Pennsylvania Statutes Title 61 Pa.C.S.A. Prisons and Parole § 6143. Early parole of offenders subject to Federal removal order

(a) Eligibility.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may parole an offender into the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation prior to the expiration of the offender's minimum term of imprisonment if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(b) Parole discretionary.--The decision to parole an offender under subsection (a) shall be within the sole discretion of the board. Nothing under this section shall be construed to confer a legal right upon the offender to parole under subsection (a).

(c) Return of offender by United States.--If the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is unable to or does not deport the offender, the offender shall be returned to the custody of the department and the board shall rescind the offender's parole.

(d) Unlawful reentry.--An offender paroled under this section who returns unlawfully to the United States shall be given a hearing before the board and recommitted as a parole violator upon a determination by the board that the offender did unlawfully return to the United States. Upon recommitment, the offender shall be required to serve the remainder of the offender's maximum term of imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The offender shall not be entitled to credit for any time on parole under this section.

(e) Deleted by 2021, June 30, P.L. 260, No. 59, § 22, imd. effective.