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Discusses the reasons for technical violations of parole that result in a parolee being put back in prison.

Discusses the difference between parole and special parole, what happens when someone violates a condition of special parole, and, whether someone who violates special parole can be released on parole later, who decides, and under what conditions.

Discusses how parole was handled in the 1980s.

Summarizes proposed bill 12 (LCO 9954), an act concerning the release of of a person on parole or other supervised community release, for a Judiciary Committee public hearing scheduled for Nov. 27, 2007, adding to the process for releasing inmates on parole or supervised home release, requiring certain inmates to submit to psychiatric examinations before they are eligible for parole or supervised release, and requiring inmates convicted of entering or remaining unlawfully in an occupied dwelling to commit a crime to serve a longer sentence before they are eligible for parole.

Summarizes proposal 11 (LCO 9956), an act concerning information provided to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for the Judiciary Committee public hearing to be held on Nov. 27, 2007, modifying the information that must be sent to the Board of Pardons and Paroles when a person is committed to prison and the circumstances under which it is sent.

Discusses information the Dept. of Correction (DOC) receives when a person is sentenced to prison or when a person is imprisoned awaiting trial, specifically the judgment mittimus and any pre-sentence investigation report.

Describes the Board of Pardons and Parole including the appointment process.

Provides a brief background on the Board of Pardons and Board of Parole which is now combined into the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Outlines questions for the Board of Pardons and Paroles nominees.

Summarizes responsibilities and history of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Outlines questions for the Board of Pardons and Paroles chairman.

Discusses recent changes to the laws on the release of convicted inmates from prison.

Summarizes recommendations in California's Little Hoover Commission's report on California's parole system, Back to the community : safe & sound parole policies and discusses whether Connecticut's PA 04-234, "An Act Concerning Prison Overcrowding", contains similar provisions

Summarizes LCO No. 2604, the proposed substitute for the prison overcrowding bill (HB 5211).

Outlines questions on overcrowding and the cost of detention factor into a parole panel's decision, the deference courts give board decisions in any review, and should there be Connecticut parole guidelines to help the board determine what factors to consider when deciding on a prisoner's parole.

Outlines questions on the state growing prison population and budget deficit.

Summarizes Ohio Supreme Court case on parole eligibility and how it compares to Connecticut law.

Discusses law dealing with sentence modification; law relating to parole for violent offenders and summarizes the Board of Pardon's powers and procedures.

Discusses whether inmates sentenced for violent offenses serve at least 85% of their sentence in prison.

Summarizes parole eligibility reports mandated by law.

Discusses whether the law that prohibits releasing someone convicted of an offense involving violence before serving 85% of his sentence applies to those convicted before the law took effect.

Discusses whether the 1995 law changing eligibility for parole applies retroactively.

Discusses various questions asked of the nominees for the Board of Parole.