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Board Hearings

The Board of Parole’s primary task for many hearings is to determine an individual’s efforts towards rehabilitation and the person’s current level of risk to reoffend. In the limited circumstances where the Board is tasked to determine an individual’s prison term, the Board is bound by strict sentencing rules that were in effect at the time when the crime was committed.

Prior to making a release decision, the Board of Parole will order that an individual participate in a psychological evaluation that includes an evaluation and an assessment for risk of reoffending. The Board of Parole uses the psychological evaluation and other available information along with experience and professional judgment in making final paroling decisions. Our contracted psychologists utilize multiple validated risk assessments in their evaluations to assess risk of future criminal behavior.

Lastly, the Board has the authority to return a limited number of people on supervision back to prison if they violate the conditions of their supervision. In such circumstances, the Board will determine the severity of the violations and the appropriate amount of time that is necessary to hold the person in custody to protect the safety of the public.


*Notice regarding upcoming hearings on or after 5/7/2025. Read the following instructions for details, including instructions on how to attend in person*

Under Board administrative rules, the Board may schedule hearings to occur in-person, and in its discretion, approve participation via telecommunication. For Board of Parole hearings on or after 5/7/2025, Board hearings will occur in-person within the Oregon Department of Corrections at either the Oregon State Penitentiary or the Oregon State Correctional Institution. The public notices for each hearing will specify the institution the hearing will be held at. The following persons described in OAR 255-030-0026 may appear and participate in Board hearings and may be provided access to participate via a video conference link to the hearing, or may participate in person:

  • Victims and their representatives
  • District Attorney representatives
  • Adult in custody support persons who will provide a statement at the hearing

Victims should contact the Board’s Victims’ Specialist at 503-945-0907 for additional information on how they can participate. Support persons who wish to accompany an AIC in-person may request to do so as provided under OAR 255-030-0026(2). Additionally, support persons who reside out of the state of Oregon, or who desire to provide a statement in support of the AIC at the hearing under OAR 255-030-0026(2), may also request to do so remotely under OAR 255-030-0026(2).

District Attorney representatives, and AIC support persons who intend to provide a statement at the hearing should contact the Board’s Hearings Specialist at 971-718-6163 for additional information.

As provided in OAR 255-030-0026, members of the public are welcome to attend the hearing in-person.

The Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision is committed to ensuring that persons with disabilities have access to participate or attend Board hearings. Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires all public entities to take reasonable steps to allow qualified persons with disabilities to access to Board programs, services, and activities offered by the public entity. If you wish to request an accommodation under the ADA, you are encouraged to do so by contacting the Board’s Hearings Specialist at 971-718-6163 or via email at BPPPS.Webmaster@paroleboard.oregon.gov.

Important: Any member of the public who wishes to attend a Board hearing in the Department of Corrections is subject to advanced screening and following Department of Corrections policy and procedures for visitation.

If you are interested in observing a Board hearing in person, please fill out the following form in advance of the hearing and submit it to the Board Hearings Specialist.

The following documents provide additional information on what members of the public should expect when observing a hearing in person and Department of Corrections attendance requirements:


Board Hearings Calendar


Types of Board Hearings

Below are the types of hearings that the Board of Parole holds*

Prison Term (PT):
Hearing held to establish a prison term by setting a projected parole release date, or choosing not to set a parole date under the substantive law in effect at the time of the commitment offense(s). 
Personal Review (PR):
Hearing to determine whether an adult-in-custody’s progress indicates outstanding reformation so as to warrant a reduction in the prison term. At least two weeks prior to review, adults-in-custody may submit evidence of achievement in dealing with problems present at the time of incarceration and associated with criminal conduct, e.g., substance abuse treatment, anger management, sex adult in custody treatment or self-study. Also considered is the adult's current risk to the community. 
Parole Consideration (PCRP):
Hearing for adults-in-custody sentenced by the trial court as a “dangerous offender” to determine whether the conditions that made the person dangerous are absent or in remission. A psychiatric or psychological evaluation will be reviewed, as well as other information required by statute. If the dangerous condition is absent or in remission, or if the Board concludes that the adult-in-custody can be adequately controlled with supervision and treatment, a parole release date may be set. If the person is not released, another parole consideration hearing date will typically be scheduled in two years.
Exit Interview (EIPS):
Hearing for adults-in-custody who fall under the matrix system (crime committed before November 1, 1989), or for murderers and aggravated murderers after a successful Murder Review hearing, where the Board may review psychiatric or psychological evaluations, the adult in custody’s conduct while confined, and the adult in custody’s parole plan. Projected parole release date may be affirmed or deferred. 
Murder Review (MR):
Hearing to determine whether or not the adult-in-custody is likely to be rehabilitated within a reasonable period of time so that the adult's sentence may be converted to life with the possibility of parole, post-prison supervision, or work release.
Parole Postponement (PP):
Hearing after Board receives a report of serious misconduct and a recommendation from DOC to determine whether the parole release date should be postponed for serious misconduct during confinement. The extension of the prison term can be from 5% to 100% of the prison term, but no more than five (5) years. Inoperative (escape) time will be added.
Parole Hearing (PH):
Interview of adults-in-custody who are under the “Discretionary System” (crimes committed before 1977 legislative change). Review of adult in custody’s personality, responsibility, intelligence, training, family and community support, employment history, past use of drugs or alcohol, disabilities, prior criminal record, attitude toward law and authority, conduct in the institution, program participation, performance during previous parole or probation and parole plan. Conducted every two years; may result in the setting of a parole date.
Future Disposition (FD):
Hearing conducted after revocation of parole or (in limited circumstances) PPS to determine whether the adult-in-custody should be re-released onto parole or PPS, or should serve a further term of imprisonment.
*This chart provides general information and is not an exhaustive list of applicable rules and statutes.