§ 15A-1368.2. Post-release supervision eligibility and procedure. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 15A‑1368.2.  Post‑releasesupervision eligibility and procedure.

(a)        A prisoner to whomthis Article applies shall be released from prison for post‑releasesupervision on the date equivalent to his maximum imposed prison term less ninemonths, less any earned time awarded by the Department of Correction or thecustodian of a local confinement facility under G.S. 15A‑1340.13(d). If aprisoner has not been awarded any earned time, the prisoner shall be releasedfor post‑release supervision on the date equivalent to his maximum prisonterm less nine months.

(b)        A prisoner shallnot refuse post‑release supervision.

(c)        A supervisee'speriod of post‑release supervision shall be for a period of nine months,unless the offense is an offense for which registration is required pursuant toArticle 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes. For offenses subject to theregistration requirement of Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes,the period of post‑release supervision is five years. The conditions of post‑releasesupervision are as authorized in G.S. 15A‑1368.5.

(c1)      Notwithstandingsubsection (c) of this section, a person required to submit to satellite‑basedmonitoring pursuant to G.S. 15A‑1368.4(b1)(6) shall continue toparticipate in satellite‑based monitoring beyond the period of post‑releasesupervision until the Commission releases the person from that requirementpursuant to G.S. 14‑208.43.

(d)        A supervisee'speriod of post‑release supervision may be reduced while the supervisee isunder supervision by earned time awarded by the Department of Correction,pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with law. A supervisee is eligible toreceive earned time credit toward the period of supervision for compliance withreintegrative conditions described in G.S. 15A‑1368.5.

(e)        Repealed by SessionLaws 1997‑237, s. 7.

(f)         When a superviseecompletes the period of post‑release supervision, the sentence orsentences from which the supervisee was placed on post‑releasesupervision are terminated. (1993, c. 538, s. 20.1; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s.14(b); 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 767, s. 4; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s.20.14(a); 1997‑237, s. 7; 2006‑247, s. 15(f).)