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§5806. Violations of parole


Published: 2015

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§5806. Violations of parole






A probation-parole officer may arrest and charge a parolee with violation of parole
and take him into his custody in any place he may be found, detain the parolee in
any jail, pending the issuance of a parole violation warrant, which detention shall
not extend beyond the next business day of the office of the director. In the event
a warrant is not issued in that time, the parolee shall be released from arrest and
detention forthwith. A parolee so arrested and detained shall have no right of action
against the probation-parole officer or any other persons because of that arrest and
detention. [1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]






When a parolee violates a condition of his parole or violates the law, the director
may issue a warrant for his arrest. A probation-parole officer, or any other law
enforcement officer within the State authorized to make arrests, may arrest the parolee
on the warrant and return him to the institution from which he was paroled. At its
next meeting at that institution, the board shall hold a hearing. The parolee is
entitled to appear and be heard. If the board, after hearing, finds that the parolee
has violated his parole or the law, it shall revoke his parole, set the length of
time he shall serve of the unexpired portion of his sentence before he can again be
eligible for hearing by the board, and remand him to the institution from which he
was released; except that, when a parolee from the Maine Correctional Center violates
the law and is sentenced by the court to the Maine State Prison, any length of time
set by the board to be served of the unexpired portion of his correctional center
sentence may be served at the Maine State Prison. [1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]








1. Forfeits deductions. 
Upon revocation of parole by the board, the prisoner forfeits any deductions for
good behavior earned while on parole.


[
1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW)
.]








2. May earn deductions. 
While serving the unexpired portion of his sentence after parole has been revoked,
the prisoner may earn deductions for good conduct.


[
1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW)
.]






Whenever a warrant is issued under this section for the arrest of a parolee, the running
of the parolee's sentence shall be interrupted and shall remain interrupted until
the parolee is returned to the institution from which he was paroled. Interruption
of the running of his sentence shall include any time served prior to such return,
after conviction for a crime committed while on parole. [1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]






In the event of the withdrawal of the warrant by authority of the director, or in
the event that the board at the hearing on the alleged violation finds that the parolee
did not violate the conditions of his parole, or the law, he shall be credited with
the time lost by the interruption of the running of his sentence. [1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]





SECTION HISTORY

1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).