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Parole Board's Role In The Criminal Justice System

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The parole board plays a very significant part in the criminal justice system. The board is tasked with the job of establishing policies as they pertain to parole. They are also responsible for managing the process for parole releases as well as deciding when parole supervision should be terminated. The board also has the responsibility to decide whether discretionary parole or mandatory parole will be executed. With the discretionary type, the board has the discretion to decide whether parole is granted or denied. In cases of mandatory parole, the Board can only grant parole conditionally after the inmate has served a required amount of time (Bohm & Haley, 2011, p. 450). Parole boards or authorities, as they are sometimes called, are the

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