A Performance Audit of the Board of Pardons and Parole

Download or read book A Performance Audit of the Board of Pardons and Parole written by Utah. Legislature. Office of the Legislative Auditor General and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utah's parole board has considerable discretion because of wide sentencing timeframes coupled with an indeterminate system. The level of discretion appears to be greater than is found in other states. This report examines opportunities for the board to better deploy such broad discretion and recommends improvements to the BOP’s oversight, structure, decision making, data collection, and business operations. These recommendations come at a time when criminal justice reform (both nationally and locally) is working toward improved outcomes and lowered costs.