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61 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 101 (2026)

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TITLE 61

PRISONS AND PAROLE

 

Part

   I.  General Provisions

  II.  Correctional Institutions

 III.  Inmate Confinement

  IV.  Probation and Parole

   V.  Miscellaneous Provisions

 

Enactment.  Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title 61 were added August 11, 2009, P.L.147, No.33, effective in 60 days.

 

 

PART I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Chapter

   1.  Preliminary Provisions

 

Enactment.  Part I was added August 11, 2009, P.L.147, No.33, effective in 60 days.

Special Provisions in Appendix.  See sections 8 and 10 of Act 33 of 2009 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law and applicability.

 

 

CHAPTER 1

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

 

Sec.

 101.  Short title of title.

 102.  Definitions.

 

Enactment.  Chapter 1 was added August 11, 2009, P.L.147, No.33, effective in 60 days.

§ 101.  Short title of title.

This title shall be known and may be cited as the Prisons and Parole Code.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 29 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 2010–2024 · leading case: Dill v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 186 A.3d 1040 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018).
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Dill v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 186 A.3d 1040 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018). · cites it 2× “61 Pa. C.S. §§ 101 -6309. The Parole Act, Act of August 6, 1941, P.”
Palmer v. Pennsylvania Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 134 A.3d 160 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). “147 (Prisons and Parole Code, 61 Pa.C.S. §§ 101— 6309).”
Penjuke v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 203 A.3d 401 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2019). “147, when the statute was codified into the Parole Code, 61 Pa.C.S. §§ 101 -6309. See Young , 189 A.”
Fross v. Cnty. of Allegheny, 20 A.3d 1193 (Pa. 2011). · cites it 2× “39-07-OR (the “Ordinance”), which imposes residency restrictions on certain offenders, is preempted by the Pennsylvania Prisons and Parole Code, 61 Pa.C.S. § 101 et seq., (“Parole Code”) and/or by the Pennsylvania Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.”
Young v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 189 A.3d 16 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018). “Concluding that the Prisons and Parole Code (Parole Code), 61 Pa. C.S. §§ 101 - 6309, did not confer upon the Parole Board the discretion to revoke its award of sentence credit, we reverse the Parole Board's adjudication.”
Roy Lee Williams v. Sec'y Pennsylvania Dep't of Corr., 117 F.4th 503 (3rd Cir. 2024). “26 See 61 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 101 (setting “Prisons and Parole Code” as the reference title for Title 61).”
Commonwealth v. Elliott, 50 A.3d 1284 (Pa. 2012). “and 61 Pa.C.S. § 101, et seq. As statutory interpretation concerns a pure question of law, our standard of review is de novo and our scope of review is plenary.”
D.A. King v. BPOA, State Bd. of Barber Examiners, 195 A.3d 315 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018). “Specifically, by way of the Prisons and Parole Code, 61 Pa. C.S. §§ 101 - 6309, the General Assembly has vested exclusive authority and broad discretion to the Board of Probation and Parole to determine if and when a prisoner should be released on parole.”
Lawrence v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 145 A.3d 799 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). “The Parole Act was superseded in 2009 by the Prisons and Parole Code, 61 Pa. C.S. §§ 101 -6309.”
Burno v. Pennsylvania Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 67 A.3d 1280 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2013). “The Parole Act, as the law was commonly known, was superseded in 2009 by the Prisons and Parole Code, 61 Pa.C.S. §§ 101— 6309.”
Taylor v. Pennsylvania Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 10 A.3d 419 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010). “In this appeal we consider whether the Board erred in concluding that a Georgia state court is, in fact, a *420 “court of record” for purposes of the Prisons and Parole Code, 61 Pa.C.S. §§ 101— 6309. Finding no error by the Board, we affirm.”
R. Pizarro v. PA BPP (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). “61 Pa. C.S. §§ 101– 6309. The Prisons and Parole Code was amended in 2010 to provide that in situations in which a parolee is sentenced to a new term of confinement by a federal court, the parolee shall serve the balance of his original state term prior to serving the new…”
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