If a person is in jail on a parole violation can they be held after their parole end date?
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If a person is in jail on a parole violation can they be held after their parole end date?
My husband was arrested for a DUI. I bailed him out. The
next week his parole officer had him locked up for parole
violation. When I spoke with his parole officer by phone, I was told the state parole board decided to let my husband finish out his parole in the county jail. His parole end date is 08-13. Can they keep him locked up in jail past that date?
Asked on August 4, 2017 under Criminal Law, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Potentially yes: violating parole is itself a crime and carries its own penalties, so it's not just that the parolee goes back into jail for the duration of the parole; rather, he can serve time for the parole violation itself (as he could for any crime), which an exceed the remaining time on the parole.
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