Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-9-101 - Definitions
(a) "Board" means
the prisoner review board established by
L.
2011 , ch.
130 .
(b) "Conditional release," for offenders
serving indeterminate sentences for offenses committed before July 1, 1993,
means release subject to supervision under terms and conditions determined by
the board after serving the maximum sentence less all projected good time
credits, subject to adjustment for any forfeiture of good time
credits.
(c) "Correctional
facility" means any of the facilities identified in
K.S.A. 75-5202, and amendments thereto.
(d) "Docket" means the board's prearranged
schedule of hearings.
(e)
"Executive clemency" means the power of the governor to commute or pardon a
criminal sentence.
(1) "Commute a criminal
sentence" means to reduce the penalty imposed on a convicted person.
(2) "Pardon" means to forgive completely the
punishment of a person convicted of a crime.
(f) "Good time credits" means the statutorily
authorized reduction in time on an inmate's sentence as specified by
K.S.A. 21-6821 and
K.S.A. 22-3717, and amendments thereto, and K.A.R.
44-6-101, K.A.R. 44-6-115a, K.A.R. 44-6-115b, K.A.R. 44-6-115c, K.A.R.
44-6-125, K.A.R. 44-6-126, and K.A.R. 44-6-145.
(g) "House arrest" means the confinement of
an inmate or offender under postincarceration supervision in the residence of
the inmate or offender pursuant to the release provisions of
L.
2010 , ch. 136 ,
§249 , as amended by
L.
2011 , ch. 100 ,
§19 , and amendments
thereto, or as a sanction of an offender under postincarceration supervision
for violation of a condition of supervision, subject to conditions imposed by
the secretary or designee or by the board, or as otherwise permitted by
law.
(h) "In absentia" means a
status in which an inmate is committed to the custody of the secretary and is
serving the sentence out of state or in another jurisdiction.
(i) "Parole" means, for crimes committed
before July 1, 1993 and off-grid offenses designated in
K.S.A. 22-3717 and amendments thereto, the release
of an inmate to the community by the board before the expiration of the
inmate's sentence, subject to conditions imposed by the board and administered
under the secretary's supervision.
(j) "Postincarceration supervision" means the
supervision of any offender released to the community after service of the
requisite term of incarceration. This term shall include parole, conditional
release, and postrelease supervision.
(k) "Postrelease supervision" means, for
crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, the release of an inmate, subject to
conditions imposed by the board, to the secretary's supervision and to the
community after the inmate has served a period of imprisonment or after the
inmate has served equivalent time in a facility where credit for time served is
awarded as specified by the court.
(l) "Public comment session" means the
board's regular, scheduled meeting with interested parties in the community for
the purpose of receiving comments concerning the publicly announced listing of
persons to be considered for parole by the board.
(m) "Secretary" means the secretary of
corrections.
(n) "Unit team" means
the group of correctional facility staff that is responsible for monitoring the
overall management, supervision, custody, and rehabilitation plan of an inmate,
as initiated by the classification committee, and that recommends custody
changes and prepares progress summaries.
(o) "Warden" means the person in charge of
the operation and supervision of a correctional facility.
Notes
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