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Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Chapter 217

< > Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories, see footnote (history) bottom

  217.705.  Probation, parole, institutional parole, officers — appointment — duties. — 1.  The chairman shall appoint probation and parole officers and institutional parole officers as deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of the board.

  2.  Probation and parole officers shall investigate all persons referred to them for investigation by the board or by any court as provided by sections 217.750 and 217.760.  They shall furnish to each offender released under their supervision a written statement of the conditions of probation, parole or conditional release and shall instruct the offender regarding these conditions.  They shall keep informed of the offender's conduct and condition and use all suitable methods to aid and encourage the offender to bring about improvement in the offender's conduct and conditions.

  3.  The probation and parole officer may recommend and, by order duly entered, the court may impose and may at any time modify any conditions of probation.  The court shall cause a copy of any such order to be delivered to the probation and parole officer and the offender.

  4.  Probation and parole officers shall keep detailed records of their work and shall make such reports in writing and perform such other duties as may be incidental to those enumerated that the board may require.  In the event a parolee is transferred to another probation and parole officer, the written record of the former probation and parole officer shall be given to the new probation and parole officer.

  5.  Institutional parole officers shall investigate all offenders referred to them for investigation by the board and shall provide the board such other reports the board may require.  They shall furnish the offender prior to release on parole or conditional release a written statement of the conditions of parole or conditional release and shall instruct the offender regarding these conditions.

  6.  The department shall furnish probation and parole officers and institutional parole officers, including supervisors, with credentials and a special badge which such officers and supervisors shall carry on their person at all times while on duty.

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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 126, A.L. 1984 S.B. 611, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1997 S.B. 367, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353)


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