Parole: release.

Existing law requires that an inmate released on parole be returned to the county of last legal residence and requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide specified items of information to local law enforcement agencies regarding an inmate paroled in their jurisdiction. Existing law also provides that the department shall not return to prison, place a parole hold on, or report any parole violation to the Board of Parole Hearings regarding any person to whom all of specified criteria apply, including that the person is not required to register as a sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act. This bill would exempt persons placed on parole, to whom the above-referenced criteria apply, from the provision that requires inmates released on parole to be returned to the county of last legal residence.