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Section 54-128 – Period of confinement in correctional institution after parole violation

May 11, 2021 | Connecticut, Criminal Procedure

(a) Any paroled inmate who has been returned to any institution of the Department of Correction for violation of such inmate’s parole may be retained in a correctional institution for a period equal to the unexpired portion of the term of such inmate’s sentence at the date of the request or order for such inmate’s return less any commutation or diminution of such inmate’s sentence earned, except that the Board of Pardons and Paroles may, in its discretion, determine that such inmate shall forfeit any or all of such earned time, or may be again paroled by said board.
(b) Each parolee or inmate, subject to the provisions of section 18-7, shall be subject to loss of all or any portion of time earned.
(c) Any person who, during the service of a period of special parole imposed in accordance with subdivision (9) of subsection (b) of section 53a-28, has been returned to any institution of the Department of Correction for violation of such person’s parole, may be retained in a correctional institution for a period equal to the unexpired portion of the period of special parole. The total length of the term of incarceration and term of special parole combined shall not exceed the maximum sentence of incarceration authorized for the offense for which the person was convicted.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 54-128

(1949 Rev., S. 8830; 1957, P.A. 461, S. 5; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 54; P.A. 98-234, S. 4; P.A. 04-234, S. 2, 8; 04-257, S. 84, 124.)

For purposes of determining amount of diminution for good time earned or its forfeiture, sentences imposed under several counts are to be regarded as one continuous term. 129 C. 164. It is for court, not Board of Parole, to determine whether second sentence given parolee shall run concurrently or consecutively with unexpired portion of first. 132 C. 307. Cited. 162 Conn. 434; 170 Conn. 129; 172 Conn. 126; 184 C. 222; 213 Conn. 38. Cited. 12 Conn.App. 1. Cited. 4 Conn.Supp. 365; 11 CS 284; 13 CS 309. Sentence runs for parolee until date of order for return. 16 CS 22. Cited. Id., 80. When prisoner was returned for violation of parole, term he was to serve should have been computed by subtracting, from time he was to serve, period he had served up to date of order for his return as parole violator. 27 Conn.Supp. 439. When a man is returned to prison for parole violation, he may be held only for the balance of time after the date of the issuance of the order for his return. 32 CS 190. Subsec. (c): When sentencing provisions of Sec. 54-125e(c) and Subsec. conflict, legislature intended the maximum statutory limit in Subsec. to control; defendant’s sentence of 10 years of imprisonment followed by 10 years of special parole violated Subsec. and was an illegal sentence because total length of terms of imprisonment and special parole combined exceeded maximum term of imprisonment authorized for sexual assault in the second degree by Sec. 53a-35a(6) and Sec. 53a-71(b). 279 Conn. 527. Sec. 54-125e(c) can be given effect only to the extent that it does not conflict with Subsec. 292 Conn. 417.