South Dakota statute
SDCL § 24-15-1.1 — Parole defined--Prisoner not required to accept parole--No right to parole
Current through text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)
Part of Chapter 15: Paroles From State Correctional Facilities, South Dakota Codified Laws.
Full text of SDCL § 24-15-1.1
Statutory text current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of South Dakota.
Parole is the discretionary conditional release of an inmate from actual state correctional facility custody before the expiration of the inmate's term of imprisonment. The prisoner remains an inmate under the legal custody of the Department of Corrections until the expiration of the inmate's term of imprisonment. A prisoner is not required to accept a conditional parole. A prisoner is never entitled to parole. However, parole may be granted if in the judgment of the Board of Pardons and Paroles granting a parole would be in the best interests of society and the prisoner.
Neither this section or its application may be the basis for establishing a constitutionally protected liberty, property, or due process interest in any prisoner.
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