Types of Board Hearings: Parole, Commutation and Release (Arizona)

The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency defines each hearing type it conducts. General Parole under A.R.S. 412.A is a conditional release letting the parolee serve the remainder of the term outside prison so long as all conditions are met, and separate processes cover work furlough, home arrest, absolute discharge, and parole to a consecutive sentence. Commutation runs in two phases: a Phase I hearing held in absentia at the Board office where the public may observe but not speak and members review the application, sentencing documents, presentence report, criminal history and institutional behavior record, and a Phase II hearing normally held with the inmate present by telephone or video. The page states it is the applicant's responsibility to submit any programming, educational or treatment documentation they want the Board to consider, and that the Governor cannot grant a commutation, pardon or reprieve without a Board recommendation.