OAR 255-032-0020: Purpose of Review Hearing

The sole issue of the hearing described in OAR 255-032-0015 shall be to determine whether or not the inmate is likely to be rehabilitated within a reasonable period of time. Criteria indicating whether the inmate is likely to be rehabilitated prior to release include: (1) The inmate’s involvement in correctional treatment, medical care, educational, vocational or other training in the institution which will substantially enhance his/her capacity to lead a law-abiding life when released; (2) The inmate’s institutional employment history; (3) The inmate’s institutional disciplinary conduct; (4) The inmate’s maturity, stability, demonstrated responsibility, and any apparent development in the inmate personality which may promote or hinder conformity to law; (5) The inmate’s past use of narcotics or other dangerous drugs, or past habitual and excessive use of alcoholic liquor; (6) The inmate’s prior criminal history, including the nature and circumstances of previous offenses; (7) The inmate’s conduct during any previous period of probation or parole; (8) The inmate does/does not have a mental or emotional disturbance, deficiency, condition or disorder predisposing them to the commission of a crime to a degree rendering them a danger to the health and safety of the community; (9) The adequacy of the inmate’s parole plan including community support from family, friends, treatment providers, and others in the community; type of residence, neighborhood or community in which the inmate plans to live; (10) There is a reasonable probability that the inmate will remain in the community without violating the law, and there is substantial likelihood that the inmate will conform to the conditions of parole.