(a) In determining whether a prisoner is suitable for discretionary parole, the board shall consider the preparole reports including

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 33.16.110

  • Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
  • Presentence report: A report prepared by a court's probation officer, after a person has been convicted of an offense, summarizing for the court the background information needed to determine the appropriate sentence. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
(1) the presentence report made to the sentencing court;
(2) the recommendations made by the sentencing court, by the prosecuting attorney, and by the defense attorney, and any statements made by the victim or the prisoner at sentencing;
(3) the prisoner’s institutional conduct history while incarcerated;
(4) recommendations made by the staff of the correctional facilities in which the prisoner was incarcerated;
(5) reports of prior crimes, juvenile histories, and previous experiences of the prisoner on parole or probation;
(6) physical, mental, and psychiatric examinations of the prisoner;
(7) information submitted by the prisoner, the sentencing court, the victim of the crime, the prosecutor, or other persons having knowledge of the prisoner or the crime;
(8) information concerning an unjustified disparity in the sentence imposed on a prisoner in relation to other sentences imposed under similar circumstances;
(9) the case plan created under Alaska Stat. § 33.30.011(a)(8) for the prisoner, including a compliance report on the case plan;
(10) a reentry plan created under Alaska Stat. § 33.30.011(a)(9); and
(11) other relevant information that may be reasonably available.
(b) The board shall provide information available under (a)(3) and (a)(6) of this section when requesting comments on the discretionary parole of a prisoner from the sentencing court.
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