STERLING March 2009 Parole Board Decisions

The Parole Board held hearings on March , 2009 for eligible inmates at Sterling Correctional Facility (SCF). Again these are only approximates derived from the data available through CDOC. According to the Monthly Population and Capacity Report as of 02-28-09 published by CDOC, SCF has an OPERATIONAL CAPACITY of 2545. *Operational capacity includes all beds available for use, including management control units, but excludes emergency double bunking. On Grounds Population was 2519, Off Grounds Population of 11. Therefore the total population is 2530 inmates at SCF. Of those 2530 inmates, the Parole Board had approximately 55 scheduled to be heard on March , 2009. That is 2.17% of the total population. 2 are no longer in the system as of today, 2 were moved from the March schedule to April for review, 1 still reflects the March 2009 hearing date,    41.8% or 23 of 55 is PENDING and has an MRD of October 2009 or later. 11% were GRANTED PAROLE TO MRD (having a date before October 2009), which is 6 of 55. While 38.1% were DENIED or their next parole hearing date was set out to a new date, that is 21 of 55. 

Parole Eligible – person has completed a legislatively mandated percentage of their initial sentence to be eligible to appear before the Parole Board:

No Decision – Since I don’t have the exact definition of this from the Parole Board, I can only surmise from the data and explanations from offenders, this means they have either been “tabled” or been referred for a “full board”. “Full Board” means the offender’s file was referred by the parole board member presiding over the hearing to be reviewed and voted on by the entire board. An offender must receive 4 of 7 yes votes in order to be granted parole.