40-28-118 - Determination as to paroles Supervision of parolees. - Tennessee Statutes

40-28-118. Determination as to paroles Supervision of parolees.

(a)  Subject to other provisions of law, the board is charged with the duty of determining what prisoners serving a felony sentence of more than two (2) years or consecutive felony sentences equaling a term greater than two (2) years in state prisons, jails and county workhouses may be released on parole and when and under what conditions.

(b)  The board is charged with the duty of supervising all prisoners released on parole from the prisons of the state, workhouses, jails or those accepted through the interstate compact, and of making investigation as may be necessary in connection therewith.

(c)  The board is charged with determining whether violation of parole conditions exists in specific cases and of deciding the action to be taken in reference to the violation.

(d)  It is also the duty of the members of the board to study the prisoners confined in the prisons, workhouses and jails when they are eligible for parole consideration so as to determine their ultimate fitness to be paroled.

(e)  A probation and parole officer may, with the consent of the director and subject to the approval of the board, suspend direct supervision of a parolee after a successful two-year period of supervision. The parolee shall continue on parole and be subject to all rules and conditions of parole. A parolee who violates the rules and conditions, may be subject to reinstatement of direct supervision or revocation of parole.

[Acts 1937, ch. 276, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 11818.6 (Williams, § 11843.6); Acts 1961, ch. 93, § 12; 1974, ch. 624, § 6; 1977, ch. 22, § 1; 1979, ch. 359, § 19; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3615; Acts 1989, ch. 227, §§ 34-36; 1990, ch. 729, § 3; 1998, ch. 1049, §§ 23, 25.]