Parole Eligibility, Hearing and Decision Process (Kansas)

The Kansas Prisoner Review Board sets out the full parole process. People under the indeterminate sentencing structure become parole eligible after serving the minimum sentence less good time credits, which are currently earned at one day for every day served on sentences with a minimum of two years, so a one-year minimum reaches eligibility at nine months. By statute the Board must hold a hearing during the month before the parole eligibility date with the inmate present if they are incarcerated in Kansas. At the hearing the person may give their version of the offense, discuss disciplinary reports, describe programs completed under their Program Agreement, and present a parole plan. The Board may parole, continue, or pass. A pass can run up to ten years for A or B felonies and off-grid offenses and up to three years for other offenses when the Board gives reasons. A decision may be appealed in writing only on new evidence that was unavailable at the prior hearing under K.A.R. 45-200-2(b).