§ 4343 — Duties

The Board shall:

(1) Be the paroling authority for the State;

(2) Establish rules and regulations for the conduct of its own proceedings, and rules of procedure for the effective enforcement of this chapter. Copies of said rules and regulations shall be published and may be obtained upon request;

(3) Determine the salary of any employee within the total appropriation in addition to proper expenses;

(4) Meet at least once a month, for the transaction of business, and a sufficient other number of times as shall be necessary adequately to perform its duties under this chapter;

(5) Keep a record of its acts and notify each applicant for parole, and the Department of its decisions;

(6) Consult with the Department in the formulation and establishment of policies and procedures, fully to carry out the objectives of parole and correctional treatment in the best interests of the public;

(7) Cooperate with the Department in preparing the annual report of the Board to be submitted to the Governor and make available and submit to the Department all statistical and other data of its work and compilation and analysis of dispositions as it shall require. The Board may make a separate statement or include such statement in the report of the Department to the Governor;

(8) Act as advisory board to the Board of Pardons. When a person in legal custody of the Department of Correction applies to the Board of Pardons for recommendation for a pardon or commutation of sentence, the Parole Board, upon request, shall furnish to each member of the Board of Pardons and to the Governor a report of the record of such person, which shall include its opinion as to the state of rehabilitation of such person.

Legislative History

11 Del. C. 1953, § 4343; 54 Del. Laws, c. 349, § 7 ; 57 Del. Laws, c. 597, § 3 ; 60 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 10 ; 78 Del. Laws, c. 305, § 1