PAROLE COMMISSION ISSUES RULE: PAROLING, RECOMMITTING, AND SUPERVISING FEDERAL PRISONERS: PRISONERS SERVING SENTENCES UNDER THE UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODES

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Parole Commission has issued a rule called: Paroling, Recommitting, and Supervising Federal Prisoners: Prisoners Serving Sentences Under the United States and District of Columbia Codes.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on May 21 by Patricia K. Cushwa, Chairman (Acting), U.S. Parole Commission.

Summary: The U.S. Parole Commission is adopting a final rule to remove and reserve a procedural rule which concerns prisoners serving any combination of U.S. and D.C. Code sentences that have been aggregated by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons ("mixed code" offenders) and considered for parole on the basis of a single parole eligibility and mandatory release date on the aggregate sentence.

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