Offenders Serving Terms of Supervised Release Imposed by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Resumo

The U.S. Parole Commission is publishing interim rules to govern the supervision of released prisoners who are serving terms of supervised release imposed by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The Commission has assumed this function pursuant to the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997. Under that Act, an offender who is convicted of a crime under the District of Columbia Code that was committed on or after August 5, 2000, will receive a term of supervised release to follow the completion of the offender's term of imprisonment. Because parole is abolished for these offenders, supervised release will replace parole as the means of providing them with post-imprisonment supervision and treatment in order to minimize their chances of recidivism and protect the public safety.