Frequently Asked Questions

The process to schedule a date and time for a hearing will begin a few weeks prior to the tentative date given. The actual date and time of the hearing may be after the given tentative date.

• The types of things that affect the scheduling process include:
• Missing reports
• Pending charges
• Hearing scheduling capacity

Letters may be mailed to:

Emails may be sent to:
[email protected]

Please remember to include the incarcerated individual’s full name and offender number.

There is no specific format or notarization required.

Under legal obligation, all letters and information provided must be disclosed (given) to the incarcerated individual. Contact information will be removed prior to disclosure.

• Cases the Board has jurisdiction over
• Special conditions of parole
• If a Board warrant has been issued

The Board conducts hearings at the Utah State Correctional Facility (Salt Lake) or at the Central Utah Correctional Facility (Gunnison).

Salt Lake

Gunnison

Pardon hearings are held at the Board of Pardons and Parole offices.

A compassionate release is an early release determined only under exceptional circumstances. The Board will consider a compassionate release in the following exceptional circumstances:

• If an incarcerated individual’s public safety and recidivism risk is significantly reduced due to the effects or symptoms of advancing age, medical infirmity, disease, or disability, or mental health disease or disability.
• If an incarcerated individual suffers from a serious and persistent medical condition which requires extensive medical attention, nursing home car, or palliative care.
• If an incarcerated individual’s immediate family member dies within 120 days of a previously scheduled release date.

A compassionate release request may be submitted by the Department of Corrections, the incarcerated individual, an attorney representing the incarcerated individual, or a member of the offender’s immediate family.

For more information regarding compassionate releases, please refer to Admin Rule R671-314-1.

• Costs to replace or repair damaged or stolen property
• Costs of necessary medical services
• Costs of necessary mental health care
• Costs of necessary physical and occupational therapy
• Income lost - where there has been bodily injury to the victim
• Up to five days of the victim’s determinable wages
• Costs of necessary funeral and related services if the offense resulted in the death of a victim