{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-365","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-365","heading":"Specialized parole","body":"A. Persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections\n\nsentenced for crimes committed prior to July 1, 1998, who meet the\n\nfollowing guidelines may be considered by the Pardon and Parole\n\nBoard for a specialized parole:\n\n1. a. who are within one (1) year of projected release date\n\nand are serving a sentence for a crime listed in\n\nSchedule A, B, C, D or D-1 on the main sentencing\n\nmatrix or S-1, S-2 or S-3 on the sex crimes matrix; or\n\nb. who are within two (2) years of projected release date\n\nand are serving a sentence for an offense that is in a\n\ndifferent schedule of the main matrix or is on the\n\ndrug crimes or intoxicant crimes involving a vehicle\n\nmatrix; and\n\n2. Who have completed at least one of the following:\n\na. general education diploma, or\n\nb. adult literacy program, or\n\nc. residential substance abuse program, or\n\nd. participation in a prison public works program for\n\nninety (90) consecutive days, or\n\ne. a vocational-technical education program, or\n\nf. other educational or rehabilitation program available\n\nin the department; and\n\n3. Who are not incarcerated for an offense for which parole is\n\nprohibited pursuant to law.\n\nB. Upon an inmate becoming eligible for specialized parole it\n\nshall be the duty of the Pardon and Parole Board, with or without\n\napplication being made, to cause an examination to be made of the\n\ncriminal record of the inmate and to make inquiry into the conduct\n\nand the record of the inmate during confinement in the custody of\n\nthe Department of Corrections.\n\nC. Upon a favorable finding by the Pardon and Parole Board, the\n\nBoard shall recommend to the Governor that the inmate be placed on\n\nspecialized parole. If approved by the Governor, notification shall\n\nbe made to the Department of Corrections that said inmate has been\n\nplaced on specialized parole.\n\nD. Prior to the placement of an inmate on specialized parole,\n\nthe Pardon and Parole Board shall provide written notification to\n\nthe sheriff and district attorney of the county in which any person\n\non specialized parole is to be placed and to the chief law\n\nenforcement officer of any incorporated city or town in which said\n\nperson is to be placed of the placement of the person on specialized\n\nparole within the county or incorporated city or town. The Board\n\nalso shall provide written notification of the placement of the\n\nperson on specialized parole within the county or incorporated city\n\nor town to any victim of the crime for which the inmate was\n\nconvicted by mailing the notification to the last-known address of\n\nthe victim, if such information is requested by the victim. The\n\nBoard shall not give the address of the inmate to any victim of the\n\ncrime for which the inmate was convicted.","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":"2bc3e62cbb8213e73c294cc6f23a336ccac46954bdbebe64bebd896b357c1147","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-360.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-37"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}