Pennsylvania § 2154.6 - Adoption of recommitment ranges following revocation of parole by board.
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§ 2154.6. Adoption of recommitment ranges following revocation of parole by board.
(a) Recommitment ranges.--The commission shall adopt recommitment ranges that shall be considered by the board when exercising its power to reparole, commit and recommit for violations of parole any person sentenced by a court in this Commonwealth to imprisonment in any correctional institution. The recommitment ranges shall take into account the seriousness of the initial conviction offense, the level of seriousness of the violation and the rehabilitative needs of the defendant. At the end of the recommittal period, the parole violator shall be reviewed for parole or, without further review, shall be reparoled.
(b) Deviation.--In every case in which the board deviates from the recommitment ranges, the board shall provide a contemporaneous written statement of the reasons for the deviation from the recommitment ranges to the commission as established under section 2153(a)(14) (relating to powers and duties).
(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:
"Recommitment range." A range of time within which a parole violator may be recommitted to serve an additional part of the term the parole violator would have been compelled to serve had the parole violator not been paroled.
(Sept. 25, 2008, P.L.1026, No.81, eff. 60 days; Aug. 11, 2009, P.L.147, No.33, eff. 60 days)
Cross References. Section 2154.6 is referred to in section 6137 of Title 61 (Prisons and Parole).
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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