Parole: conditions.

(1) Existing law establishes the Board of Parole Hearings in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and grants it the power to establish rules and regulations under which persons committed to state prison may be allowed to go upon parole outside the prison buildings and enclosures when eligible for parole. Existing law grants the board the power to impose on the parole of a prisoner any conditions that it may deem proper. This bill would require the board, when granting parole to a prisoner, to inquire into whether the person is a member or associate of any prison gang or criminal street gang, as defined. If the person is a verified member or associate, this bill would require the board to impose a condition on the prisoner's parole prohibiting the prisoner from participating, promoting, furthering, or assisting in any gang, from associating with any gang member, from wearing any gang colors, signs, symbols, or paraphernalia associated with gang activity, and from violating any gang abatement injunction, ordinance, or court order. This bill would provide that a person is verified as a member or associate of a gang if the person is identified as being a member or associate of a gang by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Department of Justice, or any local law enforcement agency. (2) Existing law establishes the Division of Adult Parole Operations within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Under existing law the revocation of parole is determined by the Board of Parole Hearings. Existing law prohibits the department from reporting any parole violation to the board for certain parolees. This bill would require the division to report to the board any conduct on the part of a parolee that constitutes a serious or violent felony, any assaultive conduct resulting in serious injury to the victim, the possession of specified weapons or narcotics, violations of conditions of parole, and other conduct, as specified. This bill would require the division to report to the board any conduct on the part of a parolee who was committed to prison for a serious or violent felony any criminal conduct, including felonies, misdemeanors, or infractions, and any parole violations.