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About the Board

What is the Composition of the Board, and What are the Requirements to be a Member?
Office of the Chairman
What Types of Decisions Does the Board Make?
What is the Difference Between Parole, Reparole, Return, and Revocation?
How are Parole and Reparole Decisions Made?
How Does the Board Deal with Technical Parole Violators?
How Does the Board Deal with Parole Violators Convicted of Another Crime?
 
About the Board

Since Pennsylvania’s inception in 1681, our criminal justice system has employed a variety of mechanisms to grant prisoners early release from their maximum possible terms of imprisonment. But as the modern era dawned, and for many reasons, a 1938 commission reported to Governor George H. Earle that the Commonwealth should establish “a single state-wide and coordinated parole administration.” The modern Parole Board was established by the General Assembly under The Parole Act of 1941. The Parole Act has been significantly amended several times since 1941, including the addition of responsibilities dealing with county probation in 1961, but the basic structure and functions that were laid out in the original Act have remained the same over the years.
  

  
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Please contact the Board's Office of Legislative Affairs and Communications
 
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
Office of Legislative Affairs and Communications
1101 S. Front St., Suite 5100
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17104-2517
(717) 787-6208
www.pbpp.state.pa.us