Compact Online Reference Encyclopedia (CORE)

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Mission Statement The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision will guide the transfer of offenders in a manner that promotes effective& supervision strategies consistent with public safety, offender accountability, and victims’ rights.…
Interstate Compacts are not new legal instruments. Compacts derive from the nation’s colonial past where states utilized agreements, similar to modern Compacts, to resolve intercolonial disputes, particularly boundary disputes. The colonies and crown…
Overview The legal environment for Compacts involves an amalgamation of Compact texts and case law from federal and state courts throughout the country. Because there are relatively few court decisions establishing legal principles in any particular court…
Interstate Compacts are binding on signatory states, meaning once a state legislature adopts a Compact, it binds all agencies, state officials and citizens to the terms of that Compact. Since the very first Compact case, the U.S. Supreme Court has…
Whether offenders sentenced to home detention programs are eligible for transfer under the Compact
Whether an offender who has been arrested and released on bail for pending charges in the receiving state may be apprehended and detained for retaking by the sending state pending resolution of the new criminal charge
Whether Rule 5.108 permits the use of 2-way closed circuit video for conducting probable cause
Whether a state can permit an offender to proceed to another state for multiple periods of time, never exceeding 45 consecutive days in any single occurrence
Whether an offender whose supervision was never transferred and who subsequently absconds supervision is subject to retaking under the terms of the Compact
Whether the receiving state's acceptance of a transfer request or reporting instructions creates the 'planned release' date
Effect of New Jersey statute on acquitted persons by reason of insanity
The effect of a Washington statute that prohibits certain offenders from being under supervision
Whether a California statute classifying offenders as not subject to supervision or revocation are eligible for transfer under the Compact
Whether a sending state can close interest in a case if the offender's status no longer qualifies under the definition of supervision
Whether a receiving state can require relevant documents and return an offender that can no longer be safely supervised
Whether a sending state may request an investigation prior to the offender’s release from incarceration
Whether sex offenders can travel out of state once they are transferred to a receiving state
Authority to issue travel permits
Clarification regarding sex offenders living in the receiving state at the time of sentencing and imposing/enforcing special conditions
Whether receiving states can denying reporting instructions based on an invalid plan of supervision
Whether offenders who seek to reside in federal housing are eligible for transfer under the Compact
A person who is released from incarceration under furlough, work-release, or other preparole program is not eligible for transfer under the compact. History: Adopted November 3, 2003, effective August 1, 2004.
A receiving state shall continue to supervise offenders who become mentally ill or exhibit signs of mental illness or who develop a physical disability while supervised in the receiving state.  History: Adopted November 3, 2003, effective August 1, 2004.
Proposed new rules or amendments to the rules shall be adopted by majority vote of the members of the Interstate Commission in the following manner. (a) Proposed new rules and amendments to existing rules shall be submitted to the Interstate Commission…
Imposing fees on offenders transferring through the Compact
Whether an undocumented immigrant is subject to the Compact
Whether an offender is subject to retaking under the compact if a receiving state closes interest in a case pursuant to rule 4.112
Whether the offender being in the receiving state prior to investigation is a valid reason for rejection
Whether a receiving state can predicate acceptance to a residential program on the sending state agreeing to retake if the offender fails to complete the program.
Whether the second or subsequent misdemeanor DUI meets ICAOS eligibility
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