CHAIRMAN, STATE PAROLE BOARD
Chairman, State Parole Board is an unclassified role, so it is appointed at the discretion of the hiring authority and does not carry the usual exam-and-tenure track.
The one gate is 10 years of relevant experience. Its salary schedule (frozen at an older rate) lists $129,079 to $180,723, though managerial and exempt titles like this are usually paid individually rather than on the step schedule, and state payroll lists a single employee in the title, at State Parole Board.
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Chairman, State Parole Board appears on the State payroll at one department, New Jersey State Parole Board.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| New Jersey State Parole Board | 1 |
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Who employs this title
State payroll records show 1 person working under this title. The median actual salary is $180,000. The agencies employing the most are:
- State Parole Board (1)
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
As Chairman of the State Parole Board is responsible for the operations, procedures and administration of the State Parole Board presiding over Board decision-making process including the determination of when and under what conditions persons serving sentences in State correctional facilities, State inmates held in county jails, workhouses penitentiaries, and county sentenced inmates, may be released upon parole; does related work as required.
Examples of work
- Sets time and place of all Board meetings and hearings and presides over Board meetings and hearings.
- Determines or assigns the determination to detain a parolee and commence revocation proceedings pursuant to statute based upon charges concerning a parolee's threat to the public safety.
- Administers the operations, policies of the State Parole Board as mandated by statute, judicial opinion and Board regulations.
- Presides over the promulgation of rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the Board's responsibilities, establishes the conditions under which parole is granted and revoked, the rules under which parolees are supervised, the rules which parolees may earn commutation time in reduction of their maximum sentence, the rules governing parole hearings, the rules protecting the privacy of records and files maintained by the Board.
- Supervises the maintenance of a uniform information system to closely monitor the parole process in conjunction with the prosecution, judicial, and corrections components of the criminal justice system.
- Presides over all adult parole hearings.
- Presides over all youth parole hearings.
- Presides over all juvenile parole hearings.
- Presides over county sentenced inmate parole hearings.
- Assigns the county jail, workhouse, indeterminate, special panel and penitentiary cases to the appropriate Board panel as necessary.
- Presides over Board determinations on the offender status classification of inmates, designating hearing officers or Board members for release hearing determination.
- Presides over Board determinations concerning the aggregation of sentences.
- Supervises death penalty investigations and recommends to the governor on clemency for the condemned inmates.
- Presides over Board determinations on the parole eligibility of inmates under the Board's jurisdiction.
- Presides over Board decisions concerning the terms and conditions upon which inmates are released on parole.
- Presides over Board determinations concerning the issuance of subpoena to compel the attendance of witnesses deemed necessary and proper.
- Develops, in conjunction with the Department of Corrections, a uniform information system designed to closely monitor the parole process and to be included in the Uniform Parole Reports of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
- Presides over the Board's evaluation of each adult inmate's progress, reviewing and monitoring any recommended changes in parole eligibility and reasons therefor.
- Authorizes penalties imposed upon any adult inmate who has seriously or persistently violated specifically defined rules or has engaged in conduct indictable in nature while incarcerated.
- Prepares a detailed transmittal report of the State Parole Board's work for the preceding fiscal year, including information on the cause and extent of parole recidivism, to the Governor, Legislature and the Criminal Disposition Commission an annual basis.
- Ensures that public notice be given to the appropriate prosecutor's office and to the committing court prior to the initial consideration of any juvenile or adult inmate for release.
- Develops schedules of future parole eligibility dates for those inmates denied previous release dates; placing particular emphasis on the severity of the offense for which he was denied parole and on characteristics of the offender.
- Presides over Board determinations concerning the issuance of warrants to detain delinquent parolees.
- Authorizes the release on bail of parolees held under warrant by the Board.
- Presides over Board decisions concerning discharge from parole and the modification of parole conditions of inmates released on parole.
- Advises the Governor on the exercise of Executive Clemency after thorough investigation.
- Presides over the Board decisions concerning the issuance of Certificates of Good Conduct.
- Serves as a member of the Criminal Disposition Commission to study and review all aspects of the criminal justice system relating to the disposition of criminal offenders, including but not limited to terms of imprisonments, fines, and other monetary punishments, parole, probation and supervisory treatment.
Experience
Ten (10) years of administrative experience with ability in the fields of penology or law, or sociology, or related branches of social sciences.
License
Admission to practice as an Attorney-at-Law in the State of New Jersey.
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
<b>Special Qualification</b>
Position is appointed by the Governor with the advise and consent of the Senate.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge and ability to understand relevant New Jersey statutes, Superior Court Appellate Division decisions, opinions and rulings of the Attorney General, and rules and regulations of the State Parole Board as applied to paroling policies and procedure.
- Knowledge and ability to understand relevant decisions, acts, rulings and regulations pertaining to the paroling policies and procedures of juvenile, adult, and county jail commitments.
- Ability to preside over Board meetings and hearings and direct the operations of the Board.
- Ability to administer the Board's staff and operations and carry out , the policy decisions of the State Parole Board.
- Ability to make decisions and determinations as a result of parole consideration on parole release, parole eligibility, parole revocation and rescission, and parole discharge.
- Ability to make decisions and determinations on Board rules and regulations and the administrative affairs of the Board.
- Ability to advise the Governor in his exercise of Executive Clemency.
- Ability to promulgate rules and regulations concerning policy and administration and develop a uniform information system to monitor the parole process.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.