The request of the Commissioner of Correction or any officer of the Department of Correction so designated by the commissioner, or of the Board of Pardons and Paroles or its chairman shall be sufficient warrant to authorize any officer of the Department of Correction or any officer authorized by law to serve criminal process within this state, to return any parolee on parole into actual custody; and any such officer, police officer, constable or state marshal shall arrest and hold any parolee when so requested, without any written warrant, and the commissioner shall make such request if the parolee is a serious firearm offender, as defined in section
53a-3, and is arrested while on parole for a felony offense, or if the parolee is arrested for a serious firearm offense as defined in section
53a-3.
(1949 Rev., S. 8829; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 38; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 53; 1969, P.A. 271; 1971, P.A. 62; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 22, 28; P.A. 00-99, S. 123, 154; P.A. 04-234, S. 2; 04-257, S. 123; P.A. 23-53, S. 40.)
History: 1967 act, effective July 1, 1968, added correction commissioner to those authorized to request rearrest, deleted provision for parole board to authorize persons to so request and substituted officers of the correction department for officers of the board or the State Prison; 1969 act applied provisions to correction department officers designated by commissioner; 1971 act authorized chairman of board of parole to request custody; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 added “any officer of the board of parole designated by the chairman”, made technical changes and deleted provision pertaining to compensation, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff with state marshal, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-257 deleted “any officer of the Board of Parole designated by the chairman” from individuals authorized to request the return to custody of a convict or inmate and deleted an officer “of the Board of Parole” from officers authorized to return a convict or inmate to custody, effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 23-53 replaced references to “convict” or “inmate” with references to “parolee” and added provisions re serious firearm offender or parolee arrested for serious firearm offense.
Cited. 132 C. 305; 160 C. 151, 159; 162 C. 434; 170 C. 119.
Cited. 12 CA 1.
Cited. 4 CS 365; 27 CS 443.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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1 in the last 5 years), 1968–2025 · leading case:
State v. Foshay, 530 A.2d 611 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987).
State v. Foshay, 530 A.2d 611 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987).
· cites it 4× “On the day of his arrest, the Connecticut department of correction, division of parole, filed a “parole sticker” against the defendant, pursuant to General Statutes §§ 54-127 and 54-128, 3 and ordered him remanded to the custody and control of the Bridgeport correctional center.”
Mancinone v. Warden, 294 A.2d 564 (Conn. 1972).
· cites it 3× “On December 30, 1968, pursuant to the *435 provisions of General Statutes § 54-127, 8 a parole violation warrant was issued and lodged at the correctional center in Litchfield ordering his arrest and return to prison under his sentence of October 3, 1967.”
Consiglio v. Warden, Connecticut State Prison, 276 A.2d 773 (Conn. 1970).
· cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 54-127. He had been confined in the state prison in 1955 for statutory burglary of a dwelling in the daytime, on seven counts, and was serving a sentence of not less than two nor more than ten years.”
Liistro v. Robinson, 365 A.2d 109 (Conn. 1976).
“" It is not unreasonable, considering the presumption of constitutionality and the lack of an express parolee bail provision, to construe § 54-127 to be the analogue of § 53a-32. I would, therefore, find no error in the trial courts' decisions.”
United States v. Julius, 577 F. Supp. 2d 588 (D. Conn. 2008).
· cites it 2× “See Conn Gen. Stat. § 54-127; Conn. Agencies Regs.”
Mock v. Warden, 850 A.2d 265 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2003).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 54-127. While a person remains at large on probation, the suspended portion of the sentence remains in full.”
Hull v. Town of Newtown, 174 A.3d 174 (Conn. 2017).
· cites it 3× “See Gen- eral Statutes § 54-127 (police officers ‘‘shall arrest and hold any parolee or inmate when so requested, without any written warrant’’); see also General Statutes § 17a- 503 (a) (authorizes police officer to take person into custody when officer has reasonable cause to…”
Hoegemann v. Palma (D. Conn. 2019).
· cites it 8× “¶ 32 (noting that Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-127 authorizes any parole officer to arrest and hold any parolee who is ordered back into actual custody without a written warrant).”
Strain v. Warden of Connecticut State Prison, 242 A.2d 90 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1968).
· cites it 2× “As § 54-127 provides, the request may be made by the board of parole or by any person authorized by the rules of the board.”
State v. Moore (Order on Motion) (Conn. 2025).
· cites it 4× “, General Statutes § 53a-32 (violation of probation or conditional discharge); General Statutes § 54-64f (violation of conditions of release); General Statutes § 54-127 (rear- rest). We are unable to glean any additional meaning of ‘‘essential elements’’ from its inclusion in…”
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