISON AND PAROLE PROCESS WALK THROUGH 

The purpose of the walk through is to present a list of selectable options and the rights you have based on your choices from the selections provided. A PDF detailing all steps of this walk through is available below.
State_Walkthrough.pdf
 

The offender is serving time in a (local correctional facility) county jail.

If the sentence is less than 24 months, it is a county sentence.  The county judge makes the decision to release the offender.

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you have the right

The offender is serving time in a (local correctional facility) county jail.

You have the right to receive notice of the release of an adult offender from a local correctional facility including work release, furlough, parole, and release from a boot camp or community treatment center placement.
 
You have the right to be provided immediate notification of an adult offender’s pretrial escape from a local correctional facility and of the offender’s subsequent apprehension.
 
By your request you have the right, to receive notice of the release of any adult on bail, if the adult is subject to a protection from abuse order and is committed to a local correctional facility for a violation of the order or for a personal injury crime against a victim protected by the order.
 
You have the right, in personal injury crimes, to be provided with immediate notice of escape of the adult and subsequent apprehension.
 
By your request, you have the right to be notified of the commitment to a mental health institution from a state or local facility.
 
 

The offender is serving a State Sentence in a (local correctional facility) County Jail.

 
You have the right to receive notice of the release of an adult offender from a local correctional facility including work release, furlough, parole, and release from a boot camp or community treatment center placement.
 
You have the right to be provided immediate notification of an adult offender’s pretrial escape from a local correctional facility and of the offender’s subsequent apprehension.
 
By your request you have the right, to receive notice of the release of any adult on bail, if the adult is subject to a protection from abuse order and is committed to a local correctional facility for a violation of the order or for a personal injury crime against a victim protected by the order.
 
You have the right, in personal injury crimes, to be provided with immediate notice of escape of the adult and subsequent apprehension.
 
By your request, you have the right to be notified of the commitment to a mental health institution from a state or local facility.