Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 34-A > Chapter 5 > Subchapter 5 - Parole Laws for Precriminal Code Prisoners

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Board: means the State Parole Board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 5001
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Parole: is a release procedure by which a person may be released from a correctional facility by the State Parole Board prior to the expiration of the person's maximum term, parole status being in effect under Title 17-A, section 2314, subsection 2, with all provisions of prior laws governing parole continuing in effect. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 5001
• Prison: means the Maine State Prison. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Prisoner: means an adult person sentenced and committed to, transferred to or detained in the custody of the department, including a person on supervised community confinement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72