The United States Parole Commission is the parole board responsible to grant or deny parole and to supervise those released on parole to incarcerated individuals who come under its jurisdiction. It is part of the United States Department of Justice.
The commission has jurisdiction over:
- Persons who committed a Federal offense before November 1, 1987
- Persons who committed a D.C. Code offense before August 5, 2000
- Persons who committed a Uniform Code of Military Justice offense and are parole-eligible
- Persons who are serving prison terms imposed by foreign countries and have been transferred to the United States to serve their sentence
Additionally, the Commission has the responsibility to supervise two additional groups for whom they do not have parole jurisdiction
- Persons who committed a D.C. Code offense after August 4, 2000
- Persons who have been placed on probation or paroled by a state that have also been placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program
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