Ohio Code 2967.17 – Administrative release
(A) The adult parole authority, in its discretion, may grant an administrative release to any of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2967.17
- Administrative release: means a termination of jurisdiction over a particular sentence or prison term by the adult parole authority for administrative convenience. See Ohio Code 2967.01
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- commutation of sentence: means the substitution by the governor of a lesser for a greater punishment. See Ohio Code 2967.01
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Parole: means , regarding a prisoner who is serving a prison term for aggravated murder or murder, who is serving a prison term of life imprisonment for rape or for felonious sexual penetration as it existed under section 2907. See Ohio Code 2967.01
- Parolee: means any inmate who has been released from confinement on parole by order of the adult parole authority or conditionally pardoned, who is under supervision of the adult parole authority and has not been granted a final release, and who has not been declared in violation of the inmate's parole by the authority or is performing the prescribed conditions of a conditional pardon. See Ohio Code 2967.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Post-release control: means a period of supervision by the adult parole authority after a prisoner's release from imprisonment, other than under a term of life imprisonment, that includes one or more post-release control sanctions imposed under section 2967. See Ohio Code 2967.01
- release violator: means any parolee or releasee who has been declared to be in violation of the condition of parole or post-release control specified in division (A) or (B) of section 2967. See Ohio Code 2967.01
- Releasee: means an inmate who has been released from confinement pursuant to section 2967. See Ohio Code 2967.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) A parole violator, release violator, or releasee serving another felony sentence in a correctional institution within or without this state for the purpose of consolidation of the records or if justice would best be served;
(2) A parole violator at large or release violator at large whose case has been inactive for at least ten years following the date of declaration of the parole violation or the violation of a post-release control sanction;
(3) A parolee or releasee taken into custody by the immigration and naturalization service of the United States department of justice and deported from the United States.
(B)(1)(a) As used in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, “position of honor, trust, or profit” has the same meaning as in section 2929.192 of the Revised Code.
(b) For purposes of divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, a violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code or any other violation or offense that includes as an element a course of conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is “committed on or after May 13, 2008,” if the course of conduct continues, one or more of the multiple acts occurs, or the subject person‘s accountability for the course of conduct or for one or more of the multiple acts continues, on or after May 13, 2008.
(2) The adult parole authority shall not grant an administrative release except upon the concurrence of a majority of the parole board and approval of the chief of the adult parole authority. An administrative release does not restore for the person to whom it is granted the rights and privileges forfeited by conviction as provided in section 2961.01 of the Revised Code. Any person granted an administrative release under this section may subsequently apply for a commutation of sentence for the purpose of regaining the rights and privileges forfeited by conviction, except that the privilege of circulating or serving as a witness for the signing of any declaration of candidacy and petition, voter registration application, or nominating, initiative, referendum, or recall petition forfeited under section 2961.01 of the Revised Code may not be restored under this section and except that the privilege of holding a position of honor, trust, or profit may not be restored under this section to a person in the circumstances described in division (B)(3) of this section.
(3) The privilege of holding a position of honor, trust, or profit may not be restored under this section to a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to committing on or after May 13, 2008, any violation or offense listed in divisions (C)(2)(c)(i) to (vi) of section 2967.16 of the Revised Code that is a felony.
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