Adult Interstate Compact
CDCR
Interstate Compact Parole Information
E:mail: InterstateParole@cdcr.ca.gov
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County Interstate Compact Contacts
2011 Realignment Act
and Interstate Compact
On April 4, 2011,
Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 109, the Public Safety Realignment Act.
This Act becomes effective October 1, 2011, and makes significant changes to
felony sentencing laws, and assigns courts a new and significant role in the
revocation process for offenders who violate their terms or conditions of post-release
supervision.
This Act will also have
a significant impact on California Probation Departments and how they do business.
And, while California Probation prepares for this Realignment, I wish to provide
information on the effects this Act will have on the Interstate Compact process
insofar as Probation is concerned.
Per this Act, under PC 3450, Offenders released from custody are termed Post-Release
Community Supervision (PRCS) offenders. As such, they areunder the supervision
of local probation Departments and no longer under the jurisdiction of Parole.
However, for purposes of the Interstate Compact---when the PO submits the Transfer
Packet for a PRCS case, the PO shall select “Parole” when determining
the “Type of Supervision” on the Transfer Request form. Additionally,
PRCS cases are not subject to restitution issues as initially thought under
PC 11177.2 (a). Therefore, outstanding restitution issues should not be used
as a legal criteria for preventing a PRCS case from transferring his supervision
case out of California.
Note: Prison Staff do not have access to ICOTS and cannot input anything into the ICOTS database.
County to County Transfers
Interstate Offenders are not permitted to relocate to another county until after
the intended county as investigated and accepted the particular case. Please
do not allow the offender to relocate without the completion of this process.
As your county has accepted the Interstate case—your county is solely
responsible for the supervision until another county has accepted the “baton”
of supervision via the county-to-county transfer process.
Absconding Violations
New Interstate Compact Rules are in effect and this particular Rule dictates
how PO’s are to address offender’s who abscond from supervision.
Per Rule 4.109-2 (a); If there is a reason to believe that an offender has absconded,
the receiving state shall attempt to locate the offender. Such activities shall
include, but are not limited to: (1) Conducting a field contact at the last
known place of residence; (2) Contacting the last known place of employment,
if applicable; (3) Contacting known family members and collateral contacts.
(b) If the offender is not located, the receiving state shall submit a violation
report pursuant to Rule (please review) 4.109(b)(9).
It is understood how this new Rule change is problematic for Counties that have
limited field PO’s. However, it should be noted that Violation Reports
alleging absconding will not be considered by the other states until the criteria
set forth under this rule.
