{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-332.7","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.7","heading":"Consideration for parole","body":"A. For a crime committed prior to July 1, 1998, any person in\n\nthe custody of the Department of Corrections shall be eligible for\n\nconsideration for parole at the earliest of the following dates:\n\n1. Has completed serving one-third (1/3) of the sentence;\n\n2. Has reached at least sixty (60) years of age and also has\n\nserved at least fifty percent (50%) of the time of imprisonment that\n\nwould have been imposed for that offense pursuant to the applicable\n\nmatrix, provided in Sections 598 through 601, Chapter 133, O.S.L.\n\n1997; provided, however, no inmate serving a sentence for crimes\n\nlisted in Schedules A, S-1, S-2 or S-3 of Section 6, Chapter 133,\n\nO.S.L. 1997, or serving a sentence of life imprisonment without\n\nparole shall be eligible to be considered for parole pursuant to\n\nthis paragraph;\n\n3. Has reached eighty-five percent (85%) of the midpoint of the\n\ntime of imprisonment that would have been imposed for an offense\n\nthat is listed in Schedule A, B, C, D, D-1, S-1, S-2 or S-3 of\n\nSection 6, Chapter 133, O.S.L. 1997, pursuant to the applicable\n\nmatrix; provided, however, no inmate serving a sentence of life\n\nimprisonment without parole shall be eligible to be considered for\n\nparole pursuant to this paragraph; or\n\n4. Has reached seventy-five percent (75%) of the midpoint of\n\nthe time of imprisonment that would have been imposed for an offense\n\nthat is listed in any other schedule, pursuant to the applicable\n\nmatrix; provided, however, no inmate serving a sentence of life\n\nimprisonment without parole shall be eligible to be considered for\n\nparole pursuant to this paragraph.\n\nB. For a crime committed on or after July 1, 1998, and before\n\nNovember 1, 2018, any person in the custody of the Department of\n\nCorrections shall be eligible for consideration for parole who has\n\ncompleted serving one-third (1/3) of the sentence; provided,\n\nhowever, no inmate serving a sentence of life imprisonment without\n\nparole shall be eligible to be considered for parole pursuant to\n\nthis subsection.\n\nC. For a crime committed on or after November 1, 2018, any\n\nperson in the custody of the Department of Corrections shall be\n\neligible for parole after serving one-fourth (1/4) of the sentence\n\nor consecutive sentences imposed, according to the following\n\ncriteria:\n\n1. A person eligible for parole under this subsection shall be\n\neligible for administrative parole under subsection R of this\n\nsection once the person serves one-fourth (1/4) of the sentence or\n\nconsecutive sentences imposed; provided, however, no inmate serving\n\na sentence of life imprisonment without parole, a sentence for a\n\nviolent crime as set forth in Section 571 of this title or any crime\n\nenumerated in Section 13.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes\n\nshall be eligible for administrative parole.\n\n2. A person eligible for parole under this subsection shall be\n\neligible for parole once the person serves one-fourth (1/4) of the\n\nsentence or consecutive sentences imposed; provided, however no\n\ninmate serving a sentence of life imprisonment without parole is\n\neligible for parole.\n\nD. The parole hearings conducted for persons pursuant to\n\nparagraph 3 of subsection A of this section or for any person who\n\nwas convicted of a violent crime as set forth in Section 571 of this\n\ntitle and who is eligible for parole consideration pursuant to\n\nparagraph 1 of subsection A of this section, subsection B or\n\nparagraph 2 of subsection C of this section shall be conducted in\n\ntwo stages, as follows:\n\n1. At the initial hearing, the Pardon and Parole Board shall\n\nreview the completed report submitted by the staff of the Board and\n\nshall conduct a vote regarding whether, based upon that report, the\n\nBoard decides to consider the person for parole at a subsequent\n\nmeeting of the Board; and\n\n2. At the subsequent meeting, the Board shall hear from any\ns - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 80\n\n1. At the initial hearing, the Pardon and Parole Board shall\n\nreview the completed report submitted by the staff of the Board and\n\nshall conduct a vote regarding whether, based upon that report, the\n\nBoard decides to consider the person for parole at a subsequent\n\nmeeting of the Board; and\n\n2. At the subsequent meeting, the Board shall hear from any\n\nvictim or representatives of the victim that want to contest the\n\ngranting of parole to that person and shall conduct a vote regarding\n\nwhether parole should be recommended for that person.\n\nE. Any inmate who has parole consideration dates calculated\n\npursuant to subsection A, B or C of this section may be considered\n\nup to two (2) months prior to the parole eligibility date. Except\n\nas otherwise directed by the Pardon and Parole Board, any person who\n\nhas been considered for parole and was denied parole or who has\n\nwaived consideration shall not be reconsidered for parole:\n\n1. Within three (3) years of the denial or waiver, if the\n\nperson was convicted of a violent crime, as set forth in Section 571\n\nof this title, and was eligible for consideration pursuant to\n\nparagraph 1 of subsection A of this section, subsection B of this\n\nsection or paragraph 2 of subsection C of this section, unless the\n\nperson is within one (1) year of discharge; or\n\n2. Until the person has served at least one-third (1/3) of the\n\nsentence imposed, if the person was eligible for consideration\n\npursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection A of this section. Thereafter\n\nthe person shall not be considered more frequently than once every\n\nthree (3) years, unless the person is within one (1) year of\n\ndischarge.\n\nF. Any person in the custody of the Department of Corrections\n\nfor a crime committed prior to July 1, 1998, who has been considered\n\nfor parole on a docket created for a type of parole consideration\n\nthat has been abolished by the Legislature shall not be considered\n\nfor parole except in accordance with this section.\n\nG. The Pardon and Parole Board shall promulgate rules for the\n\nimplementation of subsections A, B and C of this section. The rules\n\nshall include, but not be limited to, procedures for reconsideration\n\nof persons denied parole under this section and procedure for\n\ndetermining what sentence a person eligible for parole consideration\n\npursuant to subsection A of this section would have received under\n\nthe applicable matrix.\n\nH. The Pardon and Parole Board shall not recommend to the\n\nGovernor any person who has been convicted of three or more felonies\n\narising out of separate and distinct transactions, with three or\n\nmore incarcerations for such felonies, unless such person shall have\n\nserved the lesser of at least one-third (1/3) of the sentence\n\nimposed, or ten (10) years; provided, that whenever the population\n\nof the prison system exceeds ninety-five percent (95%) of the\n\ncapacity as certified by the State Board of Corrections, the Pardon\n\nand Parole Board may, at its discretion, recommend to the Governor\n\nfor parole any person who is incarcerated for a nonviolent offense\n\nnot involving injury to a person and who is within six (6) months of\n\nhis or her statutory parole eligibility date.\n\nI. Inmates sentenced to consecutive sentences shall not be\n\neligible for parole consideration on any such consecutive sentence\n\nuntil one-third (1/3) of the consecutive sentence has been served or\n\nwhere parole has been otherwise limited by law, until the minimum\n\nterm of incarceration has been served as required by law. Unless\n\notherwise ordered by the sentencing court, any credit for jail time\n\nserved shall be credited to only one offense.\n\nJ. The Pardon and Parole Board shall consider the prior\n\ncriminal record of inmates under consideration for parole\n\nrecommendation or granting of parole.\n\nK. In the event the Board grants parole for a nonviolent\nnimum\n\nterm of incarceration has been served as required by law. Unless\n\notherwise ordered by the sentencing court, any credit for jail time\n\nserved shall be credited to only one offense.\n\nJ. The Pardon and Parole Board shall consider the prior\n\ncriminal record of inmates under consideration for parole\n\nrecommendation or granting of parole.\n\nK. In the event the Board grants parole for a nonviolent\n\noffender who has previously been convicted of an offense enumerated\n\nin Section 13.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 571\n\nof this title, such offender shall be subject to nine (9) months\n\npostimprisonment supervision upon release.\n\nL. It shall be the duty of the Pardon and Parole Board to cause\n\nan examination to be made at the penal institution where the person\n\nis assigned, and to make inquiry into the conduct and the record of\n\nthe said person during his custody in the Department of Corrections,\n\nwhich shall be considered as a basis for consideration of said\n\nperson for recommendation to the Governor for parole. However, the\n\nPardon and Parole Board shall not be required to consider for parole\n\nany person who has completed the time period provided for in this\n\nsubsection if the person has participated in a riot or in the taking\n\nof hostages, or has been placed on escape status, while in the\n\ncustody of the Department of Corrections. The Pardon and Parole\n\nBoard shall adopt policies and procedures governing parole\n\nconsideration for such persons.\n\nM. Any person in the custody of the Department of Corrections\n\nwho is convicted of an offense not designated as a violent offense\n\nby Section 571 of this title, is not a citizen of the United States\n\nand is subject to or becomes subject to a final order of deportation\n\nissued by the United States Department of Justice shall be\n\nconsidered for parole to the custody of the United States\n\nImmigration and Naturalization Service for continuation of\n\ndeportation proceedings at any time subsequent to reception and\n\nprocessing through the Department of Corrections. No person shall\n\nbe considered for parole under this subsection without the\n\nconcurrence of at least three members of the Pardon and Parole\n\nBoard. The vote on whether or not to consider such person for\n\nparole and the names of the concurring Board members shall be set\n\nforth in the written minutes of the meeting of the Board at which\n\nthe issue is considered.\n\nN. Upon application of any person convicted and sentenced by a\n\ncourt of this state and relinquished to the custody of another state\n\nor federal authorities pursuant to Section 61.2 of Title 21 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, the Pardon and Parole Board may determine a\n\nparole consideration date consistent with the provisions of this\n\nsection and criteria established by the Pardon and Parole Board.\n\nO. All references in this section to matrices or schedules\n\nshall be construed with reference to the provisions of Sections 6,\n\n598, 599, 600 and 601, Chapter 133, O.S.L. 1997.\n\nP. Any person in the custody of the Department of Corrections\n\nwho is convicted of a felony sex offense pursuant to Section 582 of\n\nthis title who is paroled shall immediately be placed on intensive\n\nsupervision.\n\nQ. A person in the custody of the Department of Corrections\n\nwhose parole consideration date is calculated pursuant to subsection\n\nB or C of this section, and is not serving a sentence of life\n\nimprisonment without parole or who is not convicted of an offense\n\ndesignated as a violent offense by Section 571 of this title or any\n\ncrime enumerated in Section 13.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes shall be eligible for administrative parole under\n\nsubsection R of this section.\n\nR. The Pardon and Parole Board shall, by majority vote, grant\n\nadministrative parole to any person in the custody of the Department\n\nof Corrections if:\n\n1. The person has substantially complied with the requirements\nction 571 of this title or any\n\ncrime enumerated in Section 13.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes shall be eligible for administrative parole under\n\nsubsection R of this section.\n\nR. The Pardon and Parole Board shall, by majority vote, grant\n\nadministrative parole to any person in the custody of the Department\n\nof Corrections if:\n\n1. The person has substantially complied with the requirements\n\nof the case plan established pursuant to Section 512 of this title\n\nand:\n\na. a victim, as defined in Section 332.2 of this title,\n\nor the district attorney speaking on behalf of a\n\nvictim, has not submitted an objection,\n\nb. the person has not received a primary class X\n\ninfraction within two (2) years of the parole\n\neligibility date,\n\nc. the person has not received a secondary class X\n\ninfraction within one (1) year of the parole\n\neligibility date, and\n\nd. the person has not received a class A infraction\n\nwithin six (6) months of the parole eligibility date;\n\nor\n\n2. The person is within six (6) calendar months of his or her\n\ndischarge date and a victim, as defined in Section 332.2 of this\n\ntitle, or the district attorney speaking on behalf of the victim,\n\nhas not submitted an objection.\n\nS. Any person granted parole pursuant to subsection R of this\n\nsection shall be released from the institution at the time of the\n\nparole eligibility date of the person as calculated under subsection\n\nB or C of this section.\n\nT. Any person eligible for parole pursuant to subsection R of\n\nthis section shall not waive his or her consideration.\n\nU. No less than ninety (90) days prior to the parole\n\neligibility date of the person, the Department shall notify the\n\nPardon and Parole Board in writing of the compliance or\n\nnoncompliance of the person with the case plan and any infractions\n\ncommitted by the person.\n\nV. The Pardon and Parole Board shall not be required to conduct\n\na hearing before granting administrative parole pursuant to\n\nsubsection R of this section.\n\nW. Any person who is not granted administrative parole shall be\n\notherwise eligible for parole pursuant to this section.\n\nX. Any person who is granted administrative parole under\n\nsubsection R of this section shall be supervised and managed by the\n\nDepartment of Corrections in the same manner as a parolee who has\n\nbeen granted parole pursuant to this section. The person shall be\n\nsubject to all of the rules and regulations of parole.","path":["OK Code","Title 57"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os57.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"29a971cffd74cfd67c0d9afe3ffabe418fc17c922c1ac9a3b79d76fe47fac92e","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-332.6","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-332.7a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}