Rule 5120-12-02 | Screening, selection, and notice of transfer.
(A) All prisoners are screened to determine initial transitional control eligibility based on the criteria established in rule 5120-12-01 of the Administrative Code.
(B) Prisoners serving any indeterminate sentence and deemed eligible shall be considered for transitional control by the parole board. If a projected parole date has been determined as of the effective date of this rule, the prisoner shall be considered without a hearing by a panel of the parole board.
(C) Prisoners serving a definite sentence shall be determined eligible for transfer to transitional control by means of a review of the prisoner's record by the division of parole and community services.
(D) At least sixty days prior to transferring to transitional control a prisoner who is serving a definite term of imprisonment or definite prison term of less than one year for an offense committed on or after July 1, 1996, or who is serving a minimum term of less than one year under a non-life felony indefinite prison term, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall give notice of the pendency of the transfer to the sentencing court and of the fact that the sentencing court may disapprove the transfer of the prisoner to transitional control. If the court disapproves the transfer of the prisoner to transitional control, the division of parole and community services shall not proceed with the transfer. If the court does not disapprove the transfer, the division may transfer the prisoner to transitional control.
(E) The department shall notify any victim or victim's representative who is required to be given notice under section 2930.16 of the Revised Code in accordance with the requirements of that section.
(F) If it is determined at any time that the prisoner will not be placed on transitional control, the prisoner will be notified in writing of this fact.
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